Actor |
Film/TV show |
Year |
Country |
Type |
Notes
|
Royalty
|
Emperors (Tsars) and Empresses Regnant of Russia
|
Ivan IV the Terrible
|
Christopher Guest |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
2009 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
Ivan V
|
Nikolay Lazarev |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
Aged 16.
|
Peter I the Great
|
Graham McGrath |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
Aged 10.
|
Jan Niklas |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
As a younger man. Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.
|
Maximilian Schell |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
As an older man.
|
Denis DeMarne |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
As an old man.
|
Jason Isaacs |
The Great |
2021–23 |
Australia/UK/USA |
TV series |
Comedy.
|
Catherine I
|
Hanna Schygulla |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Ivan VI
|
Ellis Howard |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Elizabeth
|
Adele Sandrock |
Exzellenz Unterrock |
1920 |
Germany |
Silent film |
An adaptation of the comic novel by Adolf Paul.
|
Belinda Bromilow |
The Great |
2020–23 |
Australia/UK/USA |
TV series |
Comedy.
|
Peter III
|
Nicholas Hoult |
The Great |
2020–23 |
Australia/UK/USA |
TV series |
Nominated for the 2021 Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award and the 2022 Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Comedy.
|
Catherine II the Great
|
Olga Zhizneva |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Bette Davis |
John Paul Jones |
1959 |
USA |
Film |
|
Zoe Caldwell |
Witness to Yesterday |
1974 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
Danielle Cormack |
Jack of All Trades |
2000 |
USA |
TV series |
Actually set after her death. Comedy.
|
Helen Mirren |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Satellite Award for Best Actress.
|
Elle Fanning |
The Great |
2020–23 |
Australia/UK/USA |
TV series |
Won the 2021 Satellite Award for Best Actress. Nominated for the 2021 Golden Globe Award and the 2022 Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress. Comedy.
|
Paul I
|
Pavel Pavlenko |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Arthur Young |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.9 "Such Men Are Dangerous" |
1954 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Alfred Neumann.
|
Joseph Quinn |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Alexander I
|
Alfred Gerasch |
Napoleon at Saint Helena |
1929 |
Germany |
Silent film |
|
Willy Fritsch |
Der Kongreß tanzt |
1931 |
Germany |
Film |
Musical comedy.
|
Henri Garat |
Le congrès s'amuse |
1931 |
Germany |
Film |
Musical comedy. A French-language version of the film Der Kongreß tanzt.
|
Henri Garat |
Congress Dances |
1932 |
Germany |
Film |
Musical comedy. An English-language version of the film Der Kongreß tanzt.
|
Gyles Isham |
The Iron Duke |
1934 |
UK |
Film |
|
Mikhail Nazvanov |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Peter Bryant |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.9 "Such Men Are Dangerous" |
1954 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Alfred Neumann.
|
Rudolf Prack |
The Congress Dances |
1955 |
Austria |
Film |
Musical comedy. A remake of the 1931 film Der Kongreß tanzt.
|
Savo Raskovitch |
War and Peace |
1956 |
USA/Italy |
Film |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Jean-Louis Richard |
Austerlitz |
1960 |
France |
Film |
|
Tim Pearce |
ITV Play of the Week, #8.29 "War and Peace" |
1963 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Viktor Murganov |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Donald Douglas |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Christopher Lloyd |
The Adams Chronicles |
1976 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Toby Stephens |
Napoléon |
2002 |
France/Canada |
TV miniseries |
|
Igor Kostolevsky |
War and Peace |
2007 |
France/Italy |
TV miniseries |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Ben Lloyd-Hughes |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Felix Jamieson |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
As a child.
|
Nicholas I
|
Boris Ranevsky |
Balaclava |
1928 |
UK |
Silent film |
|
Alexander II
|
Angelo Ferrari |
Victoria in Dover |
1936 |
Germany |
Film |
An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
|
Rudolf Lenz |
Victoria in Dover |
1954 |
Austria |
Film |
An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
|
Ivan Kononenko-Kozelskiy |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Daniel Donskoy |
Victoria |
2016 |
UK |
TV series |
Aged 20.
|
Alexander III
|
Tony Jay |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Bruce Purchase |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Nicholas II
|
Paul Daneman |
Oh! What a Lovely War |
1969 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
|
Michael Jayston |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Peter Barkworth |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
John Sanderson |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
As a young man.
