Valery Garkalin
{{Short description|Russian actor (1954–2021)}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Garkalin (cropped).jpg
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| name = Valery Garkalin
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1954|4|11|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|11|20|1954|4|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Moscow, Russia
| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1978–2021
}}Valery Borisovich Garkalin ({{langx|ru|Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин}}; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008.[http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/27027 Награждён указом президента России № 332 от 11 марта 2008 года] Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.
Personal life
He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009.[https://www.pravda.ru/culture/cinema/09-06-2008/271377-garkalin-0/ Валерия Гаркалина сразил инфаркт]{{Cite web |url=http://www.moscow-post.ru/culture/000123485981973/ |title=Умерла жена Валерия Гаркалина |access-date=2018-04-26 |archive-date=2019-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403233303/http://www.moscow-post.ru/culture/000123485981973/ |url-status=dead }} His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production.[http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/dithyramb/711455-echo/ Эхо Москвы: Валерий Гаркалин] His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.
Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.[https://rassvet-info.ru/events/rossiya/garkalin-samochuvstvie.html ИА "Рассвет": Вышел ли из комы Валерий Гаркалин — состояние здоровья актёра на сегодня]
Selected filmography
- The Scarlet Flower (1977) as man in the village
- Katala (1989) as Aleksei Grekov
- Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy
- Russian Symphony (1994) as Borisych
- What a Mess! (1995) as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow
- Poor Sasha (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin
- House for the Rich (2000) as captain Skorokhodov
- Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as Roman Kromin
- Yeralash (2004—2006) as cameo
- Fitil (2004—2006) as cameo
- My Fair Nanny (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen
- Popsa (2005) as Lev Malinovsky
- One Night of Love (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher
Awards
- Kinoshock (1995) — Award for Best Actor
- Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000) for merits in the field of art[http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/15872 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 июля 2000 года № 1380 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»]
- People's Artist of Russia (2008)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0307485}}
- [http://www.v-garkalin.ru/ Неофициальный сайт Валерия Гаркалина]
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Category:Male actors from Moscow
Category:Russian male film actors
Category:Soviet male film actors
Category:Russian male stage actors
Category:Soviet male stage actors
Category:Russian male television actors
Category:People's Artists of Russia
Category:Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
Category:Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni
Category:20th-century Russian male actors