{{family name hatnote|Viktorovich|Rakov|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Infobox person | name = Viktor Rakov | honorific_suffix = PAR | image = Lenkom (2022-09-02) 03.jpg | caption = 2022 | birth_name = Viktor Viktorovich Rakov | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|2|5|df=yes}} | birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, USSR | alma_mater = Russian Academy of Theatre Arts }} '''Viktor Viktorovich Rakov''' ({{langx|ru|Виктор Викторович Раков}}; born February 5, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (2003).<ref name="1379-2003">{{Cite web |url=http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=020077 |title=Почётное звание присвоено указом президента России № 1379 от 22 ноября 2003 года |access-date=2010-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508100733/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=020077 |archive-date=2013-05-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Biography == He was born February 5, 1962, in Moscow and after graduating in 1984 from GITIS he became an actor in the Lenkom Theatre.<ref name=Ref12>[http://gazeta.aif.ru/online/tv/98/tg05_01 Виктор Раков: «Я — муж, отец, сын и брат»]</ref>
His first major role was in ''To Kill a Dragon'' as Heinrich, the Burgermeister's son.
He has a son from his first marriage with Olga Ilyukhina and is married to Lyudmila Rakova, with whom he had two children.<ref name="Ref12"/>
==Works==
===Theatre=== *Sage as Glumov *The Star and Death of Joaquin Muretta as Joaquin Muretta, Lead and customs officer, organ grinder *Hamlet as Laertes *Juno and Avos as Fernando Lopez, man of the theater, Burning heretic, Count Rezanov<ref>[http://ria.ru/culture/20141024/1029878536.html Николай Караченцов отметит свой юбилей в родном «Ленкоме»]</ref> *The Royal Game as Thomas Cromwell *Jester Balakirev as Menshikov *Va-Bank as Dulchin *Marriage as Podkolyosin *Peer Gynt as Davorsky grandfather, King of Trolls *White lie as Senor Balboa, grandfather (director by Gleb Panfilov) *Skywalker as Ryabovsky
===Selected filmography=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *1988 — To Kill a Dragon as Heinrich, Burgermeister's son *1990 — Mother as Pavel Vlasov *1990 — Humiliated and Insulted as Alyosha Valkovsky *1992 — Gardes-Marines III as Baron von Brockdorf *1994 — The Master and Margarita as the Master *2000 — The Romanovs: An Imperial Family as Tsar Nicholas II (voice) *2006 — Alive as philosopher *2009 — The Admiral as investigator Popov *2013 — The Three Musketeers as Mr. Bonacieux *2014 — House with Lilies as Miron Polischuk *2015 — Catherine the Great as Count Alexei Razumovsky {{div col end}}
== Prizes and awards== * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996) - for achievements in the arts<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708052123/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=077366 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 2 мая 1996 года № 617 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»]</ref> * People's Artist of Russia (2003)<ref name="1379-2003" /> * Order of Friendship (2013)<ref name="696-20103">[http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?3584410 Указ Президента РФ от 2 сентября 2013 года № 696 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»]</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://rakovvv.ru/ Official website] *{{IMDb name|0707618}} {{Authority control}}
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