Portrait of Nikita Mikhalkov

Nikita Mikhalkov

Directing

Biography

Nikita Sergeyevich Mikhalkov (Russian: Никита Сергеевич Михалков; born 21 October 1945; Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, actor, and head of the Russian Cinematographers' Union. Mikhalkov is a three-time laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993, 1995, 1999) and is a Full Cavalier of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Nikita Mikhalkov won the Golden Lion of the Venice Film Festival (1991) and was nominated for the Academy Award (1993) in the category Best International Feature Film for the film Close to Eden. He won an Academy Award (1995) for Best Foreign Language Film and the Grand Prix of the Cannes Film Festival (1994) for the film Burnt by the Sun. Mikhalkov received the "Special Lion" of the Venice Film Festival (2007) for his contribution to the cinematography and nominated for an Academy Award for the film 12 (2007). Mikhalkov was born in Moscow into the noble and distinguished Mikhalkov family. His great-grandfather was the imperial governor of Yaroslavl, whose mother was a princess of the House of Golitsyn. Nikita's father, Sergey Mikhalkov, was best known as writer of children's literature, although he also wrote lyrics to his country's national anthem on three occasions spanning nearly 60 years – two sets of lyrics used for the Soviet national anthem, and the current lyrics of the Russian national anthem. Mikhalkov's mother, poet Natalia Konchalovskaya, was the daughter of the avant-garde artist Pyotr Konchalovsky and granddaughter of another outstanding painter, Vasily Surikov. Nikita's older brother is the filmmaker Andrei Konchalovsky, primarily known for his collaboration with Andrei Tarkovsky and his own Hollywood action films, such as Runaway Train and Tango & Cash.

Born: October 21, 1945

Place of Birth: Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

Filmography

2025
2025
2025
Not Like Dad 2: Granddad

as narrator (voice)

2023
The Son

as Himself (archive)

2020
2018
Putin's Witnesses

as Self - Director (archive footage)

2017
Plankton Salesmen

as Self (archive footage)

2017
vDud

as Guest

2011
Burnt by the Sun 2

as Сергей Петрович Котов - бывший комдив

2011
Burnt by the Sun 2: Citadel

as Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov

2010
Burnt by the Sun 2: Exodus

as Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov

2008
Big Difference

as Self/Guest

2007
12

as Juror #2

2007
Fat Stupid Rabbit

as Nikita Sergeyevich

2006
Quiet Flows the Don

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Quiet Flows The Don

as narrator (voice)

2006
It Doesn't Hurt Me

as Sergei Sergeyevich

2005
The State Counsellor

as Gleb Georgievich Pozharskiy

2005
Dead Man's Bluff

as Сергей Михайлович (Михалыч)

2005
The State Counsellor

as Count Pozharsky

2000
Memories of Sherlock Holmes

as Sir Henry Baskerville

1998
The Barber of Siberia

as Imperator Aleksandr III

1996
Revizorro

as Anton Antonovich Skvoznik-Dmukhanovsky, the mayor

1994
Burnt by the Sun

as Col. Sergei Petrovich Kotov

1993
Anna

as Himself

1993
To Remember

as Narrator

1993
Beautiful Stranger

as Pułkownik

1991
Close to Eden

as cyclist on the street of chinese city

1990
Humiliated and Insulted

as Prince Valkovky

1990
Aurora Borealis

as Регинёв

1984
A Cruel Romance

as Paratov

1982
1982
Traffic Officer

as Valentin Pavlovich Trunov

1982
1981
Kin

as Waiter #1 / 1st Man On Photo

1979
Siberiade

as Aleksei Ustyuzhanin

1977
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano

as Nikolai Ivanovich Triletsky

1976
1969
The Red Tent

as Boris Chukhnovskiy

1969
The Song of Manshuk

as Valeri Yezhov

1969
A Nest of Gentry

as Prince Nelidov

1967
The Red and the White

as White Officer

1966
A Joke

as Nágyenka udvarlója

1962