
Andrey Smolyakov was born in Podolsk, Moscow Oblast, in 1958. He studied for three years at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute before graduating in 1980 from the State Institute of Theatre Arts and beginning his acting career on the stage of the Moscow Art Theatre. Between 1984 and 1986, he worked with the Satyricon Theatre, and in 1987 joined the Oleg Tabakov Studio Theatre in Moscow. Smolyakov made his big screen debut in 1978, and has since appeared in more than 80 films, working with many of Russia’s leading directors. Notable credits include “Daddy” (Vladimir Mashkov, 2004), “Escape” (Egor Konchalovsky, 2005), “Stalingrad” (Fedor Bondarchuk, 2013), and “Viking” (Andrey Kravchuk, 2016).

Screen Two
TV • 1985

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV • 1971

Zhurov
TV • 2009

Karamora
TV • 2022

MosGaz
TV • 2012

Adjutants of Love
TV • 2005

The Dead Lake
TV • 2019

Mira
MOVIE • 2022

The Saboteur
TV • 2004

Ash
TV • 2013

Artist
TV • 2022

MosGaz. Case No. 10: Metronome
TV • 2024

Pushkin's Fairy Tales. For Adults
TV • 2021

MosGaz. Case No. 9: Cherkasov's Last Case
TV • 2023

Forbidden Empire
MOVIE • 2014

The Penal Battalion
TV • 2004

MosGaz. Delo N8: Zapadnya
TV • 2021

MosGaz. Delo N5: Operatsiya "Satana"
TV • 2018