Valery Garkalin

Valery Borisovich Garkalin (Russian: Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008.^[1] Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.

Valery Garkalin
Born	(1954-04-11)11 April 1954 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	20 November 2021(2021-11-20) (aged 67) Moscow, Russia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1978–2021

Personal life

He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009.^[2][3] His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production.^[4] His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.

Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Scarlet Flower (1977) as man in the village
• Katala (1989) as Aleksei Grekov
• Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy
• Russian Symphony (1994) as Borisych
• What a Mess! (1995) as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow
• Poor Sasha (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin
• House for the Rich (2000) as captain Skorokhodov
• Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as Roman Kromin
• Yeralash (2004—2006) as cameo
• Fitil (2004—2006) as cameo
• My Fair Nanny (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen
• Popsa (2005) as Lev Malinovsky
• One Night of Love (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher

Awards

• Kinoshock (1995) — Award for Best Actor
• Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000) for merits in the field of art^[6]
• People's Artist of Russia (2008)^[1]