|
Charles Kay |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Dickon Paine |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
As a child.
|
Michael Billington |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ted Hartley |
The Wild Wild West Revisited |
1979 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Ivan Marevich |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
|
Ian Beattie |
37 Days |
2014 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
|
Mark Ivanir |
American Horror Story: Apocalypse |
2018 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Aleksey Diakin |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Empresses Consort of Russia
|
Natalya Naryshkina (Alexis)
|
Lilli Palmer |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
|
Eudoxia Lopukhina (Peter I)
|
Natalya Andrejchenko |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Marta Skavronskaya (Peter I): See Empress Catherine I
|
Maria Feodorovna (Paul I)
|
Antonia Clarke |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Maria Feodorovna (Alexander III)
|
Helen Haye |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.28 "Anastasia" |
1953 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Marcelle Maurette.
|
Irene Worth |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Lally Bowers |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Ursula Howells |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Gwyneth Strong |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
As a teenager.
|
Jane Lapotaire |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Alexandra Feodorovna (Nicholas II)
|
Pamela Abbott |
Oh! What a Lovely War |
1969 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
|
Janet Suzman |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Female Newcomer. An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Isabel Dean |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Gayle Hunnicutt |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Meriel Brook |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Leslie Caron |
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century |
1996 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
Voice only. Documentary.
|
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
|
Anja Antonowicz |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Children of emperors and empresses
|
Princess Sofia Alekseyevna (Alexis)
|
Vanessa Redgrave |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
|
Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich (Peter I)
|
Tolly Thwaites |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
As a boy.
|
Boris Plotnikov |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (Nicholas I)
|
Aleksey Savostyanov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich (Alexander II)
|
Robert Brown |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (Nicholas II)
|
Ania Marson |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Martha Nairn |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Vanessa Ackerman |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 14.
|
Silvia Busuioc |
American Horror Story: Apocalypse |
2018 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Anastasia Everall |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna (Nicholas II)
|
Lynne Frederick |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Sharon Terry |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
As a child.
|
Hetty Baynes |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Holly Boyd |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 12.
|
Julia Haworth |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (Nicholas II)
|
Candace Glendenning |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Prue Clarke |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Nastya Razduhova |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 10.
|
Tamara Sulkanishvili |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (Nicholas II)
|
Fiona Fullerton |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Pippa Vickers |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Algina Lipskis |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 8.
|
Emilia Ares |
American Horror Story: Apocalypse |
2018 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Amy Fourman |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich (Nicholas II)
|
Roderic Noble |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Jonathan Moore |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Piers Flint-Shipman |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Samuel Page |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 4.
|
Kostya Severov |
The Lost Prince |
2003 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
Aged 13.
|
William Bilestsky |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Spouses of childen of emperors and empresses
|
Tsarevna Natalia Alexeievna (Catherine the Great)
|
Georgina Beedle |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna (Alexander II)
|
Rosalie Crutchley |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna (Alexander II)
|
Ruth Dunning |
Theatre 625, #1.6 "The Just" |
1964 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Albert Camus.
|
Isla Blair |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
As a young woman.
|
Ann Castle |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
As an older woman.
|
Imperial grandchildren
|
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich (Nicholas I)
|
Harry Andrews |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
John Phillips |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich (Nicholas I)
|
John Nightingale |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich (Alexander II)
|
Richard Warwick |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Sean Roantree |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Impostors
|
Anna Anderson
|
Mary Kerridge |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #4.28 "Anastasia" |
1953 |
UK |
TV film |
As Anna Broun. An adaptation of the play by Marcelle Maurette & Guy Bolton.
|
Aristocracy and courtiers
|
Chancellors of the Russian Empire
|
Prince Alexander Bezborodko
|
James Northcote |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Nikolay Rumyantsev
|
Paul Sparer |
The Adams Chronicles |
1976 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Count Karl Nesselrode
|
Charles E. Evans |
The House of Rothschild |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the play Rothschild by George Hembert Westley.
|
Mistresses, lovers and favourities of emperors and empresses
|
Anna Mons (Peter I)
|
Renée Soutendijk |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov (Catherine the Great)
|
Andrew Rothney |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Grigory Orlov (Catherine the Great): See Pre-Napoleonic Wars generals.
|
Prince Grigory Potemkin (Catherine the Great): See Imperial field marshals.
