Igor Zolotovitskiy
Igor Zolotovitskiy | |
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| Игорь Золотовицкий | |
Zolotovitskiy in 2014 | |
| Born | Igor Yakovlevich Zolotovitskiy 18 June 1961 Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, USSR |
| Died | 14 January 2026 (aged 64) Moscow, Russia |
| Citizenship | USSR→Russia |
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| Years active | 1983–2026 |
| Awards | Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2002) Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2020) |
Igor Yakovlevich Zolotovitskiy (Russian: Игорь Яковлевич Золотовицкий; 18 June 1961 – 14 January 2026) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theatre teacher, television director and presenter. He was director of the Moscow Art Theatre School from 2013 until his death. Zolotovitskiy was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 2002.[1] Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2020).[2] Laureate of the Figaro Prize (2020).
Early life and career
Igor Zolotovitskiy was born on 18 June 1961 in Tashkent, to Yakov and Sofia Zolotovitskaya.[3] He graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (course of Viktor Monyukov) in 1983,[4] and began teaching as a professor there in 1989.[3] Between 1995 and 2001 he was one of the directors of the NTV dog show Me and My Dog[5] In 1996, he hosted the NTV educational program Live News.[6] In 2013, Zolotovitskiy was made rector of the school Moscow Art Theatre School.[3] Between November 2016 and December 2018 he served as Deputy Artistic Director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theatre.[3]
Personal life and death
Zolotovitskiy was married to actress and director Vera Kharybina,[7] with whom he had two sons, both of whom are graduates of the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts.[8][9]
Zolotovitskiy died from cancer in Moscow, on 14 January 2026, at the age of 64.[3]
Work
Theatre roles
- 2001 – No. 13 Ray Cooney. Director: Vladimir Mashkov – Ronnie[10]
- 2003 – The Last Victim by Alexander Ostrovsky. Director: Yuri Yeryomin – Salai Saltanovich[11]
- 2003 – The Siege by Yevgeni Grishkovetz. Director: Yevgeni Grishkovetz – The First Warrior[12]
- 2004 – Playing the Victim by The Presnyakov Brothers. Director: Kirill Serebrennikov – Zakirov[13]
- 2011 – The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Director: Janos Szasz – Berlioz
- 2011 – The House by Yevgeni Grishkovetz. Director: Sergey Puskepalis – Igor
- 2014 – Drunken by Ivan Vyrypaev. Director: Viktor Ryzhakov – Karl
- 2014 – Illusions by Ivan Vyrypaev. Director: Viktor Ryzhakov
- 2021 – The Seagull by A.P. Chekhov. Director: O. Korshunovas – Evgeny Sergeevich Dorn (introduction)
- 2022 – Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. Director: Yegor Mikhailovich Peregudov – Count de Gish
Other theatre
- 1997 – The Dark Lady of Sonnets. Director: Roman Kozak. Et cetera Theater – The Sentinel
- 2000 – Shylock (The Merchant of Venice). Director: Robert Sturua. Et Cetera Theater.
- 2005 – Faster Than Rabbits. Quartet I Theater.
- 2019 – Blessed Island. Director: Mikhail Bychkov. Et Cetera Theater – Savvatiy Savelyevich Guska
Selected filmography
- Egorka (1984) as Rybakov, hydroacoustician
- This Fantastic World: Sign of the Salamander (1984) as fireman
- Amateurs (1985) as Bun
- This Fantastic World: No Messing with Robots (1987) as robot juror
- The Story of One Billiard Room teams (1988) as lieutenant
- How Dark the Nights Are on the Black Sea (1989)
- Taxi Blues (1990) as Petyunchik, Seliverstov's friend
- Sunset (1990) as Levka
- Broken Light (1990) as Oleg, actor of "Lenkocert"
- The Day Before to... (1991) as Dima
- Luna Park (1992) as restaurant owner
- Prorva (1992) as taxi driver
- Russian Project (1995) as passerby (video "Remember Your Loved Ones")
- Chekhov and Co (1998) as German salesman (episode 1, short story "Forgot")
- Composition for Victory Day (1998) as psychologist
- Mother (1999) as mental hospital administrator
- Moscow (2000) as Tall
- The Fifth Corner (2001) as Viktor Chagin
- Summer Rain (2002) as Dima
- Lighter (2003) as Vovchik
- Remote access (2004) as Andrey
- The Most Beautiful (2005) as Man
- Horror Novel (2005) as Yur Yurych
- Unexpected Joy (2005) as Nikolay Budko
- Fool (2005) as Ivan Ageyev
- Rabbit Over the Void (2006) as Malay
- Collector (2016) as Kurchatov, journalist, host of radio "Echo of Moscow" (voice)
- Story of One Appointment (2018) as Nikolai Ilyich, manager of the estate of Count L. N. Tolstoy
- Love (2021) as Nikolay
References
- ^ Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of October 4, 2002 No. 1126
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of April 11, 2020 No. 177 "On Awarding State Awards of the Russian Federation"". Archived from the original on 2 November 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Умер Игорь Золотовицкий". ria.ru. 14 January 2026. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
- ^ "Moscow Art Theatre School: 1980-1989". Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
- ^ "Mikhail Shirvindt: Dog Show with a Human Face". The Art of Cinema. April 1997. Archived from the original on 1 February 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.
- ^ "Pavel Lyubimtsev: I was forbidden to even think about a slim figure". Vechernyaya Moskva. 21 March 2002. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
- ^ "Vera Kharybina". zolotovitsky.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Алексей Золотовицкий". zolotovitsky.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ “I am building space inside my head”: how director Alexander Zolotovitskiy “found himself” behind the scenes: interview / prep. Ekaterina Gindina // Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti newspaper, No. 73 (7895), 23 April 2025.
- ^ "№ 13". Archived from the original on 18 March 2002. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ "The Last Victim". Archived from the original on 5 March 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Осада". Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Playing the Victim". Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
External links
- Igor Zolotovitskiy on the website of the Moscow Art Theater named after Chekhov Archived 2020-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview (2013) Archived 2014-02-20 at the Wayback Machine channel "Moscow 24"
- Igor Zolotovitskiy at IMDb