Known For: Acting
Popularity: 1
Status: Deceased at 65 years old (death on 20/05/2009)
Date of Birth: 23/02/1944
Place of Birth: Bolshoy Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhskaya SSR, USSR
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; February 23, 1944 – May 20, 2009) was a Soviet/Russian actor who has excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Alla Pugacheva, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.