|
Alexander Vasilchikov (Catherine the Great)
|
Sam Palladio |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Pyotr Zavadovsky (Catherine the Great)
|
Thomas Doherty |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Prince Platon Zubov (Catherine the Great)
|
Raphael Acloque |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Mistresses and lovers of other members of the imperial family
|
Afrosinya
|
Luba Ghermanova |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Mathilde Kschessinska
|
Jan Francis |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ladies of the court
|
Countess Praskovya Bruce (Catherine the Great)
|
Gina McKee |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Anna Vyrubova (Alexandra Fyodorovna)
|
Ann Beach |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Miriam Margolyes |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other courtiers
|
Count Alexander Balmain: Russian commissioner on St Helena.
|
Leonardo Severini |
Napoleone a Sant'Elena |
1973 |
Italy |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Vladimir Frederiks
|
Jack Hawkins |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Aubrey Danvers-Walker |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Pierre Gilliard
|
Jean-Claude Drouot |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Mounia Golovina: Niece of Anna Vyrubova and a friend of Rasputin.
|
Alix Kirsta |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Klementy Nagorny: "Sailor-nanny" to Tsarevich Alexei.
|
John Hallam |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Baron Peter Shafirov
|
Mike Gwilym |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Mikhail Speransky
|
Basil Dignam |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Alexandra Tegleva: Nurse to the imperial children.
|
Katherine Schofield |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Count Pyotr Tolstoy
|
Günther Maria Halmer |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Other aristocrats
|
Prince Mikhail Andronikov: An associate of Rasputin.
|
Robert Eddison |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Prince Vasily Vasilyevich Golitsyn
|
Geoffrey Whitehead |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Princess Dorothea Lieven
|
Selma Brook |
Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked |
2015 |
UK |
TV film |
Docudrama
|
Feodor Abramovich Lopukhin
|
Olegar Fedoro |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Princess Catherine Radziwill
|
Frances Barber |
Rhodes |
1996 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Prince Fyodor Romodanovsky
|
Omar Sharif |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Prince Felix Yusupov
|
Martin Potter |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Richard Morant |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Politics and government
|
General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
|
Yakov Sverdlov
|
David Collings |
Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.25 "Revolutions: Lenin" |
1970 |
UK |
TV short |
|
Joseph Stalin
|
Joseph Mario |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Brian Cox |
Thirty-Minute Theatre, #4.21 "These Men Are Dangerous: Stalin" |
1969 |
UK |
TV short |
As a young man.
|
James Hazeldine |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Andro Kobaładze |
Polonia Restituta |
1981 |
Poland |
Film series |
|
Anatoly Chaguinian |
The Winds of War |
1983 |
USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
|
Al Ruscio |
War and Remembrance |
1988–89 |
USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Herman Wouk.
|
Alexei Petrenko |
Into the Storm |
2009 |
UK/USA |
TV film |
|
Nikita Khrushchev
|
Bob Hoskins |
Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
UK/USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig.
|
Leonid Brezhnev
|
Bohdan Stupka |
Rabbit Over the Void |
2006 |
Russia |
Film |
Comedy
|
Martin Reiss |
Watchmen |
2009 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the comics by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons.
|
Aleksandr Ignatusha |
Ceské Století |
2013–14 |
Czech Republic |
TV series |
|
James Borthwick |
The Crown |
2017 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Yuri Andropov
|
Steve Plytas |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #10.29 "Shadow of Heroes" |
1959 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Robert Ardrey.
|
Mikhail Gorbachev
|
David Lloyd Austin |
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! |
1988 |
USA |
Film |
Comedy
|
David Dencik |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Chairmen of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
|
Anastas Mikoyan
|
Andrej Bestchasny |
Ceské Století |
2013–14 |
Czech Republic |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Podgorny
|
Timur Ibragimov |
Ceské Století |
2013–14 |
Czech Republic |
TV series |
|
Presidents of the Russian Federation
|
Boris Yeltsin
|
Anatoliy Kotenyov |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Prime Ministers of Russia and Premiers of the Soviet Union
|
Count Sergei Witte
|
Laurence Olivier |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Freddie Jones |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Pyotr Stolypin
|
Eric Porter |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Frank Middlemass |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Michael Poole |
Edward the Seventh |
1975 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Count Vladimir Kokovtsov
|
Maurice Denham |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
David Dodimead |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Alexander Trepov
|
Frank Mills |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Prince Georgy Lvov
|
John Rae |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Alexander Kerensky
|
John McEnery |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Jim Norton |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Vladimir Lenin
|
Tenen Holtz |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Ludwig Donath |
Omnibus, #8.1 "He Shall Have Power" |
1960 |
USA |
TV film |
|
John Gabriel |
Oh! What a Lovely War |
1969 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the comedy stage musical by Joan Littlewood et al.
