Nikolai Grinko

For other uses, see Hrynko.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Grigoryevich and the family name is Grinko.

Nikolay Grinko
Born
Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko

(1920-05-22)22 May 1920
Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Died10 April 1989(1989-04-10) (aged 68)
Kyiv, Soviet Union
NationalityUkrainian
OccupationActor
Years active1946–1989

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Никола́й Григо́рьевич Гринько́; 22 May 1920 – 10 April 1989) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor.

Biography

Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920[1] in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).[2] He died on 10 April 1989[1] in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine.[2]

His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly (born 1932), a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr.[3]

Career

In 1961, Mykola Hrynko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf.

Grinko is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker.[4][5]

He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Страница Н. Г. Гринько Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b IMDb
  3. ^ Интервью Айше Чулак-оглы
  4. ^ "Как играть гения". day.kyiv.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. ^ Peter Rollberg (2009). Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema. US: Rowman / Littlefield. pp. 272–273. ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8.