Valery Garkalin

Valery Borisovich Garkalin (Вале́рий Бори́сович Гарка́лин; 11 April 1954 – 20 November 2021) was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the Russian Federation in 2008. Garkalin was also a professor of GITIS.

Personal life
He was married to Yekaterina from 1978 until her death in 2009. His daughter Nika is active in theatrical production. His son-in-law is an actor of the Theatre of Nations Pavel Akimkin. Garkalin became a grandfather in 2012 when his daughter gave birth to a son named Timofey.

Garkalin was hospitalized with COVID-19 in Kommunarka on 2 October 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia. He died from complications of COVID-19 on 20 November 2021.

Selected filmography

 * The Scarlet Flower (1977) as man in the village
 * Katala (1989) as Aleksei Grekov
 * Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1991) as Vaska Gryaznoy
 * Russian Symphony (1994) as Borisych
 * What a Mess! (1995) as Vasily Krolikov, Innokentiy Shniperson, Roman Almazov and Patrick Crolikow
 * Poor Sasha (1997) as Nikolay Kryshkin
 * House for the Rich (2000) as captain Skorokhodov
 * Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as Roman Kromin
 * Yeralash (2004—2006) as cameo
 * Fitil (2004—2006) as cameo
 * My Fair Nanny (2004) as writer Francois Lyapen
 * Popsa (2005) as Lev Malinovsky
 * One Night of Love (2008) as Monsieur Charles, Fencing Teacher

Awards

 * Kinoshock (1995) — Award for Best Actor
 * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2000)  for merits in the field of art
 * People's Artist of Russia (2008)