Valentin Gaft
Born: 1935-09-02 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Died: 2020-12-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities. ----- Content From 12 Presskit http://www.sonyclassics.com/12/externalLoads/12_presskit.pdf -----
Filmography
2018
- The Chosen Ones as himself
2017
2016
- 10 самых... as Self (archive footage)
- Milky Way
- Четвертый
2013
- Six Degrees of Celebration 3
- Fiery River
- Iron Mountain as Preobrazhensky
- Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения as Self
2012
- Wings as Byvaly (Voice)
2011
2010
2009
- The Book of Masters as Magic mirror
- The Music of Life as Self (archive footage)
2007
- 12 as juror #4
- Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later as политтехнолог Борис Глебович
- The Husband, the Wife and the Lover
2006
- Nine Unknowns as Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
- Мастер и Маргарита as Воланд
2005
- The Master and Margarita as Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче
2003
- Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night as Oleh Kostiantynovych
2000
- House for the Rich as Roman Rumyanov
- Watch Without Hands
- Tender Age as Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
- Old Hags as General
1999
1997
- Sympathy Seeker as Magician
1993
- I want to go to America
- Ночные забавы as Езепов
1992
- Encore, Once More Encore! as Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as Джордж
1991
- Promised Heaven as President
- Lost in Siberia as Beria
- Night Fun as Езепов
- Футболист
- The Terrorist
1990
- Mister Perrichon's Trip
- The Suicide as конферансье
1989
1988
- The Life of Klim Samgin as Trifonov
- Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
- Expensive Pleasure
- Kings of Crime as Artur
1987
- Intervention as "Длинный", Каро
- Visit to the Minotaur as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- Time to Fly as Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
- Visiting the Minotaur as Иконников
- Forgotten Tune for the Flute as Odinkov
- The Magic Bells as The King (voice)
- About the Cat...
1986
- Through Main Street with an Orchestra as Kostya
- My Dearly Beloved Detective as Inspector Lester
- Fouetté as Poet
- Year of a Calf as Valerian Sergeyevich
1985
- Contract of the Century
- Eight Days of Hope as Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
- Run as Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
1984
- Monsieur Lenoir, Who... as Borescou
1983
- Romeo and Juliet as Капулетти
- If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
1982
- Magicians as Сатанеев
- Magicians as Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
- Saturday and Sunday
- Customs as Владимир Николаевич Никитин
- Vertical Races as Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
1981
- The Dog in Boots as The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
- The Black Hen, or Living Underground as Deforge
- Esop as Agnostos
1980
- Say a Word for the Poor Hussar as Полковник Покровский
- The Morning Round as Alik
- Today and Tomorrow as Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper
- Three Years as Ivan Yartsev
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper
- Hurry to Do Good
- The Circus Boy
1979
- The Garage as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
- Cabbages and Kings as Frank Goodwin
- The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut as Тенвиль
- The Centaurs as Andres
- Koroli i kapusta as Frank Goodwin
1978
1977
1975
- Olga Sergeevna as Троянкин
- Hello, I'm Your Aunt! as Brasset, Lackey
- Ivan and Marya as казначей
- Olga Sergeevna as Troyakin
- From Lopatin's Notes
- The Magic Skin
- For the Rest of My Life
- Widower's Houses
1974
- Moscow, My Love as choreographer
- Girl Without Dowry as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Cement
- Dombey & Son
- Lot as Innokentiy Zhiltsov
- Long-Haired Wonder
- Sergeev Seeking Sergeev as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
- Бесприданница as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Tanya as German
1972
- The Man from the Other Side as Andrey Izvolskiy
- The Pickwick Papers
- The Night at 14th Parallel
1971
- Allow Take-Off! as Viktor Azancheyev
- The Amazing Boy as Doctor Kapa
- The Road to Rübezahl as Apanasenko
1970
- Family Happiness
- A Ballad of Love as Nikolai
- An Ordinary History as Surkov
- Solo
1968
- The First Courier as Nikolay Fon Getsberg
- Калиф-аист
1967
1966
- We, The Russian People as Boer
1962
1960
- Russian Souvenir as Claude Gerald
- Normandy - Neman as Mille
1958
1956
- Murder on Dante Street as Marsel Ruzhe
- Poet