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Bohdan Stupka
Acting
Born: August 27, 1941
Kulykiv, Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Biography
Bohdan Sylvestrovych Stupka (27 August 1941 – 22 July 2012) was a popular Ukrainian actor. At the 26th Moscow International Film Festival he won the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Our Own". Stupka has played more than a hundred roles in films and over fifty in the theater. Stupka has been awarded the titles Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of the USSR, and Hero of Ukraine (Order of the State, 2011), as well as a number of film awards. Later in his career he became the Minister of Culture of Ukraine.
Known For
With Fire and Sword
as Bohdan Chmielnicki
The Gray Wolves
as V.E. Semichastnyj
Sappho
as Professor Orlov
The White Bird Marked with Black
as Orest Dzvonar
Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
as Taras Bulba
Alexander: The Neva Battle
as Prince Yaroslav
Home
as Grigoriy Shamanov
A Driver for Vera
as General Serov
East/West
as Colonel Boyko
The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God
as Popiel
