Bohdan Stupka

Bohdan Stupka
Богдан Ступка
Stupka in 2012
Born	Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (1941-08-27)27 August 1941 Kulykiv, District of Galicia, General Government (now Ukraine)
Died	22 July 2012(2012-07-22) (aged 70)[1] Kyiv, Ukraine
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1961-2012
Spouse	Larysa
Awards

Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (Ukrainian: Богдан Сильвестрович Ступка; 27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor and minister of culture of Ukraine.^[2][3][4] He was born in Kulykiv, General Government to Ukrainian parents. In 2001, he was a member of the jury at the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.^[5] At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in Our Own.^[6]

Stupka played in more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. Stupka was awarded the titles Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of the USSR,^[7] and Hero of Ukraine.

Bohdan Stupka was buried in Baikove Cemetery in Kyiv.

His son Ostap Stupka is also an actor.^[8]

Awards

• Kyiv Pectoral Award in the category "Best Male Role", play by Irena Kowal: ("The Lion and the Lioness") (2001)
• Golden Aries Award in the category "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2004)^[9]
• Silver George prize of the Moscow International Film Festival "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2004)^[10]
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (A Driver for Vera) (2005)^[11]
• Nika Award in the nomination "Best Male Role" (Our Own) (2005)^[10]
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Male Role in Cinema" (Taras Bulba) (2010)^[10]
• Golden Eagle Award in the category "Best Supporting Actor" (Home) (2012)^[12]

Selected filmography

• 1971: White Bird with Black Mark as Orest
• 1971: Insight as Yuriy Morozenko
• 1972: Contrary to Everything as Simeon
• 1973: The Last Day as Valera
• 1973: Housewarming as Danko
• 1975: Waves of the Black Sea as Troyan
• 1977: The Right for Love as Yakov
• 1979: Forget the Word "Death"' as Ivan Ostrovoy
• 1980: Dudaryky as Leontovich
• 1980: Otherwise it is Impossible as master Petushkov
• 1981: From the Bug to the Vistula as conjurer
• 1982: Red Bells II as Kerensky
• 1982: Secrets of St. George as Oleksa
• 1983: Whirlpool as Ioska Vikhor
• 1984: Everything Starts with Love as Antonyuk
• 1984: Stolen Happiness as Mikhailo Zadorozhny
• 1986: Start an Investigation as Stasenko
• 1987: Daniel, Prince of Galicia as Sudich
• 1988: Stone Soul as Sergey Muratov
• 1988: Dress Rehearsal as Vasili Gogol-Yanovsky
• 1990: Nikolai Vavilov as Trofim Lysenko
• 1991: Kremlin Secrets of the 16th Century as Boris Godunov
• 1991: The Sin as Stalynskiy
• 1992: For Home Fire as Hirsch, police officer
• 1992: God, Forgive Us Sinners as Tsibukin
• 1992: Four Sheets of Plywood, or Two Murders in a Bar as police colonel
• 1992: Taras Shevchenko. Testament as host
• 1993: The Gray Wolves as Vladimir Semichastny
• 1993: Fuchzhou as Matvii Kosht
• 1993: The Road to Paradise as academician Vladimir Naumovich Lerner
• 1993: Trap (TV Series) as Stalsky
• 1995: Single Player as Pavel Kondratievich
• 1995: Gelli and Nok as Gutan
• 1996: Judenkreis, or Eternal Wheel as Liberzon
• 1999: With Fire and Sword as Bohdan Chmielnicki
• 1999: East/West as colonel Boyko
• 1999: Chinese Service as Lapsin
• 2002: A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa as Hetman Mazepa
• 2003: An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God as Popiel
• 2004: Our Own as Ivan Blinov
• 2004: A Driver for Vera as general Serov
• 2005: Stealing Tarantino as Feliks Dobrzhansky
• 2006: Rabbit Over the Void as Leonid Brezhnev
• 2007: Two in One as Andrei
• 2007: Three and Snowflake as Andrew's Father
• 2007: 18-14 as Vasily Malinovsky
• 2008: Sappho as professor Orlov
• 2008: Alexander as prince Yaroslav
• 2008: Serce na dloni as Konstanty
• 2009: Taras Bulba as Taras Bulba
• 2009: Insight as old man
• 2010: Chantrapas as ambassador Firsov
• 2010: Ivanov as Pavel Kirillyich Lebedev
• 2010: Platon Anhel (TV Movie) as Platon Nikitich Anhel
• 2011: Brothel Lights as Zaslavsky
• 2011: Home (Russia) as Grigory Ivanovich Shamanov
• 2011: Rejection as Ivan Pavlovich
• 2013: Podporuchik Romashov as Shulgovich
• 2015: 12 Months. New Fairy Tale as December (final film role)

Commemoration

• Streets in the cities of Vinnytsia, Bucha, Boryspil, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Synelnykove, Tavriisk, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk are named in his honor.

• Asteroid 269252 Bohdanstupka, discovered on the night of Bohdan Stupka's 67th birthday at the Andrushivka Astronomical Observatory, was named in his honor.
• On October 5, 2016, Ukrposhta introduced into circulation a postage stamp dedicated to Bohdan Stupka, and the first day covers were canceled with a special commemorative stamp in Lviv and Kyiv post offices.^[13]
• On the occasion of the actor's 75th birthday in 2016, the Bohdan Stupka Museum Room was opened in the building of the People's House in Kulykiv.
• For the 76th anniversary of his birthday in 2017, a bust of Bohdan Stupka was installed near the building of the People's House in Kulykiv, Zhovkva district, Lviv Oblast.^[14]
• On August 27, 2021, on the occasion of the actor's 80th birthday, a bas-relief and a memorial plaque with a miniature sculpture were unveiled on Mary Zankovetska Street in Kyiv.^[15][16]
• In May 2022, in the city of Horodok, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Tukhachevsky Street was renamed Bohdan Stupka Street.

References

1. "Помер Богдан Ступка". Retrieved 2012-07-22.
2. Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 672–673. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.
3. "Богдан Ступка — актёр". Encyclopedia of Russian Cinema. Archived from the original on 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
4. "Богдан Ступка". Russia-1.
5. "23rd Moscow International Film Festival (2001)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
6. "26th Moscow International Film Festival (2004)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-04-03. Retrieved 2013-04-07.
7. Government allocates Hr 550,000 for medical treatment of actor Stupka, Kyiv Post (February 8, 2011)
8. Korolevska recruits acting, sports stars for campaign, Kyiv Post (Aug. 2, 2012)
9. "2004". kinopressa.ru. Golden Aries Award. Archived from the original on 2016-03-14.
10. "От бандеровца до Тараса Бульбы: 5 кинообразов Богдана Ступки". RIA Novosti. 22 July 2012.
11. Igor Kozlov. "Богдан Ступка получил премию «Золотой орёл» за роль в фильме «Водитель для Веры»". fakty.ua.
12. "«Елена» Звягинцева получила главного "Золотого орла"". Lenta.ru.
13. "Укрпошта презентувала марку «Богдан Ступка» | УКРПОШТА". 2016-10-12. Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
14. "У Львівській області відкрили пам'ятник Богдану Ступці | Українські Новини". 2018-04-16. Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
15. "У Києві відкрили горельєф Богдана Ступки". 2021-08-30. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
16. "Бандерівець, гетьман, Чингісхан - сім ролей Богдана Ступки - BBC News Україна". BBC News Україна. 2021-08-30. Archived from the original on 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2023-05-14.

External links

• Bohdan Stupka at IMDb