Actor

Anatoliy Solonitsyn

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Movies: 46Series: 1

TMDB ID: 8475

IMDb ID: nm0813463

Known for: Acting

Born: August 30, 1934

Died: June 11, 1982

Age: 47

Place of birth: Bogorodsk, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1964 - 1993

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q787038

Also known as

Анатолий Солоницын • Anatoly Solonitsyn • Anatoli Solonizyn • Otto Solonitsyn • Отто Солоницын • Anatoli Alexejewitsch Solonizyn

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Biography

Anatoly Alekseyevich Solonitsyn (August 30, 1934, Bogorodsk – June 11, 1982, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of remarkable intensity and philosophical depth, best known for his collaborations with Andrei Tarkovsky. Born in 1934 in Bogorodsk, he became the face of inner struggle and metaphysical searching in Soviet cinema, most famously portraying Andrei Rublev, the tormented painter of icons, and the introspective Writer in Stalker. Solonitsyn’s performances were marked by a quiet magnetism—his stoic presence and penetrating gaze gave form to Tarkovsky’s spiritual explorations. Though he appeared in a range of Soviet films, his legacy is inseparable from Tarkovsky’s cinema, where he embodied characters wrestling with art, faith, and the weight of history. His life was cut short in 1982 by cancer, yet his work remains timeless—an imprint of the soul etched in celluloid.