|
Lee Montague |
Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.25 "Revolutions: Lenin" |
1970 |
UK |
TV short |
|
Michael Bryant |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Patrick Stewart |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Kirill Lavrov |
Polonia Restituta |
1981 |
Poland |
Film series |
|
Roger Sloman |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
1993 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Michael Ironside |
Witness to Yesterday |
1998 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
Joseph Stalin: See General Secretaries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
|
Alexei Kosygin
|
Alexander Podolkhov |
Ceské Století |
2013–14 |
Czech Republic |
TV series |
|
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
|
Count Nikita Panin
|
Rory Kinnear |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Prince Alexander Gorchakov
|
Nikolai Massalitinov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
William Merrow |
Disraeli |
1978 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Vladimir Graf Lamsdorf
|
John Quarmby |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Count Alexander Izvolsky
|
Peter Vaughan |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Gustaw Lutkiewicz |
Polonia Restituta |
1981 |
Poland |
Film series |
|
Sergey Sazonov
|
Michael Redgrave |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Mieczysław Voit |
Polonia Restituta |
1981 |
Poland |
Film series |
|
Pavel Milyukov
|
David Collings |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Georgy Chicherin
|
Grigori Belov |
Moscow – Genoa |
1964 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Nihat Ileri |
Kurtuluş |
1994 |
Turkey |
TV series |
|
Maxim Litvinov
|
Pavel Molchanov |
Moscow – Genoa |
1964 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Krzysztof Pieczyński |
Mr Jones |
2019 |
Poland/Ukraine/UK |
Film |
|
Andrey Vyshinsky
|
Robert Cornthwaite |
You Are There, #2.4 "The First Moscow Purge Trials" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
Ministers of War and Defence
|
Aleksey Kuropatkin
|
James Mellor |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Vladimir Sukhomlinov
|
Gordon Fulton |
37 Days |
2014 |
UK |
TV miniseries |
|
Leon Trotsky
|
J. Carroll Naish |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Brian Cox |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Michael Kitchen |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ministers of the Interior
|
Vyacheslav von Plehve
|
Bruce Purchase |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Prince Pyotr Sviatopolk-Mirsky
|
John Turner |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Alexei Khvostov
|
David King |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Alexander Protopopov
|
James Bree |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Hugh Burden |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ministers of Trade
|
Leonid Krasin
|
Ivan Shatillo |
Moscow – Genoa |
1964 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Other ministers
|
Mikhail Shchadov (1927–2011): Minister of the Coal Industry from 1985 to 1991.
|
Michael Colgan |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Boris Shcherbina
|
Stellan Skarsgård |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
Won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
|
Chairmen of the State Duma
|
Alexander Guchkov
|
Gordon Gostelow |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Mikhail Rodzianko
|
Ralph Truman |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Charles Gray |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Mayors of St Petersburg
|
Victor von Wahl
|
Denzil Ellis |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ivan Aleksandrovich Fullon (1844–1920): A general who served as mayor from 1904 to 1905.
|
Robert Keegan |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other pre-revolutionary politicians
|
Vladimir Purishkevich
|
John Savident |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Socialist Revolutionaries
|
Yevno Azef
|
Victor Winding |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Ivan Kalyayev
|
David Buck |
Theatre 625, #1.6 "The Just" |
1964 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Albert Camus.
|
Vasily Pankratov: Political commissar in charge of the Imperial Family in Tobolsk.
|
Steven Berkoff |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Bolsheviks
|
Alexander Avadeyev: Guard commander of the Ipatiev House.
|
Leon Lissek |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Nikolay Bauman
|
Peter Weston |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Mieczysław Broński-Warszawski
|
Malcolm Terris |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Filipp Goloshchyokin
|
David Giles |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Pyotr Krasikov
|
Robert O'Mahoney |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Nadezhda Krupskaya
|
Vivian Pickles |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Lynn Farleigh |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Karl Radek
|
Norman Stengel |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Vasily Yakovlev
|
Ian Holm |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Yakov Yurovsky
|
Alan Webb |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Elya Baskin |
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century |
1996 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
Voice only. Documentary.
