Nikolai Grinko


Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor.

Biography

Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920 in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR. He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine.
His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly, a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr.

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.
He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.

Selected filmography