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name: "Mikhail Zharov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mikhail-zharov"
fi1m_id: "mikhail-zharov"
imdb_id: "nm0955541"
tmdb_id: 144841
wikidata_id: "Q764546"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 October 1899"
died: "15 December 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T03:41:04.489292+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mikhail Zharov

## Identity

Mikhail Zharov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mikhail-zharov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mikhail-zharov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0955541
- **TMDB ID:** 144841
- **Wikidata ID:** Q764546
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Zharov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144841

Actor. Born 27 October 1899 in Moscow, Russia. Died 15 December 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 October 1899, Moscow, Russia
- **Died:** 15 December 1981
- **Active:** 1944–1958
- **Also known as:** Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov, M.I. Jaroff, M. Zharov, Михаил Иванович Жаров, Michail Iwanowitsch Scharow, Mihail Žarov, M. I. Jaroff, М. Жаров
- **Frequently works with:** [Nikolay Cherkasov](https://film.one/person/nikolai-cherkasov.md), [Serafima Birman](https://film.one/person/serafima-birman.md), [Sergei Eisenstein](https://film.one/person/sergei-eisenstein.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 80 (1), 1950s 64 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Zharov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q764546, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0955541/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/144841

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ivan the Terrible, Part I*](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-i.md) (80), [*Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot*](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-ii-the-boyars-plot.md) (64)

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## Biography

Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (1899–1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. He trained under Theodore Komisarjevsky and appeared in early films including *Aelita* (1924). From 1938 he was a leading member of the Maly Theatre in Moscow, where he remained for the rest of his career and performed many classical roles.

Zharov gained prominence in sound films with his performance as Zhigan in *Road to Life* (1931). He played Prince Menshikov in Vladimir Petrov’s *Peter the Great* (1937–1938) and Czar’s Guard Malyuta Skuratov in Sergei Eisenstein’s *Ivan the Terrible, Part I* (1944) and *Part II* (1958). He also directed several films and later appeared in the television series *The Village Detective* (1968) and its sequels as the village militiaman Aniskin.

Zharov received the title of People’s Artist of the USSR in 1949 and was named a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1974. He was awarded three Stalin Prizes.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot* (1958), Fi1m 64, as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov — [page](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-ii-the-boyars-plot.md)
- *Ivan the Terrible, Part I* (1944), Fi1m 80, as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov — [page](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-i.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Power of Darkness* (1978), as Митрич
- *Aniskin Again* (1977), as Aniskin · Director
- *Aniskin and Fantomas* (1974), series, as Фёдор Иванович Анискин, старший лейтенант милиции · Director, Creator
- *The Ostrovsky House* (1974), as Лыняев
- *That's How It Will Be* (1973), as Воронцов
- *Aniskin and Fantomas* (1973), as Фёдор Анискин · Director
- *The Very Last Day* (1973), as Семен Митрофанович Ковалев
- *Our Friend Maxim* (1973), Actor
- *A Narym Divorce* (1972), Actor
- *Zharov Tells...* (1970), Actor
- *The Village Detective* (1969), as Fyodor Ivanovich Aniskin
- *Elder Sister* (1967), as Ukhov
- *Cain the XVIII-th* (1963), as Minister of War
- *Attention! The Magician Is in the City!* (1963), as cook
- *Чужой бумажник* (1962), Actor
- *Milky Way* (1959), Actor
- *Red Leaves* (1958), as (as M. Zharov)
- *Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot* (1958), as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-ii-the-boyars-plot.md)
- *A Girl with Guitar* (1958), as Sviristinsky
- *Boots* (1957), Actor
- *Involuntary auditors* (1955), as Лаптев
- *The Anna Cross* (1954), as Artynov
- *Vassa Zheleznova* (1953), Actor
- *Happy Flight* (1949), as шофер Зачесов
- *Michurin* (1949), as Khrenov
- *For Those Who Are at Sea* (1948), Actor
- *A Noisy Household* (1946), as Semibab · Director
- *Twins* (1945), as Vadim Spiridonovich Yeropkin
- *Ivan the Terrible, Part I* (1944), as Czar's Guard Malyuta Skuratov — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/ivan-the-terrible-part-i.md)
- *Young Fritz* (1943), as Fritz
- *Air Taxi* (1943), as Baranov
- *In the Name of the Motherland* (1943), as Globa
- *Actress* (1943), as Reciter in hospital
- *The Tale of Tsar Saltan* (1943), as Tsar (voice)
- *The District Secretary* (1942), as Gavril Fedorovich Rusov
- *Defense of Tsaritsyn* (1942), as Perchikhin
- *Bohdan Khmelnytskyi* (1941), as cantor Havrylo
- *Our Cinema* (1940), as (archive footage)
- *Engineer Kochin's Error* (1939), as Lartsev
- *Man in a Shell* (1939), as Михаил Александрович Коваленко (учитель истории и географии)
- *The Vyborg Side* (1939), as Platon Vassilievich Dymba
- *Stepan Razin* (1939), as Lazunka, boyarin's son
- *Peter the First, Part II* (1938), as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- *The Bear* (1938), as Grigori Stepanovich Smirnov
- *Peter the First, Part I* (1937), as Alexander Danilovich Menshikov
- *The Return of Maxim* (1937), as Platon Dymba
- *Love and Hate* (1935), Actor
- *Three Comrades* (1935), as Zaitsev
- *Dreamers* (1934), Actor
- *Thunderstorm* (1934), as Koudryash
- *Marionettes* (1934), as Border checkpoint commander
- *Outskirts* (1933), as Krayevitch, a student
- *26 Commissioners* (1933), as menshevik
- *House of the Dead* (1932), Actor
- *Road to Life* (1931), as Фомка «Жиган»
- *The Living Corpse* (1929), as Hired witness (uncredited)
- *Two-Buldi-Two* (1929), as Chairman of the revolution committee
- *The White Eagle* (1928), as Official
- *Don Diego and Pelagia* (1928), as Mikhail Zharov
- *The Yellow Ticket* (1928), as Visitor in the brothel
- *Who Are You?* (1927), as Student
- *The Man from the Restaurant* (1927), as Waiter
- *Anya* (1927), as Zhdan
- *Miss Mend* (1926), as Waiter at the inn
- *Chess Fever* (1925), as House Painter
- *His Call* (1925), as Factory worker
- *The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom* (1924), as sluzhashchiy i nosil'shchik
- *Aelita: Queen of Mars* (1924), as Actor in Play
- *Tsar Ivan Vasilevich The Terrible* (1915), as Soldier

