---
name: "Nikolay Burlyaev"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nikolay-burlyaev"
fi1m_id: "nikolay-burlyaev"
imdb_id: "nm0122168"
tmdb_id: 13709
wikidata_id: "Q1964825"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 August 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:51:37.987247+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."
---

# Nikolay Burlyaev

## Identity

Nikolay Burlyaev

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nikolay-burlyaev
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nikolay-burlyaev
- **IMDb ID:** nm0122168
- **TMDB ID:** 13709
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1964825
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Burlyayev, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964825, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13709

Actor. Born 3 August 1946 in Moscow, USSR.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 August 1946, Moscow, USSR
- **Also known as:** Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev, Николай Петрович Бурляев, Nikolai Burlyaev, Н. Бурляев, N. Burlyaev
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Burlyayev, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1964825, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13709

## Biography

Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev (also credited as Nikolay Burlyaev) is a Soviet and Russian actor, film director and politician. Born in Moscow in 1946, he began acting as a child and made his film debut in the short *The Boy and the Dove* (1960). He is best known for his lead performance as Ivan in Andrei Tarkovsky's *Ivan's Childhood* (1962) and as Boriska in Tarkovsky's *Andrei Rublev* (1966).

Burlyayev trained at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, graduating in 1967, and later at the Film Directors’ Faculty of VGIK, graduating in 1975. His other screen credits include *Wartime Romance* (1983) and *Lermontov* (1986). He founded the Zolotoi Vityaz film festival in 1991 and was elected to the State Duma in 2021.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Andrei Rublev* (1966), Fi1m 86, as Boriska — [page](https://film.one/film/andrei-rublev.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

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

- *Nikita* (2025), Director
- *Andrey Rublev. A Memory of the Film* (2024), Actor
- *My God! I Feel Your Presence Approaching!* (2023), Director, Writer, Producer
- *One in the Field is a Warrior* (2022), Director
- *The Master and Margarita* (2011), as Yeshua Ha-Nozri
- *Admiral* (2009), series, as император Николай II
- *Admiral* (2008), as Imperator
- *Мастер и Маргарита* (2006), series, as Иешуа Га-Ноцри
- *What a Wonderful Game* (1995), Actor
- *Ask and It Will Be Yours* (1992), as кучер Ларри / священник
- *Weekend With a Killer* (1992), Actor
- *Spiderweb* (1992), as Вася
- *Everything is Ahead* (1991), Director, Writer
- *Russian Roulette* (1990), Actor
- *Blue Blood* (1990), Actor
- *Szlachetna krew* (1990), as dżokej Filip
- *Souvenir for the Prosecutor* (1989), as Slava Zubtsov
- *The Cat Who Walked by Herself* (1988), as Child (voice)
- *Lermontov* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Bambi's Youth* (1986), as Bambi
- *Trial on the Road* (1986), as полицай
- *Counterstrike* (1985), Actor
- *Long Memory* (1985), Actor
- *Bambi's Childhood* (1985), as Bambi (adolescent), Poem
- *Living Rainbow* (1985), Actor
- *Another Man's Wife and Husband Under Bed* (1984), as Tvorogov
- *Evenings on a farm near Dikanka* (1983), Actor
- *War-Time Romance* (1983), as Netuzhilin
- *Shell* (1983), Actor
- *Stove Builders* (1982), Actor
- *Supports of the Earth* (1981), as Kostya
- *Oblomov* (1980), as episode
- *Little Tragedies* (1980), series, as Alber
- *Little Tragedies* (1980), as сын барона Альбер
- *Kamila* (1980), Actor
- *The Grandmothers Told in Two...* (1979), as postal truck driver
- *September Vacation* (1979), as Kuzakov
- *Old Times in Poshekhonye* (1977), Director, Writer
- *Tryn-grass* (1976), as студент
- *Always With Me* (1976), Actor
- *Choice of Purpose* (1975), as Fedya
- *Ivan and Marya* (1975), as Markisett
- *Under a Stone Sky* (1974), as Леша Васильев
- *At the Corner of Arbat and Bouboulina* (1973), Actor
- *Huntsman* (1973), Director
- *The Gambler* (1972), Actor
- *Telegram* (1972), as Gleb, Zina's son
- *Verses* (1972), as Kolya
- *Phaethon - The Son of the Sun* (1972), as Kosmonavt (voice)
- *Legenda* (1971), as Sasha
- *The Risk* (1971), Actor
- *Family Happiness* (1970), Actor
- *The Theft* (1970), as Николай Ребров
- *Mama Got Married* (1969), as Борька Голубев
- *The Gulf Stream* (1969), as Ігор
- *Two Comrades Were Serving* (1968), as Sergey Lukashevich
- *A Hero of Our Time* (1967), as Blind Man
- *Максим Максимыч. Тамань* (1967), as слепой
- *Andrei Rublev* (1966), as Boriska — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/andrei-rublev.md)
- *Boy and Girl* (1966), as Boy
- *The Blizzard* (1964), as Lancer
- *Strict Game* (1964), as Andreyka
- *Ivan's Childhood* (1962), as Ivan
- *Introduction to Life* (1962), Actor
- *No Fear, No Blame* (1962), as Yura Sorokin
- *Mishka, Seryoga and I* (1961), Actor
- *The Boy and the Pigeon* (1961), as the Boy
- *Madmen's Trial* (1961), as Sam Hagger

## Gallery

- ![Russian actor en:Nikolai Burlyayev and rector of en:Maxim Gorky Literature Institute en:Boris Tarasov (2010)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-81cd4384e19f.jpg) Russian actor en:Nikolai Burlyayev and rector of en:Maxim Gorky Literature Institute en:Boris Tarasov (2010) — Distorted, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Burlyaev_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-e94552e49d9e.jpg) Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023) — Пресс-служба Государственной думы РФ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2_%282023-04-07%29.jpg/1280px-%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2_%282023-04-07%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-03012a783288.jpg) Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023) — Пресс-служба Государственной думы РФ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8E_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%282023-04-07%29_-_14.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-814c5172a081.jpg) Первый заместитель Председателя Комитета по развитию гражданского общества, вопросам общественных и религиозных объединений Николай Бурляев (2023) — Пресс-служба Государственной думы РФ, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE_%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8E_%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%B8_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8A%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%282023-04-07%29_-_02.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Nikolay Burlyaev](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-23d55836cb1b.jpg) Nikolay Burlyaev — Image via TMDB
- ![Российский актёр и кинорежиссёр Николай Бурляев (2026)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-f5631fea5d7d.jpg) Российский актёр и кинорежиссёр Николай Бурляев (2026) — spravedlivo.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2_%282026-01-19%29.jpg/1280px-%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2_%282026-01-19%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Бурляев в Юрьевце у дома Андрея Тарковского (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/3915292/gallery-087a2ff2cfea.jpg) Бурляев в Юрьевце у дома Андрея Тарковского (2022) — Konservator, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%CC%81%D0%B9_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%CC%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BB%D1%8F%CC%81%D0%B5%D0%B2_%D0%B2_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%86%D0%B5.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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