Valery Garkalin

Russian actor (1954–2021)

Valery Garkalin

Born	(1954-04-11)11 April 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	20 November 2021(2021-11-20) (aged 67) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–2021

Valery Borisovich Garkalin (Russian: Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008.^[1] Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.

Personal life

He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009.^[2]^[3] His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production.^[4] His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.

Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.^[5]

Selected filmography

The Scarlet Flower (1977) as man in the village
Katala (1989) as Aleksei Grekov
Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy
Russian Symphony (1994) as Borisych
What a Mess! (1995) as Vasily Rabbitov, Innokentiy Schniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Rabbitow
Poor Sasha (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin
House for the Rich (2000) as captain Skorokhodov
Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as Roman Kromin
Yeralash (2004—2006) as cameo
Fitil (2004—2006) as cameo
My Fair Nanny (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen
Popsa (2005) as Lev Malinovsky
One Night of Love (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher

Awards

Kinoshock (1995) — Award for Best Actor
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000) for merits in the field of art^[6]
People's Artist of Russia (2008)^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Награждён указом президента России № 332 от 11 марта 2008 года
^ Валерия Гаркалина сразил инфаркт
^ "Умерла жена Валерия Гаркалина". Archived from the original on 2019-04-03. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
^ Эхо Москвы: Валерий Гаркалин
^ ИА "Рассвет": Вышел ли из комы Валерий Гаркалин — состояние здоровья актёра на сегодня
^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 26 июля 2000 года № 1380 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации»