Yuri Volyntsev


Yuri Vitalyevich Volyntsev was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, awardee of State Prize of the Russian Federation.

Biography and career

Yuri Volyntsev was born April 28, 1932 in Leningrad. He studied at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, at the end of school in 1962, he was accepted into the troupe of the Vakhtangov-Theatre.
He voiced set of cartoon characters. Soviet viewer is best known for playing the role of the Pan Athlete in a humorous TV series "Cabaret "13 chairs".
Father of actress, radio and TV presenter Ksenia Strizh.
He died on August 9, 1999. He was buried at the cemetery Khovanskoye.

Selected filmography