{{Short description|Soviet and Russian actor (born 1947)}} {{Family name hatnote|Sergeevich|Galkin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Boris Galkin | image = Boris Galkin.jpg | caption = Galkin in 2015 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1947|09|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leningrad, Soviet Union | alma_mater = Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1969–present | political_party = | children = 3 }} '''Boris Sergeevich Galkin''' ({{Langx|ru|Бори́с Серге́евич Га́лкин}}; born 19 September 1947) is a Soviet and Russian stage, film actor, director, composer and television presenter. In 1981, Galkin received the Lenin Komsomol Prize and in 1999 was awarded the title of Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
Galkin is most notably recognised for his role as Viktor Pavlovich Tarasov in the 1977 film ''In the Zone of Special Attention''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-08-25 |title=«У тебя не должно было быть никаких детей»: Почему старшая дочь Бориса Галкина отказалась от отца |url=https://kulturologia.ru/blogs/250825/65229/ |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=Культурология |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Кино-Театр.Ру |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/robot/?ts=17784967189043 |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=www.kino-teatr.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Статьи - В зоне особого внимания: юбилей Бориса Галкина |url=http://www.rewizor.ru/cinema/reviews/v-zone-osobogo-vnimaniya-ubiley-borisa-galkina/ |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=РЕВИЗОР.РУ |language=ru}}</ref>
== Early life == Boris Sergeevich Galkin was born in the city of Leningrad on 19 September 1947, the son of Sergei Mikhailovich Galkin (1911-1985) and Svetlana Georgievna Galkina ({{Nee|Zader}}, 1924-2006), a distant relation to the narodnik Olimpia Kutuzova.<ref>{{Cite web |title=«Нужно все делать искренне»: актер и режиссер Борис Галкин назвал лучшие фильмы о войне |url=https://vm.ru/society/1324333-nuzhno-vse-delat-iskrenne-akter-i-rezhisser-boris-galkin-nazval-luchshie-filmy-o-vojne |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=Вечерняя Москва |language=ru}}</ref>
== Career ==
In 1969, Galkin graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute alongside Nina Ruslanova, Alexander Kaidanovsky, Leonid Filatov, Natalya Gurzo, Vladimir Kachan, Ivan Dykhovichny, Lyudmila Kupina and Yan Arlazorov.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Галерея выпускников 60-х годов |url=https://www.htvs.ru/archive/galereya-vypusknikov/60-e-gody/ |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=www.htvs.ru |language=ru}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Following this, Galkin worked as an actor and director in various theatres in Moscow and Novgorod, most notably the Taganka Theatre from 1971 to 1977.
In 1977, Galkin graduated from the Lunacharsky State Institute for Theatre Arts (GITIS).
Since 1996 Galkin has served as the Deputy Director for production at the Gorky Film Studio.
From 2005 to 2008, Galkin was president of the Russian Film Actors Guild.
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1969 |''Echo of Distant Snow'' |Alyosha | |- |1970 |''City of First Love'' |Filipp | |- |1972 |''Sveaborg'' |Arkady Emelyanov | |- |1974 |''A Friend to Foes, a Foe to Friends'' |Messenger | |- |1975 |''A Slave of Love'' |Trofimenko | |- |1976 |''Sentimental Romance'' |Stepan | |- |1977 |''In the Zone of Special Attention'' |Guards Lieutenant Viktor Pavlovich Tarasov | |- |1978 |''Pugachev'' |''Nikita Stroev'' | |- | rowspan="2" |1979 |''The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle'' |James Ryder | |- |''Kapitan Sovri-golova'' |Father of the Zavitaikin family | |- | rowspan="3" |1980 |''Citizen Lyoshka'' |Lyoshka Ignatov | |- |''White Snow of Russia'' |Salo Flohr | |- |''Lyudi V Okeane'' |Sanya Pryakhin | |- | rowspan="2" |1981 |''Hit Back'' |Guards Captain Viktor Pavlovich Tarasov | |- |''Waiting for Colonel Shalygin'' |Private Pyotr Ivanovich Gelov | |- |1982 |''Dykhanie grozy'' |Ales | |- |1982 |''The Journey Will Be Pleasant'' |Gennady | |- |1984 |''Alone and Unarmed'' |Sonny | |- |1985 |''Matveeva radost'' |Matvey | |- |1986 |''Obvinyaetsya svadba'' |Falya | |- | rowspan="4" |1987 |''Straw Bells'' |Police Officer | |- |''Action'' |Egor Ivanovich Semin | |- |''Mirror for a Hero'' |Kirill Ivanovich Pshenichny | |- |''I Want to be a Bright Boy'' |Narrator | |- | rowspan="2" |1988 |''Everyone Loves Someone'' |Gregory | |- |''Working on Mistakes'' |Principal | |- | rowspan="2" |1989 |''Knyaz Udacha Andreevich'' |Vladimir Elkhov | |- |''Humble Grave'' |Garik | |- | rowspan="2" |1990 |''The Swarm'' | Victor Zavarzin | |- |''The Executioner'' |Sasha Zavalishin | |- | rowspan="2" |1991 |''Blood for Blood'' |Valek "Sobol", Repeat offender Valentin Stepanovich Somov | |- |''Poka grom ne gryanet'' |Butcher | |- |1992 |''Remember the Scent of Lilac'' |Pakhomov | |- |1994 |''Black Clown'' |Axel Birkamp | |- |1995 |''Muzhskoy talisman'' |Lieutenant Colonel Orlov | |- |2005 |''Shadow Hunt'' |Andrey Savin, Colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine | |- |2006 |''Quake'' |FSB General Vershinin | |- |2007 |''Stealth X'' |Krasnov | |- |2008 |''Black Hunters'' |Emelyanov | |- |2009 |''Whispers of Orange Clouds'' |Anatoly Ganich (Coach) | |- |2010 |''Caravan Hunters'' |Colonel General of the Soviet Ministry of Defence | |- | rowspan="2" |2012 |''Surprise Me'' |Andrey Filippovich | |- |''Hunting For Gauleiter'' |Andrey Nikolaevich Silantiev | |- |2013 |''Queen of Bandits'' |Kozyr | |- |2014 |''Doroga Domoy'' |Egor Timofeevich Gerasimov | |- |2018 |''Pulya'' |Ivan Ivanovich Romanov | |- |2022 |''My Friend the Seal'' |Grandfather Sasha | |- |2022 |''By the White Sea'' |Nikolai | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |1975 |''Such a Short Long Life'' |Igor |Season 2, Episode 4, 5, 6 and 8 |- |1983 |''The Adolescent'' |Kraft | |- |1987 |''Sud v Yershovke'' |Rogachev | |- |2000 |Maroseyka, 12 |Colonel Durov | |- |2001 |''Blyustiteli poroka'' |Killer | |- |2002 |''Right of Defence'' |Tolya | |- |2002 |''Taiga: Survival'' |Sergey Petrovich | |- |2007 |''On the Bridge'' |Nikitin | |- |2008 |''The Father of Paratroopers'' |Colonel General Petrov, Deputy Commander of the Soviet Airborne Forces | |- |2009 |Werewolf Hunt |Major Oleg Grishin | |- |2009-2011 |''Retired'' |Colonel Sergei Mikhailovich Devov | |- | rowspan="3" |2011 |''PPS'' |Colonel Konstantin Grogorievich Nadezhdin | |- |''Retribution'' |Nikolai Petrovich Spasov | |- |''Sdelano V SSSR'' | ''Ivan Grigorievich Shishov'' | |- |2015 |''Nerds'' |Viktor Tarasov | |- | rowspan="3" |2019 |''Retired: One for All'' | rowspan="2" |Colonel Sergei Mikhailovich Devov | |- |''Retired: Save the Enemy'' | |- |''Staryye kadry'' |Ivan Dolin | |- |2020 |''Pod prikrytiem'' |Egor Fomich Bakhrushin | |- |2021 |''Topor 1943'' |Marshal Georgy Zhukov | |- | rowspan="2" |2023 |''Retired: Defence of Dedov'' | rowspan="2" |Colonel Sergei Mikhailovich Devov | |- |''Retired: Close Combat'' | |}
== Awards ==
* A. P. Dovzhenko Medal (1978) - for playing the role of Guards Lieutenant Viktor Pavlovich Tarasov in the film ''In the Zone of Special Attention'' (1977).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Галкин Борис Сергеевич - Молодежное театральное искусство |url=https://www.onteatr.ru/aktery/rossii/galkin-boris-sergeevich |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=www.onteatr.ru |language=ru-ru}}</ref> * Lenin Komsomol Prize (1981)<ref name=":1" /> * Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)<ref>{{Cite news |title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 18.04.1999 г. № 502 |url=http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13737 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801013111/http://www.kremlin.ru/acts/bank/13737 |archive-date=2018-08-01 |access-date=2026-05-11 |work=Президент России |language=ru}}</ref> * Prize of the Russian Ministry of Defence in the field of culture and art (2017) - for theatrical art<ref>{{Cite web |title=В ЦАТРА прошла церемония награждения лауреатов премии Минобороны России в области культуры и искусства : Министерство обороны Российской Федерации |url=https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/vks/news/more.htm?id=12168547@egNews |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330013659/https://structure.mil.ru/structure/forces/vks/news/more.htm?id=12168547@egNews |archive-date=2018-03-30 |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=structure.mil.ru}}</ref> * Russian National Prize for Imperial Culture named after Eduard Volodin (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Котькало |first=Сергей |date=2023-12-11 |title=Герои нашего времени |url=https://voskres.ru/informaciya/2101/ |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=Русское Воскресение |language=ru-RU}}</ref> * Russian National Acting Award named after Andrei Mironov "Figaro" (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Миронова |first=Санкт-Петербургский театр имени Андрея |title=Премия «Фигаро» — 2023 |url=https://www.mironov-theatre.ru/news/tpost/sy1txodvn1-premiya-figaro-2023 |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=www.mironov-theatre.ru}}</ref> * Amet-khan Sultan Medal (2024) - Awarded by the Republic of Dagestan. For contributions to the patriotic education of youth, and services in the development of arts and culture.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Указ Главы Республики Дагестан от 24.06.2024 № 79 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов |url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0500202407010016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722102442/http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/document/0500202407010016 |archive-date=2024-07-22 |access-date=2026-05-11 |website=publication.pravo.gov.ru |language=ru}}</ref>
== References == <references />
== External links ==
* {{imdbname|0302261}} * [https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/921/bio/ Boris Galkin] at kino-teatr.ru{{Russia-actor-stub}} {{USSR-actor-stub}}
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