|
Yevgeniy Kartashov |
American Horror Story: Apocalypse |
2018 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Gediminas Adomaitis |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Grigory Zinoviev
|
Norman Rossington |
Thirty-Minute Theatre, #5.25 "Revolutions: Lenin" |
1970 |
UK |
TV short |
|
John Rhys-Davies |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other Marxists
|
Nikolay Chkheidze
|
Ronald Govey |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Mikhail Liber
|
David Freedman |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Julius Martov
|
Stephen Greif |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Edward Wilson |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Aleksandr Martynov
|
Raymond Witch |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Alexander Parvus
|
Michael Gough |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Georgi Plekhanov
|
Paul Eddington |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
D. A. Topuridze: A Georgian Marxist delegate at the Second Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903.
|
Julian Fox |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Pyotr Voykov
|
John Forbes-Robertson |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Vera Zasulich
|
Mary Wimbush |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Diplomats
|
Semyon Aralov
|
Ihsan Baysal |
Kurtuluş |
1994 |
Turkey |
TV series |
|
Philipp Graf von Brunnow
|
Ernst Rotmund |
Victoria in Dover |
1936 |
Germany |
Film |
An adaptation of the comic play by Geza Silberer.
|
Nikolai Generalov: Soviet ambassador to Australia in the 1950s.
|
Michael Golden |
Play of the Month, #2.1 "Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov" |
1966 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Prince Christopher von Lieven
|
Gabor Vernon |
Prince Regent |
1979 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Lifanov: Soviet ambassador to Australia in the 1950s.
|
James Bree |
Play of the Month, #2.1 "Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov" |
1966 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Ivan Maisky
|
Steve Plytas |
The Gathering Storm |
1974 |
UK/USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the autobiography by Winston Churchill.
|
Count Carlo Pozzo di Borgo
|
Norman Shelley |
The Iron Duke |
1934 |
UK |
Film |
|
Prince Andrey Razumovsky
|
Leon Niemczyk |
Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben |
1976 |
East Germany |
Film |
|
Phil Dunster |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Pyotr Shuvalov
|
Trevor T. Smith |
Disraeli |
1978 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Konstantin Umansky
|
Wojciech Urbanski |
Mr Jones |
2019 |
Poland/Ukraine/UK |
Film |
|
Vatslav Vorovsky
|
Karps Kletnieks |
Moscow – Genoa |
1964 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Valerian Zorin
|
Vladimir Koval |
Ceské Století |
2013–14 |
Czech Republic |
TV series |
|
Michael Richard |
The Siege of Jadotville |
2016 |
Ireland/South Africa |
Film |
An adaptation of the book The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle by Declan Power.
|
Relatives and associates
|
Naina Yeltsina
|
Marina Shimanskaya |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Military
|
Heroes of the Soviet Union
|
Vasily Zaitsev
|
Alexander Schwan |
Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
UK/USA |
Film |
As a boy. An adaptation of the book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig.
|
Jude Law |
Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
UK/USA |
Film |
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best European Actor. An adaptation of the book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig.
|
Admirals of the Napoleonic Wars
|
Grigori Belli
|
Vladimir Balashov |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Count Nikolay Mordvinov
|
Nikolai Svobodin |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
Heavily fictionalised as Count Mordovtsev.
|
Nikolai Svobodin |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
Heavily fictionalised as Count Mordovtsev.
