Biography

Georgiy Martynyuk is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor.

Was born in Chkalov (now Orenburg). His father was an official. Mother worked in a veterinary laboratory. Parents wanted Georgiy to become a doctor. But he chose the acting profession and went to the capital to enroll.

In 1962 Martynyuk graduated from the State Institute of Theater Arts named after Anatoli Lunacharsky. Since 1962 - actor at the theater on Malaya Bronnaya.

He made his film debut also in 1962 in the film U tvoego poroga (1963). His first prominent role was Burmin in Vladimir Basov's film Metel (1965) based on the story by Aleksandr Pushkin. Then there were successful works in the films Gibel eskadry (1966) (sailor Gayday) and The Shield and the Sword (1968) (Aleksey Zubov/Alois Hagen).

Georgiy Martynyuk gained national fame for his role as police major Pal Palych Znamenskiy in the television series Sledstvie vedut znatoki (1971). The series became so popular that it was shown on television intermittently for 22 years.
- IMDb mini biography by: Tango Papa