Igor Yasulovich

Russian actor (1941–2023)

Igor Yasulovich
Игорь Ясулович
Yasulovich in 2019
Born	Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (1941-09-24)24 September 1941 Reynsfeld village, Koshkinsky District, Samara Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	19 August 2023(2023-08-19) (aged 81)
Years active	1961–2023
Spouse	Natalia Egorova (married since 1963)^[1]
Children	Alexey Yasulovich

Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (Russian: Игорь Николаевич Ясулович^[2]; 24 September 1941 – 19 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and pedagogue.^[3]

Biography

Yasulovich was born in the village of Reinsfeld (now Zalesye) in Koshkinsky District of Kuybyshev Oblast. In 1962 he graduated from the cast, and then, in 1974, Directing Department Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.

From 1962 he became an actor of experimental theater-studio pantomime, in 1964-1994 — Theatre studio of film actor, 1994 — Moscow Youth Theater.

Yasulovich played over 170 roles in cinema, his debut appearance being in En Route (1961), albeit uncredited.

Igor Yasulovich died from kidney disease on 19 August 2023, at the age of 81.^[4]

Honours and awards

Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1988)
State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000)
People's Artist of Russia (2001)^[5]
Order of Honour (2013)^[6]

Filmography

Actor

En Route (Russian: В пути, 1961) as student-fellow traveler with baguettes (uncredited)
Adventures of Krosh (Приключения Кроша, 1961) as dancer with glasses
Nine Days in One Year (Девять дней одного года, 1961) as Fedorov, physicist
Time, Forward! (Время, вперёд!, 1965) as Vinkich
Aybolit-66 (Айболит-66, 1966) as episode
Major Whirlwind (Майор Вихрь, 1967) as Kurt Appel
The Golden Calf (Золотой телёнок, 1968) as young chauffeur
The Diamond Arm (Бриллиантовая рука, 1968) as dog owner
The Shield and the Sword (Щит и меч, 1968) as Goga
Waterloo (Ватерлоо, 1970) as episode
The Twelve Chairs (Двенадцать стульев, 1971) as Ernest Shchukin, engineer
Princ Bajaja (1971) as Black Prince
Ilf and Petrov Rode a Tram (Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров, 1972) as Vasya the sculptor / Hans the sculptor
It Can't Be! (Не может быть!, 1975) as Lyolik, the painting customer / guest at the wedding
31 June (31 июня, 1978) as Master Jarvie / Dr. Jarvis
The Very Same Munchhausen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, 1979) as Duke's Secretary
Life Is Beautiful (Жизнь прекрасна, 1979) as prisoner
Per Aspera Ad Astra (Через тернии к звездам, 1980) as Torki
Mary Poppins, Goodbye (Мэри Поппинс, до свидания!, 1983) as Mr. Smith, the Park Keeper
Guest from the Future (Гостья из будущего, 1985) as Electron Ivanovich, KosmoZoo employee
The Most Charming and Attractive (Самая обаятельная и привлекательная, 1985) as huckster
How to Become Happy (Как стать счастливым, 1986) as speaker at the opening of the monument
Lilac Ball (Лиловый шар, 1987) as Koschei
Mio in the Land of Faraway (Мио, мой Мио, 1987) as Eno / Carpetbeater
Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (Гардемарины, вперёд!, 1988) as Korn
The Witches Cave (Подземелье ведьм, 1990) as Conrad Zhmuda, ethnographer
Black Square (Чёрный квадрат, 1992) as Rakitin
The Russian Singer (Русская певица, 1993) as Pyotr Demichev
Queen Margot (Королева Марго, 1996) as Prosecutor Lyagel
Brezhnev (Брежнев, 2005) as Mikhail Suslov
The State Counsellor (Статский советник, 2005) as Aronzon the chemist
Adjutants of Love (Адъютанты любви, 2005) as Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen
Anyone but Them (Только не они, 2018) as scientist

Director

Everyone Dreams about a Dog (Каждый мечтает о собаке, 1975)
He is Missing and Found (Пропал и нашёлся, 1976)
Hello, River! (Здравствуй, река! 1978)

References

^ Малкольм Макдауэлл / Игорь Ясулович (in Russian)
^ Игорь Ясулович получил Oрден Почёта! (in Russian)
^ Igor Yasulovich Filmography
^ "Умер актер Игорь Ясулович". Smartpress.by. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ "Указ Президента РФ от 19 марта 2013 года No. 250 o награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации". Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ "Почётное звание присвоено указом президента России от 19 марта 2013 № 250". Archived from the original on 12 July 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2015.