Nikolay Cherkasov

Nikolay Cherkasov studied at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are realism and socialist realism. Employment is recorded with Mariinsky Theatre, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater and Bryantsev Youth Theatre. Positions recorded include deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, Order of Lenin, People's Artist of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour.

• Name — Nikolay Cherkasov • Born — 27 July 1903 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Died — 14 September 1966 • Place of death — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Resting Place — Tikhvin Cemetery • Occupation — Actor • Years Active — 19181965 • Awards — Stalin prize (1941, 1946, 1950, 1951 − twice) Nikolay Konstantinovich Cherkasov (14 September 1966) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947. He is best known for his collaboration with director Sergei Eisenstein, playing the title roles in the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944/1958).

He was born in Saint Petersburg (later Petrograd in 1914, and Leningrad from 1924 to 1991) into the family of a railway clerk. From 1919 he was a mime artist in Petrograd's Maryinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi Theatre, and elsewhere. After graduating from the Institute of Stage Arts in 1926, he began acting in the Young Spectator's Theatre in Leningrad. Cherkasov debuted in film with a supporting role as the hairdresser Charles in Vladimir Gardin’s Pushkin biopic The Poet and the Tsar (1927). Cherkasov was one of Stalin's favorite actors and played title roles in Sergei Eisenstein's monumental sound films Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (Part I, 1944; Part II, 1946, though it was suppressed by Soviet authorities and not released widely until 1958). He also played Jacques Paganel in the 1936 adaptation of Jules Verne's The Children of Captain Grant. In the 1947 comedy Springtime, Cherkasov appeared alongside other icons of Soviet cinema, Lyubov Orlova and Faina Ranevskaya. For the role of Alexander Popov in the film Alexander Popov in 1951, he received a Stalin Prize of the second degree. In 1957, Cherkasov portrayed Don Quixote in director Grigori Kozintsev's screen adaptation of the novel. • Illustration — Cherkasov's grave, Tikhvin Cemetery, Saint Petersburg In 1941, Cherkasov was awarded the Stalin Prize; in 1947, he was named a People's Artist of the USSR. He wrote his memoirs, "Notes of a Soviet Actor" in 1951. He died in Leningrad in 1966 and was buried in Tikhvin Cemetery, the "Necropolis of the Masters of Art", at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The image of Cherkasov in the role of Alexander Nevsky is on the Soviet Order of Alexander Nevsky, because there are no known portraits of Nevsky himself.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1927 — The Poet and the Tsar — Charles, the barber • 1928 — His Excellency — Tall clown • 1928 — My Son — Pat • 1929 — Moon Left — Kalugin — lost film • 1929 — Sibling — episode • 1930 — Riders of the Wind — Komsomol member • 1932 — The Counter — episode • 1934 — Crown Prince of the Republic — Waitor • 1934 — Do I Love You? — student • 1934 — Who is Your Friend — policeman • 1935 — Happiness — episode • 1935 — Red Army Days — Kolka Loshak • 1935 — Marriage of Jean Knokke — Captain Hans Pfal • 1935 — The Border — Gaidul • 1936 — Girl Friends — White army Officer • 1936 — The Children of Captain Grant — Jacques Paganel • 1937 — Baltic Deputy — Professor Dmitriy Illarionovich Polezhayev • 1937-1938 — Pyotr Pervyy (part 1, 2) — Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia • 1937 — For the Soviet Homeland — Commander-in-Chief • 1938 — Treasure Island — Billy Bones • 1938 — Alexander Nevsky — Alexander Nevsky — Stalin Prize of first degree (1941) • 1938 — Friends — Beta the Ossesian • 1939 — Lenin in 1918 — Maxim Gorky • 1940 — Concert on Screen — Concert MC • 1942 — The Defense of Tsaritsyn — Peasant — Uncredited • 1942 — His Name Is Sukhe-Bator — Baron Ungern • 1943 — Sixty Days — Antonov • 1945 1958 — Ivan the Terrible (part 1, 2) — Ivan the Terrible — Stalin Prize of first degree (1946) • 1947 — In the Name of Life — Lukich, the attendant • 1947 — Springtime — Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov, director • 1947 — New Home — Mikhail Andreevich Kostousov, academician of architecture • 1947 — Pirogov — Lyadov • 1948 — Pamyati S. M. Eyzenshteyna — Self • 1949 — Ivan Pavlov — Maxim Gorky • 1949 — Alexander Popov — Alexander Popov — Stalin Prize of second degree (1951) • 1949 — The Battle of Stalingrad (part 1, 2) — Franklin D. Roosevelt • 1949 — Happy Sailing — captain Levashov — Stalin Prize of third degree (1950) • 1950 — Mussorgsky — Stasov, the critic — Stalin Prize of first degree (1951) • 1953 — Rimsky-Korsakov • 1955 — They Knew Mayakovsky — Mayakovsky • 1957 — Sung by Yves Montand — Self — uncredited • 1957 — Don Quixote — Don Quixote • 1962 — Wakengo Rapids Are Noisy — Captain Stanton — tv-movie • 1963 — Dunaevsky's Melodies — Self • 1963 — All Remains to People — Academician Fyodor Alekseevich Dronov — Lenin Prize (1964) • 1965 — Nights of Farewell — Gedeonov • 1965 — Great Friendship Pages — narrator • 1966 — Little Tragedies — Baron — last role

He was employed by Mariinsky Theatre, Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, Bryantsev Youth Theatre, Opera House building, Saint Petersburg and Alexandrinsky Theatre. Recorded position is deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. He belonged to Soviet Peace Committee.