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.]
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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 as man in the villageKatala as Aleksei GrekovTsar Ivan the Terrible as Vaska GryaznoyZone of Lyube as SilnyyRussian Symphony as BorisychWhat a Mess! as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick CrolikowPoor Sasha as Nikolay KryshkinHouse for the Rich as captain SkorokhodovSilver Lily of the Valley as Roman KrominYeralash as cameoFitil as cameoMy Fair Nanny as writer Francois LyapenPopsa as Lev MalinovskyOne Night of Love as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher

Awards