Nikolay Grinko

Birthday: 5/22/1920
Deathday: 4/10/1989
Place of birth: Kherson, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Микола Гринько, Гринько Микола Григорович, Mykola Hrynko, Николай Гринько

Biography

Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (Ukrainian: Микола Григорович Гринько; Russian: Николай Григорьевич Гринько) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor. His film debut was in the role of a rebel in the film "Taras Shevchenko" by Igor Savchenko. He is best known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rubliov, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker, as well as Sergei Parajanov's "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".