Nikolai Cherkasov 1 pictures

Actor
The preeminent Russian actor, at least in Western eyes, of the first half of the twentieth century. He became interested in the theatre as a teenager and joined the Teatr Mariinskij as a stagehand in 1918. He apprenticed with various traveling companies and therein learned ballet, pantomime, and acrobatics. He studied at the St. Petersburg (...

Born: July 27, 1903
Star sign: Leo
Height: 6' 6" (1.98 m)
Known for: Alexander Nevsky (1938), Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1945), Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958), Don Kikhot (1957)
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Nikolai Cherkasov is best known for the greatest Russian heroes he played in the Eisenstein's masterpieces, such as Alexander Nevsky (1938), Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) and Ivan the Terrible, Part II (1958). A still in the original version of this film.