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
- Галина Волчек. Любовь и заблуждения as Self
- Six Degrees of Celebration 3
- 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
- Watch Without Hands
- Tender Age as Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
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 Terrorist
- The Footballer
1990
- Mister Perrichon's Trip
- The Suicide as конферансье
1989
1988
- The Life of Klim Samgin as Trifonov
- Kings of Crime as Artur
- Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
- Expensive Pleasure
1987
- Visit to the Minotaur as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- About the Cat...
- 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)
1986
- Year of a Calf as Valerian Sergeyevich
- Fouetté as Poet
- Through Main Street with an Orchestra as Kostya
- My Dearly Beloved Detective as Inspector Lester
1985
- Run as Яков Борисович Левин, капитан
- Eight Days of Hope as Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
- Contract of the Century
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)
- Esop as Agnostos
- The Black Hen, or Living Underground as Deforge
1980
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper
- Today and Tomorrow as Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
- Three Years as Ivan Yartsev
- Say a Word for the Poor Hussar as Полковник Покровский
- The Morning Round as Alik
- Hurry to Do Good
- The Mystery of Edwin Drood as John Jasper
- The Circus Boy
1979
- Koroli i kapusta as Frank Goodwin
- The Centaurs as Andres
- The Garage as Сидорин, председатель гаражного кооператива, ветврач
- The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut as Тенвиль
- Cabbages and Kings as Frank Goodwin
1978
1977
1975
- Olga Sergeevna as Троянкин
- Ivan and Marya as казначей
- Olga Sergeevna as Troyakin
- The Magic Skin
- Widower's Houses
- Hello, I'm Your Aunt! as Brasset, Lackey
- From Lopatin's Notes
- For the Rest of My Life
1974
- Бесприданница as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Moscow, My Love as choreographer
- Dombey & Son
- Lot as Innokentiy Zhiltsov
- Girl Without Dowry as Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
- Tanya as German
- Long-Haired Wonder
- Cement
- Sergeev Seeking Sergeev as Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
1972
- The Man from the Other Side as Andrey Izvolskiy
- The Pickwick Papers
- The Night at 14th Parallel
1971
- The Amazing Boy as Doctor Kapa
- Allow Take-Off! as Viktor Azancheyev
- The Road to Rübezahl as Apanasenko
1970
- An Ordinary History as Surkov
- A Ballad of Love as Nikolai
- Family Happiness
- Solo
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
- Murder on Dante Street as Marsel Ruzhe
- Poet