Portrait of Nikolai Cherkasov

Acting

Nikolai Cherkasov

Career

Active from 1928 to 1965, busiest in 1947 and 1949 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Nikolai Cherkasov Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.4, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.0, average 3.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Coming of Age
    1.7, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Propaganda Film 2
  • Classic Soviet Comedy 2
  • Epic Historical Drama 2
  • Russian History 2
  • Visually Striking 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

31
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

2 titles
Nights of Farewell
Nights of Farewell (1965)

as Gedeonov

All Remains to People
All Remains to People (1963)

as scientist Fyodor Dronov

1950s

4 titles · average score 80
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
GoodWatch score 89

as Czar Ivan IV

Don Quixote
Don Quixote (1957)
GoodWatch score 70

as Don Quixote de la Mancha / Alonso Quixano

Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov (1953)

as Stasov

Mussorgsky
Mussorgsky (1950)

as Vladimir Stasov

1940s

11 titles · average score 75
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Alexander Popov
Alexander Popov (1949)

as Aleksandr Popov

Happy Sailing
Happy Sailing (1949)

as kapitan Levashov

Ivan Pavlov
Ivan Pavlov (1949)

as Maxim Gorky

Spring
Spring (1947)
GoodWatch score 67

as Arkadi Mikhailovich Gromov

New Home
New Home (1947)

as Mikhail Andreevich Kostousov

Pirogov
Pirogov (1947)

as Lyadov

In the Name of Life
In the Name of Life (1946)

as Lukich

Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
GoodWatch score 89

as Czar Ivan IV

Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943)
GoodWatch score 69

as Alexander Nevsky

His Name Is Sukhe-Bator
His Name Is Sukhe-Bator (1942)

as baron von Ungern-Sternberg

1930s

10 titles · average score 67
Lenin in 1918
Lenin in 1918 (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Maksim Gorky

Friends
Friends (1939)

as осетин Бета

Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
GoodWatch score 83

as Alexander Nevsky

Peter the First, Part II
Peter the First, Part II (1938)

as Prince Alexei

Peter the First, Part I
Peter the First, Part I (1937)
GoodWatch score 61

as Prince Alexei

Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1937)

as Billy Bones

Capt. Grant's Family
Capt. Grant's Family (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

as Jacques Paganel

The Girlfriends
The Girlfriends (1936)

as white officer (uncredited)

Crown Prince of the Republic
Crown Prince of the Republic (1934)

as Waiter (uncredited)

Do I Love You?
Do I Love You? (1934)

as Student

1920s

4 titles
Moon on the Left
Moon on the Left (1929)

as Kalugin

My Son
My Son (1928)

as Pat

His Excellency
His Excellency (1928)

as Tall Clown

The Poet and the Tsar
The Poet and the Tsar (1927)

as Charles (uncredited)