|
Dmitry Senyavin
|
Gennadi Yudin |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Gennadi Yudin |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Fyodor Ushakov
|
Ivan Pereverzev |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Ivan Pereverzev |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Marko Voinovich
|
Nikolai Chistyakov |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Imperial admirals of the 19th and 20th centuries
|
Vasily Golovnin
|
Diego Ghiglia |
Napoleone a Sant'Elena |
1973 |
Italy |
TV miniseries |
|
Mikhail Vasilyev
|
Vladimir Druzhnikov |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Vladimir Druzhnikov |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Imperial field marshals
|
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
|
Mikhail Pogorzhelsky |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
John Cazabon |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Count Iosif Gurko
|
Sergey Papov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Prince Mikhail Kutuzov
|
Oskar Homolka |
War and Peace |
1956 |
USA/Italy |
Film |
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Polycarpe Pavloff |
Austerlitz |
1960 |
France |
Film |
|
Steve Plytas |
ITV Play of the Week, #8.29 "War and Peace" |
1963 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Boris Zakhava |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Frank Middlemass |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Vladimir Ilyin |
War and Peace |
2007 |
France/Italy |
TV miniseries |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Brian Cox |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Prince Alexander Menshikov
|
Helmut Griem |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Dmitry Milyutin
|
Sergey Kurilov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Prince Grigory Potemkin
|
Boris Livanov |
Admiral Ushakov |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Jason Clarke |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Pyotr Rumyantsev
|
John Hodgkinson |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Boris Sheremetev
|
Vladimir Ilin |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Alexander Suvorov
|
Sergey Petrov |
Attack from the Sea |
1953 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Paul Ritter |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Prince Pyotr Volkonsky
|
David Browning |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Marshals of the Soviet Union
|
Vasily Chuikov
|
Alexander Slastin |
Downfall |
2004 |
Germany/Italy/Austria |
Film |
An adaptation of the books Inside Hitler's Bunker by Joachim Fest and Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge.
|
Pre-Napoleonic Wars generals
|
Patrick Gordon
|
Jeremy Kemp |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Alexei Orlov
|
Kevin McNally |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Grigory Orlov
|
Richard Roxburgh |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Count Valerian Zubov
|
Ernest Hare |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.9 "Such Men Are Dangerous" |
1954 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Alfred Neumann.
|
Adam El Hagar |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Other Russian pre-Napoleonic Wars army officers
|
Vasily Mirovich
|
Lucas Englander |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Generals of the Napoleonic Wars
|
Prince Pyotr Bagration
|
Giuli Chokhonelidze |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Tenniel Evans |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Pip Torrens |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Alexander Balashov
|
Rodion Aleksandrov |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Michael Gover |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Levin August Graf von Bennigsen
|
Herberts Zommers |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Kevin Stoney |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Terence Beesley |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Prince Peter Dolgorukov
|
Claude Conty |
Austerlitz |
1960 |
France |
Film |
|
Philip Morant |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Prince Boris Golitsyn
|
Gordon Faith |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Paisi Kaysarov
|
Leonid Vidavsky |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Jolyon Coy |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Louis Alexandre Andrault, comte de Langeron
|
Pierre Tabard |
Austerlitz |
1960 |
France |
Film |
|
Count Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy
|
Valeri Yeremichev |
War and Peace |
1966–67 |
USSR |
Film series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Count Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen
|
Stephen Murray |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #5.9 "Such Men Are Dangerous" |
1954 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Alfred Neumann.
|
Count Fyodor Rostopchin
|
Richard Hurndall |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Jay Villiers |
War & Peace |
2016 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Aleksey Yermolov
|
Rollo Gamble |
War and Peace |
1972 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the novel by Leo Tolstoy.
|
Other generals of the 19th century
|
Mikhail Dragomirov
|
Georgiy Gromov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Kazimir Levitsky
|
Edgar Garrick |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Artur Nepokoychitsky
|
Mikhail Troyanovskiy |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Fyodor Radetsky
|
Aleksandr Kireev |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Mikhail Skobelev
|
Yevgeny Samoylov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Nikolai Stoletov
|
Vladimir Chobur |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Aleksandr Strukov
|
Aleksandr Smirnov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Eduard Graf von Totleben
|
Atanas Khristov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Other army officers of the 19th century
|
Fedor Gortalov: Hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78.
|
Konstantin Starostin |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Generals of World War I
|
Mikhail Alekseyev
|
Roy Dotrice |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Nigel Stock |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Ruzsky
|
Esmond Knight |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other army officers of World War I
|
Eugene Kobylinsky
|
John Wood |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Red Army generals of World War II
|
Kuzma Derevyanko
|
Alex Rodine |
MacArthur |
1977 |
USA |
Film |
|
Other Red Army soldiers of World War II
|
Tania Chernova
|
Rachel Weisz |
Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
UK/USA |
Film |
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best European Actress. An adaptation of the book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig.
|
Post-World War II generals of the Red Army
|
Vladimir Pikalov
|
Mark Lewis Jones |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Tarakanov
|
Ralph Ineson |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Cossack atamen
|
Yemelyan Pugachev
|
Paul Kaye |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Nicholas Hoult |
The Great |
2021–23 |
Australia/UK/USA |
TV series |
Nominated for the 2022 Emmy Award for Best Actor. Comedy.
