{{Short description|Soviet and Russian actor (1951–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{family name hatnote|Rostislavovich |Yankovsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox person | name = Igor Yankovsky | image = File:Igor Yankovsky.jpg | caption = Yankovsky in 1983 | native_name = Игорь Янковский | native_name_lang = ru | birth_name = Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky | birth_date = {{Birth date|1951|04|29|df=y}} | birth_place = Leninabad, Tajik SSR, USSR | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|01|26|1951|04|29|df=y}} | death_place = Moscow, Russia | occupation = Actor, media manager | years_active = 1973–2025 | spouse = | father = Rostislav Yankovsky | relatives = Oleg Yankovsky (uncle) | awards = }}
'''Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky''' ({{langx|ru|И́горь Ростисла́вович Янко́вский}}; 29 April 1951 – 26 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actor and television presenter. He was a son of Rostislav Yankovsky,<ref>[http://postkomsg.ru/node/78 Ростислав Янковский. Биография]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and a nephew of Oleg Yankovsky.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rg.ru/2019/04/17/reg-pfo/igor-iankovskij-babushka-zakopala-shashku-deda-v-odesse.html|title= Игорь Янковский: Бабушка закопала шашку деда в Одессе|author=Андрей Куликов|date=2019-04-17|publisher=Российская газета|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://aif.ru/culture/person/nasledstvennaya_bolezn_kak_slozhilis_sudby_klana_yankovskih |title= Наследственная болезнь. Как сложились судьбы клана Янковских?|author=Татьяна Уланова |date=2023-01-08|publisher=Аргументы и факты|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref>
==Life and career== Yankovsky graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1992 he served in the {{Interlanguage link multi|Malaya Bronnaya Theatre|qid=Q4304134}}.<ref name="hist">[http://mbronnaya.theatre.ru/history/ История театра на Малой Бронной]</ref>
From 1992 he was working in the advertising business.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kp.ru/putevoditel/serialy/interesno/igor-yankovskij/ |title= Куда пропал племянник Олега Янковского — актер Игорь Янковский|author=Ольга Либгардт |date=2021-03-14|publisher=Комсомольская правда|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref> He was an academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vokrug.tv/person/show/igor_yankovskii/|title=Персоны. Игорь Янковский|author= |date= |publisher=Vokrug TV|access-date=2024-05-26}}</ref>
From 17 September to 26 November 2001 he hosted the game show ''Alchnost'' (similar to the American ''Greed'') on the NTV channel.
He held a degree of a Candidate of political sciences.<ref name="kt">[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/sov/5074/bio Биография актёра]. kino-teatr.ru</ref>
Yankovsky died from cirrhosis of the liver in Moscow, on 26 January 2025, at the age of 73.<ref name="death25">{{cite web |url= https://iz.ru/1828953/2025-01-27/akter-i-mediamenedzher-igor-iankovskii-umer-v-vozraste-73-let |title= Актер и медиаменеджер Игорь Янковский умер в возрасте 73 лет |trans-title= Igor Yankovsky, actor and media-manager, died at age 73 |author= |publisher= Izvestia |date= 2025-01-27 |accessdate= 2025-01-27 |quote= }}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * 1973 — ''It is Stronger Than Me'' as Ivan * 1974 — ''Maigret and the Old Lady'' as Henry * 1975 — ''Investigation Led by Experts: Riposte'' as Yuri Moralyov * 1976 — ''Lullaby for Men'' as Vsevolod * 1977 — ''The Golden Mine'' as Oleg Torchinsky * 1979 — ''The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person'' as Geraldine Jr. * 1984 — ''Time and the Conways'' as Gerald Thornton in his youth * 1984 — ''Charlotte's Necklace'' as Viktor Korablyov * 1995 — ''Yeralash: Clock'' as Igor Nikolayevich, school director * 2002 — ''In Motion'' as publisher
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name| id =0946158 | name = Igor Yankovsky }}
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