{{short description|Russian actor and director (born 1958)}} {{Infobox person | name = Andrey Smolyakov | native_name = {{nobold|Андрей Смоляков}} | native_name_lang = ru | image = Andrey Smolyakov February 2026 (cropped).jpg | caption = Andrey Smolyakov in 2026 | birth_name = Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|11|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR | citizenship = Soviet Union<br>Russian | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1977-present | awards = 30px|link=Honored Artist of the Russian Federation 30px|link=State Prize of the Russian Federation |alma_mater = Russian Institute of Theatre Arts }}
'''Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov''' ({{langx|ru|Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в}}; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for ''Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and ''Forbidden Empire''.
==Life== Smolyakov was born in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union as Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov. For three years he studied at Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, but switched. In 1980 he graduated from the State Institute of Theatre Arts in a workshop under supervision of Oleg Tabakov. After graduation, he started working as actor on the stage of the Moscow Art Theatre. In 1984-1986 he was associated with the theater "Satirikon". In 1987 he joined the Moscow Studio Theatre Oleg Tabakov.
In 2004 he remarried to fashion designer Daria Razumikhina.
==Career== Smolyakov made his debut in the film ''Kiss Dawns'' (1977).
He played the title role in the playwright "Farewell, Mowgli!" based on ''The Jungle Book'' by Rudyard Kipling.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tabakov.ru/en/artists/smolyakov/|title=Московский театр О. Табакова" — Официальный сайт театра|website=Tabakov.ru|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>
In 2000 he received the prize of the newspaper ''Moskovskij Komsomolets'' in the category "Best Actor" for his role as actor in the play ''The Lower Depths'' by Maxim Gorky.
In 2002 Andrey Smolyakov, received an award from the Stanislavsky International Fund as well as an award from the Moscow Expert Jury for his role as Brucson in ''Der Theatermacher'', a playwright by Thomas Bernhard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.passportmagazine.ru/article/2092/|title=Theatre Review|website=Passportmagazine.ru|accessdate=28 November 2018}}</ref>
At the awards ceremony at Mosfilm Andrey Smolyakov was the winner of the Golden Eagle Award (Russia) for the best supporting actor in ''Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive'' as Viktor Bekhteev, a KGB Colonel in Uzbekistan, a drama film about Vladimir Vysotsky.
The Russian series ''Grigorii R'', directed by Andrey Malyukov, began on Russian TV Monday 27 October 2014; with Vladimir Mashkov as Grigori Rasputin and Smolyakov as the investigator Smitten.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marsme.ru/en/project-raspytin|title=RASPUTIN|author=|date=|website=Marsme.ru|accessdate=27 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://vkino-tv.ru/load/smotret_serial_onlajn/grigorij_r_smotret_onlajn_serial/18-1-0-4238|title=Григорий Р. (2014) смотреть онлайн бесплатно|author=|date=|website=Vkino-tv.ru|accessdate=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161111231941/http://vkino-tv.ru/load/smotret_serial_onlajn/grigorij_r_smotret_onlajn_serial/18-1-0-4238|archive-date=11 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Father Sergius'' (1978) as Alyosha * ''Dawns Are Kissing'' (1978) * ''Confrontation'' (1985) as the real Grigoriy Milinko * ''Stalingrad'' (1989) - Leonid Khrushchev * ''Hello, Fools!'' (1996) - Volodya, bodyguard * ''Still Waters'' (2000) - Ivan Pavlovich, Kashtanov's assistant * ''Daddy'' (2004) - Odintsov * ''Children of the Arbat'' (2004) - Nikolai Yezhov * ''Adjutants of Love'' (2005) - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord * ''Konservy'' (2007) - Petr Rodionov, FSB Colonel * ''He Who Puts Out the Light'' (2008) - Nikolai Fyodorov * ''Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive'' (2011) - Viktor Bekhteev, KGB Colonel in Uzbekistan * ''Fairytale.Is'' (2011) - Evil Clown * ''Stalingrad'' (2013) - Polyakov, sergeant artillery * ''Viy'' (2014) - priest Paisiy * ''Star'' (2014) * ''Orlova and Alexandrov'' (2015) - Maxim Gorky * ''Viking'' (2016) - Rogvolod * ''Raid'' (2017) - Police officer Andrey Ryzhov * ''Going Vertical'' (2017) * ''Coach'' (2017) - father of Stoleshnikov * ''The Factory'' (2018) * ''Dead Lake'' (2019) - oligarch * ''More volnuetsya raz'' (2021) - Old man * ''Mira'' (2022) - Fomin * ''Rowing for Gold'' (2025) - Ivan Kolosov * ''Volchok'' (2025)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0810632/|title=Andrey Smolyakov|website=IMDb.com|accessdate=28 November 2018}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.mxat.ru/english/actors/smoliakov/|title=МХТ им. А. П. Чехова|website=Mxat.ru|accessdate=28 November 2018}}
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