|
Soviet resistance fighters of World War II
|
Sasha Filippov
|
Gabriel Thomson |
Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
UK/USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig.
|
Religion
|
Patriarchs of Moscow
|
Adrian
|
Jan Malmsjö |
Peter the Great |
1986 |
USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Metropolitans of St Petersburg
|
Anthony (1846–1912): Metropolitan of St Petersburg from 1898 to 1912.
|
John Welsh |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other metropolitans
|
Arsenius of Rostov and Yaroslavl
|
Iain Mitchell |
Catherine the Great |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV miniseries |
|
Other priests and monks
|
Georgy Gapon
|
Julian Glover |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Kenneth Colley |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
John of Kronstadt
|
Kevin Stoney |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Grigori Rasputin
|
Tom Baker |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
Nominated for the Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor and Most Promising Male Newcomer. An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Robert Stephens |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Michael Aldridge |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
August Schellenberg |
Witness to Yesterday |
1976 |
Canada |
TV series |
Docudrama
|
Law and crime
|
Assassins and attempted assassins
|
Fanny Kaplan
|
Zozia Tanina |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Literature and thought
|
Writers
|
Count Leo Tolstoy
|
Michael Gough |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
1996 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Ivan Turgenev
|
Ferdy Mayne |
BBC Sunday Night Theatre, #8.1 "The End of the Summer" |
1957 |
UK |
TV film |
An adaptation of the play by Denis Constanduros.
|
Relatives and associates
|
Countess Sophia Tolstaya
|
Jana Altmanová |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
1996 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Art and classical music
|
Painters
|
Vasily Vereshchagin
|
Vasily Leonov |
Heroes of Shipka |
1955 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Composers
|
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
|
Rex Hill |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
As a boy.
|
Grant Williams |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Conductors
|
Anton Rubinstein
|
Leon Askin |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Joseph Horovitz |
Lillie |
1978 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Dancers
|
Anna Pavlova
|
Pearl Argyle |
Royal Cavalcade |
1935 |
UK |
Film |
|
Natalia Kremen |
Mr Selfridge |
2013 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Galina Ulanova
|
Aliya Tanikpaeva |
The Crown |
2017 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Ballet directors and impresarios
|
Sergei Diaghilev
|
William Hootkins |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |
1992 |
USA |
TV series |
|
Relatives and associates
|
Fanny Dürbach: Governess to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
|
Lilyan Chauvin |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Alexandra Andreyevna Tchaikovska
|
Edith Evanson |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Ilya Petrovich Tchaikovsky
|
Alex Gerry |
Walt Disney Presents, #5.16 "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" |
1959 |
USA |
TV film |
|
Science and medicine
|
Physicians
|
Eugene Botkin
|
Timothy West |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Walter Horsbrugh |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Oleg Mirochnikov |
The Crown |
2022 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Sergey Fedorov
|
Guy Rolfe |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Stanislaus de Lazovert: One of the assassins of Rasputin.
|
Vernon Dobtcheff |
Nicholas and Alexandra |
1971 |
UK |
Film |
An adaptation of the biography by Robert K. Massie.
|
Chemists
|
Valery Legasov
|
Jared Harris |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
Nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Emmy Award for Best Actor.
|
Entertainment
|
Composers and songwriters
|
Matvey Blanter
|
Boris Schwarzmann |
Downfall |
2004 |
Germany/Italy/Austria |
Film |
An adaptation of the books Inside Hitler's Bunker by Joachim Fest and Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge.
|
Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky
|
Vsevolod Tsurilo |
Downfall |
2004 |
Germany/Italy/Austria |
Film |
An adaptation of the books Inside Hitler's Bunker by Joachim Fest and Until the Final Hour by Traudl Junge.
|
Business and finance
|
Businesspeople
|
Ignaty Manus: A St Petersburg banker and associate of Rasputin; possibly a German agent.
|
Anthony Collin |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Aleksei Putilov
|
Michael Golden |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Sport and leisure
|
Mountaineers
|
Anatoli Boukreev
|
Peter J. Lucas |
Into Thin Air: Death on Everest |
1997 |
USA |
TV film |
An adaptation of the book by Jon Krakauer.
|
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson |
Everest |
2015 |
UK/USA |
Film |
An adaptation of the book Left for Dead by Beck Weathers.
