Ivan Dmitrievich Voronov (19 January 1915, Novy Milet – 6 August 2004, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor. He was a two-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (1946, 1950) and was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1962. To international audiences, he is best known for his role in the Soviet–Finnish film Sampo.
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Biography
Ivan Voronov was born on 19 January 1915 in the village of Novy Milet (now in Moscow Oblast). He studied at the Vsevolod Meyerhold Theatre School and, after his second year, was transferred to the company of the Meyerhold Theatre.
After the theatre was dissolved, Voronov performed at the State Central Theatre for Young Spectators. From 1942 to 1944, he was an actor with the Komsomol Youth Front Theatre under the Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation. From 1944 onward, he served at the Central Children's Theatre (later RAMT).
Voronov died on 6 August 2004 and was buried at Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.
His son, Nikita Ivanovich Voronov (1950–2015), was a screenwriter and documentary film director. He directed the autobiographical film Hours and Years about his family.
Filmography
Dangerous Paths (1954) — Mayboroda
In Square 45 (1955) — Saboteur
Early Joys (1956) — Polotentsev
The Mistress of the Inn (1956) — Count Albafiorita
An Unusual Summer (1957) — Polotentsev
Stories About Lenin (1957) — Grigory Belov
Sampo (1958) — Ilmarinen
At the Beginning of the Century (1961) — Gendarmerie Colonel
Monday Is a Hard Day (1963) — Yuri Khristoforov
Wizard Island (1964) — Foreign Ship Captain
Mitya (1967, TV play) — Dudarov
Three Days of Viktor Chernyshov (1967) — Episode
Knight of Dreams (1968) — Reg
Free Hour (1972, TV play) — Potekhin’s Father
Pushkin Fairy Tales (1973) — Tsar
Treating with Rowanberries (1976, TV play)
Ramayana (1976, TV play) — Ravana
Colonel Zorin’s Version (1978) — Fyodor Baranko
Risk Strategy (1978) — Zhuravlyov
Rules of the Game (1978, TV play) — Pudyshev
Theatre
Voronov performed extensively at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre, including roles such as:
Lyapkin-Tyapkin — The Government Inspector by Nikolai Gogol
Famusov — Woe from Wit by Alexander Griboyedov
Nozdryov — Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
Karakol — City of Craftsmen by Tamara Gabbe
Jean Valjean — Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Boris Godunov — Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin
Prostakov — The Minor by Denis Fonvizin
Kochkaryov — Marriage by Nikolai Gogol
Awards and honors
Stalin Prize (Second Class, 1946) — for City of Craftsmen
Stalin Prize (Third Class, 1950) — for I Want to Go Home
Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1952)
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1962)
Order of the Badge of Honour (1967)
Stanislavsky State Prize (1985) — for Les Misérables
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (1997)
Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2002)