Anatoliy Kotenyov

Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kotenyov (Russian: Анато́лий Влади́мирович Котенёв; born 1958) is a Russian/Belarusian actor. He began his screen career in 1985 and appeared in more than 120 Soviet, Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian movies and TV series.^{[citation needed]}

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich and the family name is Kotenyov.

Anatoliy Kotenyov
Kotenyov in 2016
Born	Anatoliy Vladimirovich Kotenyov (1958-09-25) 25 September 1958 (age 66) Sukhumi, Abkhaz ASSR, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Alma mater	Moscow Art Theatre School
Occupation	actor
Years active	1984-present

In 2022, he played the role of Boris Yeltsin in Season 5 of The Crown.^[1][2]

Selected filmography

• Sailor Zheleznyak (1985) as Anatoli Zhelezniakov – Vitaliy Dudin
• Secret Fairway (1986–1987) as Shubin – Vadim Kostromenko
• Whose Are You, Old People? (1988) as Bukin – Iosif Kheifits
• Deja Vu (1990) as Vladimir Mayakovsky – Juliusz Machulski
• Sheriff's Star (1992) as Frank Angeli – Nikolai Litus
• Istanbul Transit (1993) as Viktor Zvyagin – Grigori Kokhan
• The Fourth Planet (1995) as Belyaev (voiced by Valery Kukhareshin) – Dmitry Astrakhan
• From Hell to Hell (1997) as episode – Dmitry Astrakhan
• Deserter (1997) as Igor Skvortsov – Yuriy Muzyka
• Contract with Death (1998) as general – Dmitry Astrakhan
• As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001) as Kamenev – Hardy Martins
• Bless the Woman (2003) as colonel – Stanislav Govorukhin
• The Last Confession (2006) as Rykin – Sergei Lyalin
• The Apocalypse Code (2006) as FSB General – Vadim Shmelyov
• Break-through (2006) as Alexander Kazakov – Vitaliy Lukin
• Metro (2013) as Mayor of Moscow – Anton Megerdichev
• Voronin's Family (2015) as Pavel Galanov (series 341) – Alexander Zhigalkin
• The Age of Pioneers (2017) as Nikolai Kamanin – Dmitry Kiselyov
• The Humorist (2019) as general Yasenev – Mikhail Idov
• Papy (2022) as general – Karen Oganesyan and others
• The Crown (2022) as Boris Yeltsin – Christian Schwochow
• The Junior Team (2024) as Chairman of the Commission of the Interregional Hockey Federation – Andrey Silkin, Andrey Golovkov

References

1. "Who is Boris Yeltsin and who plays him in The Crown? | Radio Times". www.radiotimes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
2. Moser, Zachary (29 November 2024). "The Crown Season 5, Episode 6 Recap: Elizabeth Reckons With Russia And Philip Finds A Friend". ScreenRant. Retrieved 15 February 2025.