Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (; ; 22 May 1920, Kherson – 10 April 1989, Kyiv was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. Biography Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920) in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Ukraine). His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly (born 1932), a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr. Career In 1961, Mykola Hrynko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf. Grinko is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker. He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43. Selected filmography Peace to Him Who Enters (1961) - Shofyor-amerikanets Ivan's Childhood (1962) - Gryaznov Velká cesta (1963) - Velitel brigády Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) - Vatag War and Peace (1966-1967, part 1, 3) - Dessalles Andrei Rublev (1966) - Daniil Chyorny Subject for a Short Story (1969) - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Dangerous Tour (1969) - Andrei Maksimovich Solaris (1972) - Nik Kelvin, father of Kris Kelvin A Lover's Romance (1974) - Vitse-admiral Adventures in a City that does not Exist (1974) - Don Quixote Mirror (1975) - Printing house director Afonya (1975) - dyadya Yego Woodpeckers Don't Get Headaches (1975) - otets Mukhina The Adventures of Buratino (1976, TV Movie) - Papa Carlo One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... (1977) - polkovnik, komandir Konstantina Twenty Days Without War (1977) - polkovnik Aleksandrov Osvobození Prahy (1977) - General Omar Bradley Stalker (1979) - Professor The Adventures of the Elektronic (1979, TV Mini-Series) - Professor Gromov The Bodyguard (1979) The Youth of Peter the Great (1980) - Nektaryi At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980) Teheran 43 (1981) - Hermolin Be My Husband (1981) - Holiday-maker, husband of the theatregoer References External links 1920 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Ukrainian male actors Actors from Kherson Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Recipients of the title of Merited Artist of Ukraine Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Soviet male film actors Soviet World