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.
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Known For
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
(2010)
Wise prisoner
12
(2007)
Juror #4
Full Filmography
Acting
Murder on Dante Street
(1956)
Marsel Ruzhe
Poet
(1957)
Aleksa Dundic
(1958)
Normandy - Neman
(1960)
Mille
Russkiy Suvenir
(1960)
Claude Gerald
We Are Russian People
(1966)
Boer
Intervention
(1968)
Солдат антанты
The First Courier
(1968)
Nikolay Fon Getsberg
Калиф-аист
(1968)
Wait For Me, Anna
(1969)
New Girl
(1969)
A Ballad of Love
(1970)
Nikolai
Ordinary story
(1970)
Surkov
Family Happiness
(1970)
The Amazing Boy
(1970)
Doctor Kapa
Allow Take-Off!
(1971)
Viktor Azancheyev
The Road to Rübezahl
(1971)
Apanasenko
The Man from the Other Side
(1972)
Andrey Izvolskiy
The Night at 14th Parallel
(1972)
Записки Пиквикского клуба
(1972)
Balalaykin and K
(1973)
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
(1973)
Как кошка с собакой
(1973)
Long-Haired Wonder
(1974)
Moscow, My Love
(1974)
choreographer
Сергеев ищет Сергеева
(1974)
Anatoliy Anatolyevich Petelin
Girl Without Dowry
(1974)
Сергей Сергеевич Паратов
Dombey & Son
(1974)
Tanya
(1974)
German
Цемент
(1974)
Lot
(1974)
Innokentiy Zhiltsov
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
(1975)
Brasset, Lackey
Ivan and Marya
(1975)
казначей
Olga Sergeevna
(1975)
Troyakin
На всю оставшуюся жизнь
(1975)
From Lopatin's Notes
(1975)
Widower's Houses
(1975)
The Magic Skin
(1975)
Daylight Train
(1976)
Story of an Unknown Actor
(1976)
An Almost Funny Story
(1977)
The Golden Fleece
(1977)
Do You Want to Be an Actress, Girl?
(1977)
The Holiday of Disobedience
(1977)
(voice)
Fight in a Blizzard
(1977)
Cabbages and Kings
(1978)
Frank Goodwin
Players
(1978)
Islands in the Stream
(1978)
Postman's Tale
(1978)
(voice)
The Garage
(1979)
Sidorin
The Centaurs
(1979)
Andres
The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut
(1979)
Тенвиль
Say a Word for the Poor Hussar
(1980)
Полковник Покровский
Hurry to Do Good
(1980)
The Morning Round
(1980)
Alik
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
(1980)
Джаспер
The Circus Boy
(1980)
Three Years
(1980)
Today and Tomorrow
(1980)
Александр Григорьевич Рассолов
Esop
(1981)
Agnostos
The Dog In Boots
(1981)
The Noble (voice) / Благородный (Атос)
The Black Hen, or Living Underground
(1981)
Deforge
Magicians
(1982)
Apollon Mitrofanovich Sataneev
Vertical Races
(1982)
Алексей Дедушкин «Батон» (вор-рецидивист)
If the Enemy Doesn't Surrender...
(1982)
Customs
(1982)
Владимир Николаевич Никитин
Суббота и воскресенье
(1982)
Romeo and Juliet
(1983)
Капулетти
Monsieur Lenoir, who...
(1983)
Eight Days of Hope
(1984)
Игорь Белоконь, директор шахты
Контракт века
(1985)
Year of a Calf
(1986)
Valerian Sergeyevich
My Dearly Beloved Detective
(1986)
Inspector Lester
Through Main Street with an Orchestra
(1986)
Kostya
Fouetté
(1986)
Poet
About the Cat...
(1987)
Forgotten Tune for the Flute
(1987)
Odinokov
Visiting the Minotaur
(1987)
Иконников
Time to fly
(1987)
Aelita, Do Not Pester Men
(1988)
Kings of Crime
(1988)
Artur
Дорогое удовольствие
(1988)
The Feasts of Valtasar, or The Night with Stalin
(1989)
Beriya
The Visit
(1989)
Alfred III
The Village of Stepanchikovo and Its Inhabitants
(1989)
Mister Perrichon's Trip
(1990)
The Suicide
(1990)
Promised Heaven
(1991)
President
The Terrorist
(1991)
Lost in Siberia
(1991)
Beria
Night Fun
(1991)
Езепов
Футболист
(1991)
Encore, Once More Encore!
(1992)
Fyodor Vasilyevich Vinogradov
I want to go to America
(1993)
The Master and Margarita
(1994)
Woland
Ya Svoboden, Ya Nichey
(1994)
The Career of Arturo Ui
(1996)
Sympathy Seeker
(1997)
Magician
Небо в алмазах
(1999)
Old Hags
(2000)
General
Tender Age
(2000)
Саледон старший (известный скульптор-диссидент)
Watch Without Hands
(2000)
Дом для богатых
(2000)
Roman Rumyanov
Снежная любовь, или Сон в зимнюю ночь
(2003)
Олег Константинович папа Ксении
Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
(2006)
политтехнолог Борис Глебович
12
(2007)
Juror #4
New Adventures of Babka Ezhka
(2008)
The Book of Masters
(2009)
Volshebnoe Zerkalo
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
(2010)
Wise prisoner
Равняется одному Гафту
(2010)
Self
One Day of Zhora Vladimov
(2011)
Wings
(2012)
Byvaly (Voice)
Six Degrees of Celebration 3
(2013)
Iron Mountain
(2013)
Preobrazhensky
Fiery River
(2013)
The Story of an Old Woman
(2013)
Breaking The Vicious Circle
(2014)
Milky Way
(2016)
Подлец
(2017)
The Chosen Ones
(2018)
himself