Viktor Rakov

Viktor Viktorovich Rakov (Виктор Викторович Раков; born February 5, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (2003).

Biography
He was born February 5, 1962, in Moscow and after graduating in 1984 from GITIS he became an actor in the Lenkom Theatre.

His first major role was in To Kill a Dragon as Heinrich, the Burgermeister's son.

He has a son from his first marriage with Olga Ilyukhina and is married to Lyudmila Rakova, with whom he had two children.

Theatre

 * Sage as Glumov
 * The Star and Death of Joaquin Muretta as Joaquin Muretta, Lead and customs officer, organ grinder
 * Hamlet as Laertes
 * Juno and Avos as Fernando Lopez, man of the theater, Burning heretic, Count Rezanov
 * The Royal Game as Thomas Cromwell
 * Jester Balakirev as Menshikov
 * Va-Bank as Dulchin
 * Marriage as Podkolyosin
 * Peer Gynt as Davorsky grandfather, King of Trolls
 * White lie as Senor Balboa, grandfather (director by Gleb Panfilov)
 * Skywalker as Ryabovsky

Selected filmography

 * 1988 — To Kill a Dragon   as Heinrich, Burgermeister's son


 * 1990 — Mother   as Pavel Vlasov


 * 1990 — Humiliated and Insulted  as Alyosha Valkovsky


 * 1992 — Gardes-Marines III   as Baron von Brockdorf


 * 1994 — The Master and Margarita as the Master


 * 2000 — The Romanovs: An Imperial Family  as Tsar Nicholas II (voice)


 * 2006 —  Alive   as philosopher


 * 2009 — The Admiral  as investigator Popov


 * 2013 — The Three Musketeers   as Mr. Bonacieux


 * 2014 — House with Lilies   as Miron Polischuk


 * 2015 — Catherine the Great as Count Alexei Razumovsky

Prizes and awards

 * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996) - for achievements in the arts
 * People's Artist of Russia (2003)
 * Order of Friendship (2013)