Biography

Aleksandr S. Demyanenko (May 30, 1937 – August 22, 1999) was a Russian film and theater actor. He was given the honorary distinction of People's Artist of the RSFSR. He began his acting career with the film "Veter" in 1958, and is well known for playing the character Shurik in a number of films, beginning with the 1965 comedy "Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures", and ending with the 1997 film "Old Songs of the Main Things 2".

Known For

Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures

Shurik

Kidnapping, Caucasian Style

Shurik

Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession

Aleksandr 'Shurik' Timofeyev, inventor

Seven Crosses in a Notebook

Andre Lyokyor - inspektor politsii

Grown-Up Children

Igor

The Cimmerian Hermit

Narrator

Crane in the Sky

Андрей Заболотный

Peace to Him Who Enters

Шура Ивлев