Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Vyacheslav Tikhonov
Вячеслав Тихонов
Tikhonov in 1998
Born
Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov

(1928-02-08)8 February 1928
Died4 December 2009(2009-12-04) (aged 81)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
OccupationActor
Years active1948–2009
Spouses
  • (m. 1948; div. 1963)
  • Tamara Tikhonova
    (m. 1968)
Children2

Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (Russian: Вячеслав Васильевич Тихонов; 8 February 1928 – 4 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series Seventeen Moments of Spring. He was a recipient of numerous state awards, including the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1974) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982).