## Gallery

- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-f0fffd3c401a.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Mikhail_Zharov_in_1980_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Заслуженный артист РСФСР М.И. Жаров в роли Мурзавецкого в спектакле «Волки и овцы» по пьесе А.Н. Островского в постановке Московского государственного академиче (1941)](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-59184a17ba02.jpg) Заслуженный артист РСФСР М.И. Жаров в роли Мурзавецкого в спектакле «Волки и овцы» по пьесе А.Н. Островского в постановке Московского государственного академиче (1941) — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Mikhail_Zharov_1941.jpg/1280px-Mikhail_Zharov_1941.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Народный артист СССР М.И. Жаров дома в рабочем кабинете. Автор – В.Б. Соболев. Москва. 1969 г. Главархив Москвы](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-dafe88998108.jpg) Народный артист СССР М.И. Жаров дома в рабочем кабинете. Автор – В.Б. Соболев. Москва. 1969 г. Главархив Москвы — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Mikhail_Zharov_1969.jpg/1280px-Mikhail_Zharov_1969.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Сцена из спектакля «Самый последний день» в постановке Государственного академического Малого театра; в ролях: Бызин – народный артист РСФСР Е.Я. Весник (слева) (1974)](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-f09072b652d2.jpg) Сцена из спектакля «Самый последний день» в постановке Государственного академического Малого театра; в ролях: Бызин – народный артист РСФСР Е.Я. Весник (слева) (1974) — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Yevgeny_Vesnik_and_Mikhail_Zharov.jpg/1280px-Yevgeny_Vesnik_and_Mikhail_Zharov.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-426dce4eb1ca.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Image via TMDB
- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-4512542cbbfd.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Image via TMDB
- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-db361cc0ce8f.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Image via TMDB
- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-c42df1f30cb9.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Image via TMDB
- ![Mikhail Zharov](https://film.one/media/person/3859929/gallery-f9cf191d3249.jpg) Mikhail Zharov — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 17 won

- Order of the October Revolution 1979: Order of the October Revolution (won)
- "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal 1974: "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal (won)
- Order of Lenin 1974: Order of Lenin (won)
- Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" 1970: Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (won)
- Order of Lenin 1970: Order of Lenin (won)
- Medal "For Distinguished Labour" 1967: Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (won)
- Order of Lenin 1967: Order of Lenin (won)
- People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR 1964: People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (won)
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1949: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (won)
- People's Artist of the USSR 1949: People's Artist of the USSR (won)
- Stalin Prize, 2nd degree 1947: Stalin Prize, 2nd degree (won)
- Order of the Red Star 1944: Order of the Red Star (won)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR 1944: People's Artist of the RSFSR (won)
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree 1942: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (won), for *The Defense of Tsaritsyn*
- State Stalin Prize, 1st degree 1941: State Stalin Prize, 1st degree (won), for *Peter the First, Part One*
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1938: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (won)
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR 1935: Honored Artist of the RSFSR (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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