|
Espionage and security
|
Court Commandants (Heads of the Okhrana)
|
P. P. Hesse
|
John Stratton |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Dmitri Feodorovich Trepov
|
David Swift |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Other Okhrana officers
|
Mikhail Stepanovich Komissarov (1870–1933): An Okhrana general in charge of the surveillance of Rasputin.
|
T. P. McKenna |
Play of the Month, #7.2 "Rasputin" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Pyotr Rachkovsky
|
Michael Bryant |
Fall of Eagles |
1974 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Heads of the NKVD
|
Genrikh Yagoda
|
Peter Mamakos |
You Are There, #2.4 "The First Moscow Purge Trials" |
1953 |
USA |
TV short |
Docudrama
|
KGB officers
|
Walter Krivitsky
|
Joe Searby |
Cambridge Spies |
2003 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Konon Molody
|
Gertan Klauber |
Play of the Month, #6.5 "Act of Betrayal" |
1971 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Evdokia Petrova
|
Madge Ryan |
Play of the Month, #2.1 "Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov" |
1966 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Vladimir Petrov
|
Nigel Stock |
Play of the Month, #2.1 "Defection! The Case of Colonel Petrov" |
1966 |
UK |
TV film |
|
GRU officers
|
Yevgeny Ivanov
|
Jeroen Krabbé |
Scandal |
1989 |
UK |
Film |
|
Visar Vishka |
The Trial of Christine Keeler |
2019 |
UK |
TV series |
|
Spies for foreign powers
|
Moura Budberg
|
Kay Francis |
British Agent |
1934 |
USA |
Film |
As Elena Moura. An adaptation of the autobiography Memoirs of a British Agent by Sir R. H. Bruce Lockhart.
|
Supernatural and occult
|
Alleged witches, wizards, sorcerers and occultists
|
Helena Blavatsky
|
Lila Kaye |
The Velvet Glove, #5 "The Warrior's Return" |
1977 |
UK |
TV film |
|
Miscellaneous
|
Explorers and geographers
|
Dimitri Girev: Dog handler on the Scott expedition.
|
Jirí Stanislav |
The Last Place on Earth |
1985 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford.
|
Dondok Irinchinov: Guide and interpreter to Nikolay Przhevalsky.
|
Tsyren Shagzhin |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Anton Omelchenko: Groom on the Scott expedition.
|
Bronco McLoughlin |
The Last Place on Earth |
1985 |
UK |
TV series |
An adaptation of the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford.
|
Nikolay Przhevalsky
|
Sergey Papov |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Vselovod Roborovsky: Associate of Nikolay Przhevalsky
|
Vselovod Larionov |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
|
Nikolay Komissarov |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Nikolai Severtzov
|
Vladimir Vsevolodov |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
Panteley Teleshov: Associate of Nikolay Przhevalsky
|
Georgiy Slabinyak |
Przhevalsky |
1952 |
USSR |
Film |
|
People associated with the Chernobyl disaster
|
Aleksandr Akimov
|
Sam Troughton |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Alexei Ananenko
|
Baltasar Breki Samper |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Boris Baranov
|
Oscar Dyekjær Giese |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Valeri Bezpalov
|
Philip Barantini |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Vyacheslav Brazhnik
|
Adam Lundgren |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Viktor Bryukhanov
|
Con O'Neill |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Viktor Degtyarenko
|
Karolis Kasperavicius |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Anatoly Dyatlov
|
Paul Ritter |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Fomin
|
Adrian Rawlins |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Gorbachenko
|
Ross Armstrong |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Vasily Ignatenko
|
Adam Nagaitis |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Valery Khodemchuk
|
Kieran O'Brien |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Viktor Kibenok
|
Povilas Jatkevicius |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Igor Kirschenbaum
|
Joshua Leese |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Aleksandr Kudryavtsev
|
Paulius Markevicius |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Valery Legasov: See Chemists
|
Valeriy Perevozchenko
|
Jay Simpson |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Viktor Proskuryakov
|
Karl Davies |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Vladimir Pravik
|
Gerard Kearns |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Boris Shcherbina: See Other ministers
|
Anatoly Sitnikov
|
Jamie Sives |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Boris Stolyarchuk
|
Billy Postlethwaite |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Nikolai Titenok
|
Sammy Hayman |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Leonid Toptunov
|
Robert Emms |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|
Aleksandr Yuvchenko
|
Douggie McMeekin |
Chernobyl |
2019 |
UK/USA |
TV series |
|