Ivan I. Krasko

Ivan Ivanovich Krasko studied acting at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts graduating in 1961 as actor.

From 1961 to 1965 he was a member of the troupe at Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater in Leningrad. From 1965 to current he has been a member of the troupe at Komissarzhevskaya Theatre under the leadership of a notable director Ruben Agamirzyan. There his stage partners were such actors as Galina Korotkevich, Georgi Korolchuk, Stanislav Landgraf, Mikhail Khrabrov, Elena Safonova, and Petr Shelokhonov.[2][3]

His son, Andrey Krasko was also a notable Russian actor.

In 2009, Ivan Krasko co-authored a book of memoirs titled My Вest Friend Petr Shelokhonov where he wrote about his best friend Petr Shelokhonov and their partnership on stage, in films, and in life.[2][3]

• 1977 — Siege of Leningrad as Lieutenant
• 1981 — True of Lieutenant Klimov as Staff Officer
• 1985 — The Hobbit as Gandalf
• 1988 — Mister Designer as servant
• 1991 — Afghan Breakdown as Victor Nikolaevich
• 1993 — The White Horse as American
• 2000 — Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season as Lenin
• 2000 — Empire under Attack as Elder Kondraty
• 2005 — Female Novel as Vladislav Petrovich
• 2005 — The Master and Margarita as taxi driver
• 2005 — Brezhnev as collective farm chairman
• 2009 — Taras Bulba as Kasyan Bovdyug
• 2010 — Fortress of War as narrator
• 2012 — Peter the Great: The Testament as Old Man
• 2012 — The White Guard as Maxim

• First wife (1951–1955) — Yekaterina Ivanova. One daughter Galina
• Second wife (1956–1997) — Kira Petrova. Two children: son — actor Andrey Krasko, daughter Julia Svekrovskaya-Krasko (born 1966)
• Third wife (2001–2011) — Natalia Vyal. Two sons: Ivan and Fyodor
• Fourth wife (2015–2018) — Natalia Shevel (born 1990)[4][5]

• Ivan I. Krasko at IMDb
• Ivan Krasko on Kinopisk