Igor Yankovsky

Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky (Russian: И́горь Ростисла́вович Янко́вский; 29 April 1951 – 26 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actor and a TV presenter.

He was a son of Rostislav Yankovsky, and a nephew of Oleg Yankovsky.

Biography

He graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1992 he served in the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre.

From 1992 he was working in the advertising business. He was an academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising.

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.

He died in Moscow on 26 January 2025 from liver cirrhosis.

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
• 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: Episode 108 "Clock" as Igor Nikolayevich, school director
• 2002 — In Motion as publisher