Valentin Gaft
Known For
Acting
Born
1935-09-02 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Died
2020-12-12
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 -----
Most Known For
Fuse
The Master and Margarita
as Иосиф Каифа, человек во френче
The Life of Klim Samgin
as Trifonov
Nine Unknowns
as Viktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
Visit to the Minotaur
as Pavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
On the Other Side of the Wolves
The Scoundrel
Мастер и Маргарита
10 самых...
as Self (archive footage)
We, The Russian People
as Boer
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as John Jasper
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
as Pimen
12
as Juror #4
Magicians
as Сатанеев
Intervention
as Entente Soldier
Ночные забавы
as Езепов
Wings
as Byvaly (Voice)
Magicians
as Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
Koroli i kapusta
as Frank Goodwin