Oleg Menshikov
Oleg Menshikov

Oleg Menshikov

Born: November 8, 1960 (65 years)
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov (born 8 November 1960) is a Soviet and Russian entertainer. He is a film and theatre actor, singer and director. He started his film career in the early 1980s playing in the comedy Pokrovskie vorota and in Nikita Mikhalkov's Rodnya. In 1993, Menshikov collaborated again with Mikhalkov in their most famous film, Burnt by the Sun. Portraying a manipulative and suicidal NKVD agent during Stalin's Great Purge, Menshikov's performance brought him to the attention of a wide international audience. The film won the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Menshikov appeared in Régis Wargnier's 1999 film, East-West with Sandrine Bonnaire and Catherine Deneuve. Menshikov played the hero of Mikhalkov's 1998 The Barber of Siberia, with Julia Ormond playing his mistress. He appeared as Erast Fandorin in the 2005 film The Councillor of State. He filled the role of Ostap Bender in the 2006 Russian mini-series based on The Little Golden Calf. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oleg Menshikov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies Directed (2)
Movies as Actor (41)
Emelianenko

Emelianenko

as self

Apr 9, 2026

Interview

Interview

Dec 1, 2024

Золотой век Зои Богуславской

Золотой век Зои Богуславской

as Self

Aug 25, 2024

Invasion

Invasion

as General Lebedev

Feb 27, 2020

Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance

Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance

as Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator

Aug 30, 2018

Gogol. The Beginning

Gogol. The Beginning

as Yakov Petrovich Guro - investigator

Aug 31, 2017

Attraction

Attraction

as Colonel Lebedev

Jan 26, 2017

Yankovsky

Yankovsky

Feb 19, 2015

Legend No. 17

Legend No. 17

as Tarasov

Apr 17, 2013

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

as Dmitriy Arsentyev

May 5, 2011

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

as Mitya Arsentyev

Apr 22, 2010

What Men Talk About

What Men Talk About

as Himself

Mar 4, 2010

Игроки

Игроки

as Утешительный

Oct 12, 2006

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago

Apr 1, 2006

The State Counsellor

The State Counsellor

as Erast Petrovich Fandorin

Apr 21, 2005

Woe From Wit

Woe From Wit

as Александр Андреевич Чацкий

Jan 2, 2000

East/West

East/West

as Aleksei Golovin

Sep 1, 1999

Mommy

Mommy

as Lyonchik Yuryev

Mar 31, 1999

The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

as André Tolstoi

Nov 11, 1998

Prisoner of the Mountains

Prisoner of the Mountains

as Sacha Kostylin

Mar 15, 1996

Burnt by the Sun

Burnt by the Sun

as Dmitry

May 1, 1994

Dyuba-Dyuba

Dyuba-Dyuba

Nov 28, 1992

The Hole

The Hole

Aug 16, 1990

Limited Life

Limited Life

Dec 4, 1989

The Stairway

The Stairway

as Владимир Пирошников

Nov 11, 1989

Splashes of Champagne

Splashes of Champagne

as Sergei

Feb 23, 1989

These... Three True Cards...

These... Three True Cards...

Dec 31, 1988

Moonsund

Moonsund

as Sergey Artenev

Dec 1, 1987

Speak...

Speak...

Jun 15, 1987

My Favorite Clown

My Favorite Clown

as Sergei Sinitsin

Mar 2, 1987

Through Main Street with an Orchestra

Through Main Street with an Orchestra

as Korolkov

May 12, 1986

The Legend of Salieri

The Legend of Salieri

Jan 1, 1986

Big Volodya, Small Volodya

Big Volodya, Small Volodya

Sep 15, 1985

Obstacle Course

Obstacle Course

as Vladimir

Jun 1, 1984

Капитан Фракасс

Капитан Фракасс

as Барон де Сигоньяк

Mar 22, 1984

The Kiss

The Kiss

as Merzlyakov

Oct 22, 1983

The Pokrovsky Gates

The Pokrovsky Gates

as Костик

Feb 11, 1983

Flights in Dreams and in Reality

Flights in Dreams and in Reality

as Alisa's Friend

Jan 17, 1983

Kin

Kin

as Kirill

Mar 1, 1982

The Birthday of Teresa

The Birthday of Teresa

as Хосе

Jun 14, 1980

I Wait and Hope

I Wait and Hope

Jan 1, 1980