Ivan Bortnik

Ivan Sergeyevich Bortnik (Иван Сергеевич Бортник; 16 April 1939 – 4 January 2019 ) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (2000).

He made his film debut in 1961. He was an actor with the Taganka Theatre since 1967. He was a close friend of Russian singer-songwriter, poet, and actor Vladimir Vysotsky.

Selected filmography

 * 1962 — Confessions as artist Vasily
 * 1976 — Sentimental Romance as Stock controller café
 * 1977 — A Declaration of Love  as Kroykov
 * 1979 — The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed as Promokashka
 * 1981 — Family Relations as Vladimir Konovalov
 * 1987 — Mirror for a Hero as Andrei Ivanovich Nemchinov
 * 1990 — Death at Movie as Vasily Kuzmich Stolbov
 * 1991 — Lost in Siberia as Faina's husband
 * 1992 — The Murder at Zhdanovskaya as Gleb Yarin
 * 1995 — A Moslem as godfather
 * 1996 —  The Return of the Battleship as Syrovegin
 * 1998 — Mama Don't Cry as offender
 * 1999 — Strastnoy Boulevard as a man by the fire
 * 2002 — Antikiller as Bedbug
 * 2006 —  Sonya Golden Hand as staff captain Gorelov
 * 2011 — Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman  as episode