Oleg Yankovskiy

Acting

Born: 1944-02-23 · 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…