Gennadi Petrovich Bogachyov (; born March 6, 1945) is a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema actor. In the troupe of the Bolshoi Drama Theater in St. Petersburg since 1969. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990), laureate of the highest theater prize of Russia Golden Mask (2015). Biography He was born on March 6, 1945 in the town of Shatsk, Ryazan Oblast. In 1969 he graduated from the acting faculty of LGITMiK and was admitted to the troupe of the Leningrad Drama Theater, where he still works. Since the early 1980s he is one of the leading artists of the theater. Most famous works in cinema are small but memorable roles of waiter Dima in film and Stamford in the first series of the movie series Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Is the uncle of the actress . Selected filmography Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson (1979) as Stamford Moonzund (1987) as episode Brezhnev (2005) as Nikolai Shchelokov The Master and Margarita (2005) as Aloisy Mogarych Simple Things (2007) as Psaryov Awards and honors Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1982) People's Artist of the RSFSR (1990) Order of Friendship (2004) for Best Acting Ensemble (2012) Golden Mask (2015) for Best Supporting Actor Order of Honour (2018) References External links 1945 births Living people People from Ryazan Oblast Soviet male film actors Soviet male television actors Soviet male stage actors Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Soviet male voice actors Russian male voice actors 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class