Yevgeni Lazarev

Yevgeni Lazarev
Born Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev (Евгений Николаевич Лазарев)
(1937-03-31)31 March 1937[1]
Minsk, BSSR, USSR (now Belarus)[1]
Died 18 November 2016(2016-11-18) (aged 79)
Moscow, Russia
Other names Yevgeny Lazarev, Evgeniy Lazarev, Eugene Lazarev
Occupation Actor, director
Years active 1959 — 2016

Yevgeni Nikolayevich Lazarev (Belarusian: Яўген Мікалаевіч Лазараў; Russian: Евге́ний Никола́евич Ла́зарев; 31 March 1937 – 18 November 2016), also credited as Eugene Lazarev, was a Russian-born American actor. He was born in Minsk.

Biography

He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School-Studio,[1] and played in the Riga Russian Drama Theatre and Mayakovsky Theatre.[1]

In the 1990s, he emigrated to the US, and later appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including The Saint, The Sum of All Fears, Lord of War, and Iron Man 2 (as Anton Vanko), as well as in TV series such as The West Wing (Episode: The Lame Duck Congress), Alias, and 24.

He was a professor at the Moscow Art Theatre Studio School and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, and was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. From 2003 to 2016, he had been teaching at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting of Los Angeles[2] and the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He died on November 18th, 2016 at the age of 79. [3][4]

Filmography

Video games

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Yevgeni Lazarev - kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. ↑ The information related to History, Biography, Spouse, Salary, Awards, Profession of Yevgeni Lazarev - Movie Stars
  3. ↑ Evgeniy Lazarev - School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile - USC School of Cinematic Arts
  4. ↑ http://ren.tv/novosti/2016-11-18/syn-aktera-evgeniya-lazareva-soobshchil-gde-pohoronyat-ego-otca
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