| Nikolay Grinko | |
| Birth Name: | Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1920 |
| Birth Place: | Kherson, Kherson Governorate, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic |
| Death Place: | Kyiv, Soviet Union |
| Nationality: | Ukrainian |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1946–1989 |
Nikolai Grigoryevich Grinko or Mykola Hryhorovych Hrynko (uk|Микола Григорович Гринько; ru|Никола́й Григо́рьевич Гринько́; 22 May 1920 - 10 April 1989) was a Soviet and Ukrainian actor.
Nikolai Grinko was born on 22 May 1920[1] in Kherson, then in Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).[2] He died on 10 April 1989 in Kiev, in present-day Ukraine.[2]
His wife was Ayshe Rafetovna Chulak-ogly (born 1932), a violinist of the State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra of the Ukrainian SSR, a jazz-symphonic ensemble Dnepr.[3]
In 1961, Mykola Hrynko switched to cinema. But at his "native" Dovzhenko Film Studio, he was not considered a "native" actor, he was filmed very little, and was not offered any leading roles. His screenplay for Ivan Franko's Stolen Happiness had been lying in the studio offices for 6 years and was put on the shelf.
Grinko is well known for his roles in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky, including: Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, and Stalker.[4] [5]
He also starred in the 1981 film Teheran 43.