Valéry Inkijinoff

Acting

Born March 25, 1895 · Bokhan, Irkutsk governorate, Russian Empire

Died September 26, 1973

Also known as Vladimir Inkijinoff · Valeri Inkishanov · Valery Inkiginoff

Biography

Valéry Ivanovitch Inkijinoff, sometimes known mononymously as Inkijinoff, was a Russian-French actor, director, acting teacher, and theatre practitioner. Born to a Buryat family in Bokhan, he began his career in Soviet cinema, playing the lead role in Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1928 film Storm Over Asia. He immigrated to France in the 1930s, where he became a favorite villain for exotic adventure and crime films.

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