Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 31, 1933
Place of Birth:
Perm, RSFSR, USSR
Social Media
Georgi Burkov
Biography
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (08/11/1980). Father, Ivan G., worked at Motovilikha in the old factory district of Perm. Started with a worker, rose to the chief mechanic of the plant. The character was soft, friendly. Mother, Maria Sergeyevna, has always been for her son the closest person and best friend. He studied at the law faculty of Perm University (1952-1956), in the evening studio at the Perm Drama Theater (1955-1958). Attempts to conquer theatrical universities in Moscow ended in failure. He worked in the theaters of Bereznikov, Perm (1961), Kemerovo (1963). In Kemerovo, he was seen by a well-known Moscow theater journalist and, returning to Moscow, told the acquaintance of the original actor, Boris Lvov-Anokhin, the main director of the Stanislavsky Theater. He invited Burkov to Moscow, to his theater to the Arts Council. So the 32-year-old actor without special education became an artist of the capital's theater. Since 1965 - actor of the Drama Theater named after K.S. Stanislavsky. In 1970-1971 - actor of the Sovremennik Theater. Since 1980 - artist of the Moscow Art Theater named after Gorky. In 1984-1987 - actor of the theater named after A.S. Pushkin. From 1988 to 1990 - artistic director of the V.M. Culture Center Shukshina. He died in the evening of July 19, 1990 in the First City Hospital of Moscow. The actor was buried at the Vagankovsky cemetery (plot number 13). The granite cross on the grave of Burkov is made of the same piece of granite as the monument to his close friend Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974). Chapter 38 of the cycle “To Remember” by Leonid Filatov is dedicated to the life and work of the actor. Widow - Tatyana Ukharova, actress of the Stanislavsky Moscow Drama Theater (04.19.1946). Daughter - actress of the same theater Maria Burkova (05.21.1966).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Murder of a Witness | Евгений Евгеньевич Крайников, глава преступной организации |
| 1988 | Импровизация на тему биографии | |
| 1988 | Rich Pleasure | |
| 1988 | Holy Moly! | Участковый |
| 1988 | The Cat Who Walked by Herself | Man / Dog (voice) |
| 1988 | A Gullible Dragon | street sweeper |
| 1988 | Байка | |
| 1988 | Two and One | Frolov |
| 1988 | Фунтик в цирке | Chocolate the hippopotamus / бегемот Шоколад |
| 1988 | The Amorous Crow | The wolf (voice) |
| 1987 | Tower | Sanya Kopytov |
| 1987 | Roll over Your Head | |
| 1987 | Фунтик и старушка с усами | Chocolate the hippopotamus / бегемот Шоколад |
| 1987 | Farewell, Punks of Zamoskvorechye... | Егор, отец Богдана |
| 1986 | Ara, bara, pooh! | |
| 1986 | Boris Godunov | Varlaam |
| 1986 | Banquet | |
| 1986 | The Beauty Parlor | Иван Андреевич |
| 1986 | Неуловимый фунтик | Chocolate the hippopotamus / бегемот Шоколад |
| 1986 | Funtik and Detectives | Chocolate the hippopotamus / бегемот Шоколад |
| 1985 | Winter Evening in Gagry | Fyodor |
| 1985 | Be Careful, Vasilyok! | |
| 1985 | A Fairy Tale About A Little Thing | Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Чужая шуба | Текст от автора |
| 1984 | Lights | |
| 1984 | Citizens of the Universe | Planetarium Lecturer |
| 1984 | A Cruel Romance | Robinzon |
| 1984 | Guest from the Future | Alik Borisovich, vrach |
| 1984 | Investigator by Profession | Detective Boris Ivanovich Antonov |
