Nikita Mikhalkov
Producer, Actor, Director, Writer
October 21, 1945 (80 years)
Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland".
Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007).
Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007).
Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | Batya 2. Ded · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | После школы · as Cameo |
| 2011 | Utomlennye solntsem 2 · as Сергей Петрович Котов - Бывший Комдив |
| 2011 | Utomlennye solntsem 2: Tsitadel · as Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov |
| 2010 | Burnt by the Sun 2 · as Sergei Petrovich Kotov |
| 2008 | 12 · as 2-Y Prisyazhnyy |
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| 2007 | 12 · as Juror #2 |
| 2007 | Fat Stupid Rabbit · as Nikita Sergeyevich |
| 2006 | Quiet Flows The Don · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2006 | And Quiet Flows the Don (2006) · as Narrator |
| 2006 | It Doesn't Hurt Me · as Sergei Sergeyevich |
| 2005 | Статский советник · as Gleb Georgievich Pozharskiy |
| 2005 | Persona non grata · as Oleg |
| 2005 | Blind Man's Bluff · as Сергей Михайлович (михалыч) |
| 2005 | The State Counsellor · as Count Pozharsky |
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| 2000 | Memories of Sherlock Holmes · as Sir Henry Baskerville |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia · as Imperator Aleksandr Iii |
| 1996 | Revizor · as Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, The Mayor |
| 1994 | Burnt by the Sun · as Sergey |
| 1993 | Chtoby Pomnili · as Narrator |
| 1993 | A Beautiful Stranger · as Pułkownik |
| 1991 | Close to Eden · as Cyclist On The Street Of Chinese City (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Unizhennye i oskorblennye · as Prince Valkovky |
| 1990 | Pod severnym siyaniyem · as Reginyov |
| 1984 | A Cruel Romance · as Paratov |
| 1983 | Inspektor GAI · as Valentin Pavlovich Trunov |
| 1983 | A Railway Station for Two · as Andrey |
| 1983 | Flights in Dreams and in Reality · as The Director |
| 1982 | Portrait of the Artist's Wife · as Boris Petrovich |
| 1982 | Family Relations · as Waiter |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 2 · as Sir Henry Baskerville |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles - Part 1 · as Sir Henry Baskerville |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Sir Henry Baskerville |
| 1981 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Sir Henry Baskerville |
| 1980 | A Few Days from the Life of I.I. Oblomov · as Episode (uncredited) |
| 1979 | Siberiade · as Aleksei Ustyuzhanin |
| 1977 | Unfinished Piece for the Player Piano · as Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky |
| 1976 | A Slave of Love · as Ivan |
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| 1971 | Derzhis za oblaka · as Cast |
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| 1970 | Pesn o Manshuk · as Valeri Yezhov |
| 1969 | The Red Tent · as Boris Chukhnovskiy |
| 1969 | A Nest of Gentry · as Prince Nelidov |
| 1967 | The Red and the White · as White Officer |
| 1967 | Ne samyy udachnyy den · as Nikita |
| 1966 | God kak zhizn · as Jules |
| 1965 | War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky · as Cameo |
| 1965 | War and Peace · as Cameo |
| 1964 | Walking the Streets of Moscow · as Kolka |
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| 1962 | Priklyucheniya Krosha · as Vadim |
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| 2011 | Utomlennye solntsem 2 · as Screenplay |
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| 2010 | |
| 2008 | 12 · as Screenplay |
| 2007 | |
| 2003 | Mother · as Screenplay |
| 1998 | |
| 1994 | Burnt by the Sun · as Screenplay |
| 1994 | |
| 1991 | L'autostop · as Screenplay |
| 1989 | Martokhela monadire · as Screenplay |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | Moy lyubimyy kloun · as Screenplay |
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| 2025 | Brat navsegda · as Self |
| 2025 | Nikita · as Self |
| 2025 | Nikita · as Self |
| 2023 | Son · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | Ukraine on Fire 2 · as Self - Russian Film Director |
| 2021 | Крым Юлиана Семёнова · as Self - Кинорежиссер |
| 2020 | Stanislavsky. Lust for life · as Self |
| 2018 | Putin's Witnesses · as Self - Director (archive Footage) |
| 2018 | Miroporyadok-2018 · as Self |
| 2017 | vDud · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Water and Sugar · as Self |
| 2016 | The Artist's Adventures · as Self |
| 2015 | Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian · as Self |
| 2012 | Urgant Show · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky · as Self |
| 2011 | Live · as Self |
| 2010 | Reutov TV · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | Pozner · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2008 | Big Difference · as Self/guest |
| 2007 | Dnevnik pamyati · as Self - Filmmaker |
| 2004 | The 2004 European Film Awards · as Self |
| 2004 | Words in Progress · as Self |
| 1995 | The 67th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Best Foreign Language Film |
| 1994 | Anna ot 6 do 18 · as Himself |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self |
| 1987 | View · as Self - Host |
| 1987 | NPA · as Self |
| 1971 | A-studio · as Self |
| 1968 | Vremya · as Self - People's Artist Of The Rsfsr |
D-D-Dreamer · as Self | |
Nikita Mikhalkov. Metod · as Self |
| 2005 | Статский советник · as Production Director |
| 1991 | Close to Eden · as Idea |