Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

KNOWN FOR

Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973
War and Peace
1968
Офицеры
2006
Soldiers of Freedom
1977
Scarlet Sails
1961
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
1966
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
2019
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
1966
Три мушкетёра
2013
Picture
1985
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
1967
Problem Child
1954

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
81
Crew
1
2019
Solaris
as Dr. Kris Kelvin
2019
Главное с Ольгой Беловой
as Народный артист СССР
2017
Чужой дед
as Igor Stepanovich
2015
The Mystery of Snow Queen
2014
The Last Moons
as Он
2014
Martha's Line
as Юрий
2014
Легенды цирка с Эдгардом Запашным
as Self - актер, Народный артист СССР
2013
The Three Musketeers
as кардинал Ришелье
2013
Три мушкетёра
as Кардинал Ришелье
2012
Alexander Belyavsky. Fox's Personal File
as Self - Народный артист СССР
2011
Pier
as чтец Пушкина
2010
Error of investigation
2007
One Love of My Soul
as Nikolay Karamzin
2006
Офицеры
as генерал
2006
Офицеры
as Алексей Фёдорович Осоргин (генерал, отец Егора)
2005
The Golden Head on a Scaffold
2005
Brezhnev
as Yuri Andropov
2005
Брежнев
as Юрий Андропов
2004
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Constantine VIII
2003
Interviews with Filmmakers: Vasiliy Lanovoy
2001
Night on the Cordon
as Sergey
2000
A Chivalrous Romance
as Алексий II Комнин - император Византии
1999
Dedication to Eve
as Знорко
1998
An Unfamiliar Weapon, or Crusader 2
1998
Invisible Traveller
1995
Lady Into Lassie
as Ivan Berestov
1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Baron Preimann
1993
The Falling
as Krutov
1992
Black Square
1990
Бес в ребро
as Vladimir Petrovich Chagin
1989
The Brest Peace
as Trotsky
1987
Defeat
1987
Thirteenth Chairman
as Сагадеев
1985
Picture
as Дмитрий Иванович Уваров
1984
The Strategy of Victory
as читает советские документы
1983
Start Liquidation
as Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation
1982
Battle at the Crossroads
1981
Ogaryova Street, Number 6
as Владислав Николаевич Костенко
1980
Dark Sun
as Professor Obermeier
1980
Antony and Cleopatra
as Октавий Цезарь
1980
Petrovka Street, Number 38
as Kostenko
1980
Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova
as Self
1978
The Leader
as (voice)
1978
A Strange Woman
as Andrianov
1977
Meeting on a Distant Meridian
as Василий Лановой
1977
The Man with the Gun
1977
The Bourgeois Gentleman
as Covielle
1977
Soldiers of Freedom
as Andrei Grechko
1976
Days of the Turbins
as Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана
1976
The Days of the Turbins
as Shervinsky
1975
Anna and Commander
as Komandor
1975
Red Cavalry
as Маяковский
1974
Hello Doctor
1973
Irkutsk Story
1973
Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet
as Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father
1973
Seventeen Moments of Spring
as Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
1972
Fifty-Fifty
1971
Officers
as Ivan Varavva
1971
A Thousand Souls
as Калинович
1971
Princess Turandot
as Калаф
1970
Lyubov Yarovaya
as Mikhail Yarovoy
1968
War and Peace
as Anatol Kuragin
1968
The Sixth of July
as Felix Dzerzhinsky
1967
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
as Anatol
1967
Anna Karenina
as Vronsky
1967
North-West of Berlin
1967
No Password Necessary
as Mareikis/Roman Chen
1966
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
as Anatol
1966
Comrade Song
as Сергей
1966
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
as Anatole Kuragin
1965
Going Inside a Storm
as Oleg Tulin
1964
Shares in Murder
as Браммел
1962
Collegues
as Aleksey Maksimov
1961
Scarlet Sails
as Arthur Grey
1961
Striped Trip
as episode (uncredited)
1961
Stronger Than a Hurricane
as Fyodor Khmara
1956
Pavel Korchagin
as Pavel Korchagin
1956
Three Hundred Years Ago...
as lieutenant Orzhelskiy
1954
Problem Child
as Valentin
Unexpected visits
as Тимофей Егорович Ползунов