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Oleg Yankovskiy

Oleg Yankovskiy

Actor · Died May 20, 2009, aged 65 · Bolshoy Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR

Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; February 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 23, 1944
Died
May 20, 2009 (aged 65)
From
Bolshoy Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR
Works as
Actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove · 92 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Official site (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 8% in 30 days

What are Oleg Yankovskiy's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.

Genres

Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 82nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
31%
Society
16%
Survival
14%
Morality
13%
Bonds
12%
Ideas
8%
Power
6%
Memory2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 1 · Serious 0 · Dark 5

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 3 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Full focus: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their full focus movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 3

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 4

Ambiguous: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their ambiguous movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Mentor: 3 of 6 analyzed roles.

Mentor
3 of 6
Hero
1 of 6
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Shadow
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
4
Contemplative
3
Tense
3
Bittersweet
3
Elegiac
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Haunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Bittersweet2
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Oleg Yankovskiy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Oleg Yankovskiy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

92 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Anna Karenina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · Actor

  • Tsar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as метрополит Филипп

  • Anna Karenina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Aleksei Aleksandrovich Karenin

  • Hipsters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Fred's father

  • Guilty Without Guilt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Birds of Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Жевакин

  • Doctor Zhivago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 11 episodes · as Виктор Ипполитович Комаровский

  • Doctor Zhivago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Actor

  • Зона (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 50 episodes · as рассказчик, озвучка

  • Poor, Poor Pavel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Count Palen

  • The Lover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Дмитрий Чарышев

  • Bed of Procust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Ladima

  • Balakirev the Jester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Петр Великий

  • The Man Who Cried(2000)

    as Father

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Bremenskie muzykanty(2001)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Come Look at Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Director · as Igor

  • Memories of Sherlock Holmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 13 episodes · as Jack Stapleton

  • Chinese Tea-Set (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Дмитрий Петрович Строганов

  • Alissa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Kosicz

  • Paradise Apple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Zhora

  • Revizorro (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Ammos Fedorovich Liapkin-Tiapkin, the judge

  • Mute Witness(1995)

    as Larsen

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Fatal Eggs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Persikov

  • The First Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Crusader (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • The Seagull (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Тригорин

  • Ivan & Abraham (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Prince

  • Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan(1992)

    as Kirill Gustavovich Laksman - academician

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Tsareubiytsa(1991)

    as Dr. Smirnov / Tsar Nicholas II

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Afghan Breakdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Major Mikhail Bandura (voice)

  • Mado, poste restante (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Jean-Marie

  • The Passport (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Borya - nicknamed «Paris»

  • My Twentieth Century(1989)

    as Z

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Hamlet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Actor

  • To Kill a Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Дракон

  • Dictatorship of Conscience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Фридрих Энгельс

  • The Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Vorobyov

  • The Kreutzer Sonata (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Позднышев

  • The Theater Is My House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Дмитрий Андреевич Горев

  • Guard Me, My Talisman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Алексей Петрович Дмитриев, журналист

  • The House That Swift Built (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Джонатан Свифт

  • Two Hussars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Evenings on a farm near Dikanka (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Narrator

  • The Kiss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Mikhail Ryabovich

  • Nostalgia(1983)

    as Andrei Gorchakov

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Flights in Dreams and in Reality (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Sergei Makarov

  • Love by Request (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Igor Bragin

  • The Trustees (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Actor

  • The Belkin Tales: The Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Count

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Jack Stapleton/Hugo Baskerville

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jack Stapleton/Hugo Baskerville

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville

  • The Hat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Dmitry Denisov - trumpeter

  • We, the Undersigned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Gennadiy Mikhailovich Semyonov

  • Мы, нижеподписавшиеся (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 2 episodes · as Геннадий Михайлович Семёнов, член комиссии

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jack Stapleton / Hugo Baskerville

  • Open Book (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Show 3 episodes · as Сергей Раевский

  • The Very Same Munchhausen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Baron von Münchhausen

  • Peer Gynt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Peer Gynt

  • Обыкновенное чудо (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 2 episodes · as хозяин

  • Ordinary Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Wizard

  • My Tender and Affectionate Beast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Kamyshev

  • Feedback (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Actor

  • The Turning Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Viktor Vedeneyev

  • Lad from Our Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    as Бурмин

  • A Long, Long Case... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Vorontsov

  • 72 Degrees Below Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Sergei Popov

  • The Retired Colonel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    as Андрей

  • Speech for the Defence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Actor

  • A Sentimental Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Ilya Gorodnitskiy

  • A Sweet Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Tikhon Dmitrievich Sokolov

  • Trust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    as Pyatakov

  • Other People's Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Priachin

  • For Better and for Worse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Кондратий Рылеев

  • The Bonus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Lev Solomakhin, Communist party boss at the company, second-in-command

  • Police Sergeant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 3 episodes · as «Князь»

  • The Mirror(1975)

    as The Father

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Under a Stone Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    as Яшка (шофёр-одессит)

  • Wrath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Actor

  • Racers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Nikolay Nikolaevich Sergachev

  • White Snow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Frank Ritter

  • Me, Francysk Skaryna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Frantsisk (Grigoriy) Skorina

  • Those Who Kept the Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • A Ballad of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Andrei

  • Reckoning (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Actor

  • Wait For Me, Anna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Actor

  • Two Comrades Were Serving (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Andrei Nekrasov

  • The Shield and the Sword (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    as Heinrich Schwarzkopf

  • Щит и Меч (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Show 4 episodes · as Heinrich Schwarzkopf

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 92 titles from 1968 to 2013; peak year 1982.

Biggest box office

The Man Who Cried (2000)

$1.3M worldwide

Highest rated

The Mirror (1975)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

19682013

Peak 1982 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1968Screen debut· Two Comrades Were Serving
  • 1968First top-billed film· Two Comrades Were Serving
  • 1983Career best· Nostalgia

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting92 of 92: 91 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score72ndDirecting1 of 92: 0 only directing, 1 with another role

By decade

1960s4 · acting1970s28 · acting1980s26 · acting1990s15 · acting2000s18 · 18 acting · 1 crew2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 44% of 18 roles
688393

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Oleg Yankovskiy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 72nd percentile, the median of all 8; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 75th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

75thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

73rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th2

Shape of the crowd

5 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser5

Most divisive · actor

Bremenskie muzykanty (2001)

98th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Mirror (1975)

Midcredits 97th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 58. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Oleg Yankovskiy's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 41 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Oleg Yankovskiy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Oleg Yankovskiy's MovieCove titles; Andrei Tarkovsky shares the most, 2.