Evgeny Ilich Zharikov (February 26, 1941, Moscow - January 18, 2012, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was awarded the title People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989) and the USSR State Prize (1978). He was born on February 26, 1941 in Moscow as the sixth and last child of the Soviet writer Leonid Zharikov (Ilya Milahievich Zharikov). He spent his childhood in the Moscow suburbs, near Zagorsk (now Sergiev Posad), with his grandparents. From age four rode horses and mastered crafts.In 1959, he entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and first appeared in a film in his second year of study. In 1964, after graduation, he went to East Germany, where for two years starred in the title role in the local series Russian for You. After his return, in 1966, he acted in theater, television, and film in Moscow. He became a member of the CPSU in 1970. He came to fame appearing in the 1970s television series Born to a Revolution about the formation of the Soviet militia and its fight against crime in the 1920s. In 1970, at the height of his career, he was injured on the set of the film Death No, Guys! when he fell from a horse at full gallop, which injured his hip and caused a compression fracture of the spine.From 1988 to 2000, he was President of the Guild of Actors of Soviet Cinema (Russian Film Actors Guild from 1991). In 1999 he underwent two complex operations with prosthetics. He appeared in nearly 70 films and participated in the dubbing of more than 200 films.

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