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Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

Acting

August 30, 1934 – June 11, 1982 (died at 47)
Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Male
47 Movies
1 TV Shows

Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collaborations with Andrei Tarkovsky. Born in 1934 in Bogorodsk, he became the face of inner struggle and metaphysical searching in Soviet cinema, most famously portraying Andrei Rublev, the tormented painter of icons, and the introspective Writer in Stalker. Solonitsyn’s performances were marked by a quiet magnetism—his stoic presence and penetrating gaze gave form to Tarkovsky’s spiritual explorations. Though he appeared in a range of Soviet films, his legacy is inseparable from Tarkovsky’s cinema, where he embodied characters wrestling with art, faith, and the weight of history. His life was cut short in 1982 by cancer, yet his work remains timeless—an imprint of the soul etched in celluloid.

Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

1966 8.0

as Andrei Rublev

Age 32 (now 47)
Stalker
Stalker

Stalker

1979 8.1

as Writer

Age 44 (now 47)
Mirror
Mirror

Mirror

1975 8.0

as Forensic Doctor

Age 40 (now 47)
Solaris
Solaris

Solaris

1972 7.8

as Dr. Sartorius

Age 37 (now 47)
The Ascent
The Ascent

The Ascent

1977 7.8

as Portnov, collaborationist interrogator

Age 42 (now 47)
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own

1974 6.6

as Sarychev

Age 40 (now 47)
Trial on the Road
Trial on the Road

Trial on the Road

1986 7.0

as Petushkov

Age 51 (now 47)
No Path Through Fire
No Path Through Fire

No Path Through Fire

1967 5.8

as Commissar Yevstryukov

Age 33 (now 47)
The Train Has Stopped
The Train Has Stopped

The Train Has Stopped

1982 5.5

as Malinin, a journalist

Age 47
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin

1981 6.7

as Colonel

Age 47
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky
Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

Twenty Six Days in the Life of Dostoevsky

1981 5.0

as Fyodor Dostoevsky

Age 46 (now 47)
Peasants
Peasants

Peasants

1982 6.3

as artist

Age 47
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

1979 5.3

as Sultan Nazar

Age 44 (now 47)
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh
Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh

1981 6.5

as Tolik Chikin

Age 46 (now 47)
The Love of Mankind
The Love of Mankind

The Love of Mankind

1973 6.0

as Dmitry Kalmykov

Age 38 (now 47)
One Chance in One Thousand
One Chance in One Thousand

One Chance in One Thousand

1969 4.3

as Captain Migunko

Age 34 (now 47)