Vasili Lanovoy

Acting • 76 Credits

Biography

Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

🎭 Acting Roles (30)

Ranked by Prestige & Popularity
War and Peace

War and Peace

1966 ⭐ 3.9
as Anatol Kuragin
Striped Trip

Striped Trip

1961 ⭐ 3.4
as episode (uncredited)
Seventeen Moments of Spring

Seventeen Moments of Spring

1973 ⭐ 3.9
as Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky

1966 ⭐ 3.8
as Anatol
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova

1966 ⭐ 3.6
as Anatole Kuragin
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812

1967 ⭐ 3.8
as Anatol
Officers

Officers

1971 ⭐ 3.4
as Ivan Varavva
Scarlet Sails

Scarlet Sails

1961 ⭐ 3.2
as Arthur Grey
Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

1967 ⭐ 2.7
as Vronsky
Solaris

Solaris

1968 ⭐ 3.0
as Dr. Kris Kelvin
Lady Into Lassie

Lady Into Lassie

1995 ⭐ 2.6
as Ivan Berestov
Days of the Turbins

Days of the Turbins

1976 ⭐ 3.0
as Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers

2013 ⭐ 1.9
as кардинал Ришелье
Petrovka Street, Number 38

Petrovka Street, Number 38

1980 ⭐ 3.1
as Kostenko
Start Liquidation

Start Liquidation

1983 ⭐ 2.6
as Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation
Soldiers of Freedom

Soldiers of Freedom

1977 ⭐ 2.5
as Andrei Grechko
The Sixth of July

The Sixth of July

1968 ⭐ 3.0
as Felix Dzerzhinsky
Black Square

Black Square

1992 ⭐ 1.7
Ogaryova Street, Number 6

Ogaryova Street, Number 6

1981 ⭐ 3.2
as Владислав Николаевич Костенко
Dark Sun

Dark Sun

1980 ⭐ 2.6
as Professor Obermeier
Collegues

Collegues

1962 ⭐ 2.8
as Aleksey Maksimov
Tear of the Prince of Darkness

Tear of the Prince of Darkness

1993 ⭐ 2.1
as Baron Preimann
A Strange Woman

A Strange Woman

1978 ⭐ 2.1
as Andrianov
Pavel Korchagin

Pavel Korchagin

1956 ⭐ 1.7
as Pavel Korchagin
The Falling

The Falling

1993 ⭐ 2.6
as Krutov
Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet

Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet

1973 ⭐ 3.2
as Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father
Anna and Commander

Anna and Commander

1975 ⭐ 4.0
as Komandor
Going Inside a Storm

Going Inside a Storm

1965 ⭐ 2.3
as Oleg Tulin
Brezhnev

Brezhnev

2005 ⭐ 3.5
as Yuri Andropov
Бес в ребро

Бес в ребро

1990 ⭐ 3.5
as Vladimir Petrovich Chagin