
Aleksandr Demyanenko
Known For
Acting
Born
1937-05-30 in Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died
1999-08-22
Biography
Aleksandr S. Demyanenko (May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Russian film and theater actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He began his acting career with the film "Veter" in 1958, and is well known for playing the character Shurik in a number of films, beginning with the 1965 comedy "Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures", and ending with the 1997 film "Old Songs of the Main Things 2".
Most Known For

To Remember
as Narrator

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures
as Шурик

Легенды кино
as Self (archive footage)

Как уходили кумиры
as Himself / ArchiveFootage

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
as Shurik

Open Book
as дервиш

Ugryum-River
as Илья Сохатых

Сказки старого волшебника
as Людоед

The Green Van
as Viktor Prokofyevich

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
as Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Emperor's Steps
as командир полка

Racket
as Gavrila Ivanovich Obozov

The Salt of the Earth
as Семен Васильевич Грибков

The First Trolleybus
as Sergei

Seven-Forty
as Viktor Pavlovich

Peace to Him Who Enters
as Шура Ивлев

Dima Gorin's Career
as Dmitry (Dima) Gorin

King Lear
as Albany (voice)

The Bat
as Dr. Blind

Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)