Nikolai Karachentsov

Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (Russian: Николай Петрович Караченцов, born October 27, 1944, Moscow, Russia) is a Soviet/Russian cinema star, stage actor (Lenkom Theatre), and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989). State Prize of the Russian Federation (2003).

Karachentsov as Rezanov in Juno and Avos stage portrait.

• The Twelve Chairs
• The Witches Cave as Jean, the cosmolinguist
• The Adventures of the Electronic as Urrie
• The Cat Who Walked by Herself
• A Man from the Boulevard des Capuchines as Billy King
• Moonzund as Von Knupfer
• The Trust That Has Burst as Jeff Peters
• Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as Jefferson Hope
• Errors of Youth
• Juno and Avos (rock opera also published as a TV film) as Nikolay Rezanov
• Dog in Boots as Gascon Dog (voice)

• Russian animation in letters and figures. Movies. Dog in Boots

On February 28, 2005, Karachentsov was driving to Moscow in a hurry after finding out about the death of his mother-in-law. Due to his hurry, he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a street light pole, suffering a traumatic brain injury. After a month-long coma, he began regaining motor skills, finally being able to get up onto a stage and talk to an audience in 2007.

He is still severely disabled.