| 1984 | Someone Has to... | Константин Константинович Селянин |
| 1983 | Cheburashka Goes to School | Salesman (voice) |
| 1983 | A Wonderful Barrel | The Bear (voice) |
| 1983 | Time Barred | Nozdryov |
| 1983 | We Weren't Married in a Church | |
| 1982 | Nice to Live Not Forbid | дядя Бодрова |
| 1982 | Date with Your Youth | |
| 1982 | Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog | Dog (voice) |
| 1982 | Autumn Ships | The Bear (voice) |
| 1981 | Iz zhizni otdykhayushchikh | Arkady Pavlovich |
| 1981 | Otstavnoy Kozy Barabanshchik | Chuprun |
| 1981 | The Winter's Tale | Bear [Medvezhonok] (voice) |
| 1981 | Sergey Ivanovich Retires | |
| 1981 | Cat Kotofeyevitch | The Cat (voice) |
| 1981 | Vasily and Vasilisa | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Котёнок Филя и… | Little Zmey Gorynych (voice) |
| 1981 | Goodbye, Our Gully | Chorniy (voice, uncredited) |
| 1980 | The Old New Year | Father-in-law |
| 1980 | Kind Men | Гордей Петрович Кабачков |
| 1980 | Tryam! Which means Hello! | Bear [Medvezhonok] (voice) |
| 1980 | Akairo | (voice) |
| 1980 | Say a Word for the Poor Hussar | Артюхов, слуга Мерзляева |
| 1980 | The Key | |
| 1980 | Amnesty | |
| 1980 | Pani Mariya | Иван Пётух |
| 1980 | Sea Voyage of Solnyshkin | |
| 1979 | The Garage | Виталий Кузьмич Фетисов, мастер-золотые руки |
| 1979 | Take-Off | Rokotov |
| 1978 | Trouble | Маслаков |
| 1978 | The Man Who Was Lucky | |
| 1978 | Father Sergius | merchant |
| 1978 | The Steppe | |
| 1977 | Funny People! | человек под зонтом (нет в титрах) |
| 1977 | Wounded Game | Sergey Pogartsev |
| 1977 | Office Romance | завхоз |
| 1977 | Cash Collector's Bag | Aleksandr Sanin |
| 1977 | Nose | |
| 1977 | The Beginning of the Legend | Aleksei Ivanovich |
| 1977 | Everybody Knows Kadkin | Kuzma Kadkin |
| 1975 | Peasant Son | |
| 1975 | The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! | Миша |
| 1975 | Wider Step Maestro! | |
| 1975 | They Fought for Their Motherland | pvt. Alexander Kopytovsky |
| 1974 | The Cities and the Years | |
| 1974 | Cement | |
| 1974 | The Red Snowball Tree | «Губа» |
| 1974 | Day of Admittance on Personal Matters | Коваленко |
| 1974 | Birds Over the City | |
| 1974 | Tales of Keshka and His Friends | |
| 1974 | With Fun and Courage | Gorshenin |
| 1973 | Summer Dreams | |
| 1973 | A Man at His Place | |
| 1973 | Yegor Bulychyov and Others | Alexei |
| 1972 | Old Men: Robbers | Фёдор Фёдорович Федяев (начальник Мячикова) |
| 1972 | Happy-Go-Lucky | Виктор Александрович («Конструктор»), поездной вор |
| 1971 | The Petrukha Family | многодетный отец |
| 1970 | The Polynin Case | |
| 1970 | Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow | Russian soldier |
| 1970 | Family Happiness | |
| 1969 | Liberation: The Break Through | Sgt. |
| 1969 | Our Friends | Contrabandist |
| 1968 | Zigzag of Success | Petya |
| 1968 | Punisher | |
| 1968 | Liberation: The Fire Bulge | Sergeant |
| 1967 | Beginning of an Unknown Era | студент (новелла «Ангел») |
| 1967 | Zosya | Семёнов |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Priklyucheniya porosenka Funtika | Chocolate the Hippopotamus (voice) |
| 1985 | Guest from the Future | Alik Borisovich - vrach |
| 1985 | Остров капитанов | |
| 1984 | Профессия - следователь | Boris Ivanovich Antonov - sledovatel |
| 1980 | Tryam! Hello! | Bear (voice) |
| 1977 | The Road to Calvary | |
| 1962 | Fuse |