Vasili Lanovoy

Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold dashing characters combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes a tendency evident in many of his early features however he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War IIthemed films In 2000s Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Sovietera party bosses such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev In 2013 he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers