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Acting
Valentin Gaft
Valentin Gaft is best known for The Master and Margarita, Visit to the Minotaur, The Life of Klim Samgin and Fuse. Valentin Gaft was born on September 2, 1935. Valentin Gaft died on December 12, 2020 at the age of 85.
- Born
- September 2, 1935
- Place of birth
- Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- December 12, 2020 (85 years old)
Biography
Valentin Yosifovich Gaft was born on September 2, 1935 to Ukrainian parents recently relocated to Moscow. Gaft entered the Moscow Theater School in 1953 at age 18 and made his film debut three years later in Mikhail Romm’s “Murder on Dante Street”. Over a half century of performing Valentine Gaft has been associated with the Mossovet and Leninsky Komsomol Theater troupes and the Sovremennik Theater which Gaft joined in 1969 and where he continues to work to this day. Gaft was named a People’s Artist of the Soviet Union in 1984 and has authored series of highly acidic epigrams satirizing members of the Russian film and theater communities.
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Known for
Filmography
- 201610 самых...Self (archive footage)
- 2011The Life and Adventures of Mishka Yaponchik (Once in Odessa)
- 2011Morpekhi
- 2006Nine UnknownsViktor Sevidov - britanskiy millioner
- 2006Мастер и МаргаритаВоланд
- 2005The Master and MargaritaCaiaphas / Lavrentiy Beria
- 2002On the Other Side of the Wolves
- 1993Ночные забавыЕзепов
- 1988The Life of Klim SamginTrifonov
- 1987Visit to the MinotaurPavel Petrovich Ikonnikov
- 1982MagiciansСатанеев
- 1980The Mystery of Edwin DroodJohn Jasper
- 1979Koroli i kapustaFrank Goodwin
- 1978Islands in the Stream
- 1975Olga SergeevnaТроянкин
- 1975For the Rest of My LifeKramin
- 1974БесприданницаСергей Сергеевич Паратов
- 1974Dombey & Son
- 1962Fuse
Frequently asked questions
What movies and shows has Valentin Gaft been in?
Valentin Gaft is best known for The Master and Margarita, Visit to the Minotaur, The Life of Klim Samgin and Fuse.
When was Valentin Gaft born?
Valentin Gaft was born on September 2, 1935. (Moscow, RSFSR, USSR)
How old is Valentin Gaft?
Valentin Gaft died on December 12, 2020 at the age of 85.
Updated: November 12, 2026 ·