Vladimir Tolokonnikov was born June 25, 1943. In 1973 he graduated from the acting department of
Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute. He worked at the
National Academic Theatre of Russian Drama in
Almaty after graduating from drama school. Tolokonnikov became widely known after the film
Heart of a Dog, directed by
Vladimir Bortko and based on the
novel by
Mikhail Bulgakov, which appeared in 1988 as a Sharikov. He played a starring role in director
Pyotr Tochilin's
Khottabych, embodying on the screen the image of an ancient genie faced with today's Internet culture. For the role Khottabych won
Best Comedic Performance at the Russian
MTV Movie Awards in 2007. He died in Moscow on the night of July 15, 2017 at the age of 74. The cause of death was heart failure as a result of bronchitis complications. Buried July 20, 2017 in the 25th plot of the
Troyekurovskoye Cemetery. (source ru.wikipedia.org) ==Partial filmography ==