In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Rostislavovich and the family name is Yankovsky.
| Igor Yankovsky | |
|---|---|
 Yankovsky in 1983 | |
| Born | Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky (1951-04-29)29 April 1951 Leninabad, Tajik SSR, USSR |
| Died | 26 January 2025(2025-01-26) (aged 73) Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, media manager |
| Years active | 1973–2025 |
| Father | Rostislav Yankovsky |
| Relatives | Oleg Yankovsky (uncle) |
Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky (Russian: И́горь Ростисла́вович Янко́вский; 29 April 1951 – 26 January 2025) was a Soviet and Russian actor and television presenter. He was a son of Rostislav Yankovsky, and a nephew of Oleg Yankovsky.
Life and career
Yankovsky graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1992 he served in the Malaya Bronnaya Theatre [Wikidata].
From 1992 he was working in the advertising business. He was an academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising.
From 17 September to 26 November 2001 he hosted the game show Alchnost (similar to the American Greed) on the NTV channel.
He held a degree of a Candidate of political sciences.
Yankovsky died from cirrhosis of the liver in Moscow, on 26 January 2025, at the age of 73.
Selected filmography
- 1973 — It is Stronger Than Me as Ivan
- 1974 — Maigret and the Old Lady as Henry
- 1975 — Investigation Led by Experts: Riposte as Yuri Moralyov
- 1976 — Lullaby for Men as Vsevolod
- 1977 — The Golden Mine as Oleg Torchinsky
- 1979 — The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person as Geraldine Jr.
- 1984 — Time and the Conways as Gerald Thornton in his youth
- 1984 — Charlotte's Necklace as Viktor Korablyov
- 1995 — Yeralash: Clock as Igor Nikolayevich, school director
- 2002 — In Motion as publisher
References
- Ростислав Янковский. Биография
- Андрей Куликов (17 April 2019). "Игорь Янковский: Бабушка закопала шашку деда в Одессе". Российская газета. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- Татьяна Уланова (8 January 2023). "Наследственная болезнь. Как сложились судьбы клана Янковских?". Аргументы и факты. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- История театра на Малой Бронной
- Ольга Либгардт (14 March 2021). "Куда пропал племянник Олега Янковского — актер Игорь Янковский". Комсомольская правда. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- "Персоны. Игорь Янковский". Vokrug TV. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- Биография актёра. kino-teatr.ru
- "Актер и медиаменеджер Игорь Янковский умер в возрасте 73 лет" [Igor Yankovsky, actor and media-manager, died at age 73]. Izvestia. 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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Categories:- 1951 births
- 2025 deaths
- 20th-century Russian male actors
- 21st-century Russian male actors
- People from Khujand
- Russian film producers
- Russian male film actors
- Russian people of Polish descent
- Russian television presenters
- Soviet male film actors
- Soviet male stage actors
- Soviet people of Polish descent
- Deaths from cirrhosis