Valery Garkalin
Valery Borisovich Garkalin was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008. Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.]
Personal life
He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009. His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production. His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.
Selected filmography
- The [Scarlet Flower |The Scarlet Flower] as man in the village
- Katala as Aleksei Grekov
- Tsar Ivan the Terrible as Vaska Gryaznoy
- Zone of Lyube as Silnyy
- Russian Symphony as Borisych
- What a Mess! as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow
- Poor Sasha as Nikolay Kryshkin
- House for the Rich as captain Skorokhodov
- Silver Lily of the Valley as Roman Kromin
- Yeralash as cameo
- Fitil as cameo
- My Fair Nanny as writer Francois Lyapen
- Popsa as Lev Malinovsky
- One Night of Love as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher
Awards
- Kinoshock — Award for Best Actor
- Honored Artist of the Russian Federation for merits in the field of art
- People's Artist of Russia