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)
- Четвертый
- Milky Way
2013
- Six Degrees of Celebration 3
- Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения as Self
- Fiery River
- Iron Mountain as Preobrazhensky
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 Caiaphas / Lavrentiy Beria
2003
- Snow Love, or A Dream on a Winter Night as Oleh Kostiantynovych
2000
- Old Hags as General
- House for the Rich as Roman Rumyanov
- Tender Age as Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
- Watch Without Hands
1999
1997
- Sympathy Seeker as Magician
1993
- Ночные забавы as Езепов
- I want to go to America
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
- The Footballer
- 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
- Kings of Crime as Artur
- Expensive Pleasure
1987
- Visit to the Minotaur as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- About the Cat...
- Forgotten Tune for the Flute as Odinkov
- Visiting the Minotaur as Иконников
- Time to Fly as Виктор Иванович, саксофонист, пассажир
- The Magic Bells as The King (voice)
1986
- Year of a Calf as Valerian Sergeyevich
- My Dearly Beloved Detective as Inspector Lester
- Through Main Street with an Orchestra as Kostya
- Fouetté as Poet
1985
- Run as Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
- Contract of the Century
- Eight Days of Hope as Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
1984
- Monsieur Lenoir, Who... as Borescou
1983
- If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
- Romeo and Juliet as Капулетти
1982
- Magicians as Сатанеев
- Magicians as Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
- Vertical Races as Алексей Дедушкин, «Батон», вор-рецидивист
- Saturday and Sunday
- Customs as Владимир Николаевич Никитин
1981
- The Black Hen, or Living Underground as Deforge
- The Dog in Boots as The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
- Esop as Agnostos
1980
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper
- Say a Word for the Poor Hussar as Полковник Покровский
- Today and Tomorrow as Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
- Three Years as Ivan Yartsev
- The Circus Boy
- Hurry to Do Good
1979
- Koroli i kapusta as Frank Goodwin
- The Garage as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
- The Centaurs as Andres
- The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut as Тенвиль
- Cabbages and Kings as Frank Goodwin
- The Morning Round as Alik
1978
1977
1975
- Olga Sergeevna as Троянкин
- Olga Sergeevna as Troyakin
- Hello, I'm Your Aunt! as Brasset, Lackey
- Ivan and Marya as казначей
- The Magic Skin
- From Lopatin's Notes
- Widower's Houses
- For the Rest of My Life as Kramin
1974
- Бесприданница as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Moscow, My Love as choreographer
- Sergeev Seeking Sergeev as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
- Girl Without Dowry as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Tanya as German
- Long-Haired Wonder
- Cement
- Lot as Innokentiy Zhiltsov
- Dombey & Son
1972
- The Pickwick Papers
- The Man from the Other Side as Andrey Izvolskiy
- The Night at 14th Parallel
1971
- Allow Take-Off! as Viktor Azancheyev
- The Road to Rübezahl as Apanasenko
- The Amazing Boy as Doctor Kapa
1970
- A Ballad of Love as Nikolai
- Family Happiness
- Solo
- An Ordinary History as Surkov
1968
- Intervention as "Длинный", Каро
- The First Courier as Nikolay Fon Getsberg
- Калиф-аист
1967
1966
- We, The Russian People as Boer
1962
1960
- Normandy - Neman as Mille
- Russian Souvenir as Claude Gerald
1958
1956
- Poet
- Murder on Dante Street as Marsel Ruzhe