Bohdan Stupka is a popular Ukrainian actor. He was born in Kulykiv, which is in Lviv oblast

Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast is an oblast in western Ukraine. The administrative center of the oblast is the city of Lviv.-History:The oblast was created as part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic on December 4, 1939...

 (province), Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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Stupka is recognized as the most famous living Ukrainian actor. He has played more than hundred roles in films and over fifty in theaters. Stupka has been awarded the title Artist of Ukraine and People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...

. Hero of Ukraine

Hero of Ukraine

Hero of Ukraine is the highest state decoration that can be conferred upon an individual citizen by the Government of Ukraine. The title was created in 1998 by President Leonid Kuchma and as of August 25 2011 the total number of awards is 265. The award is divided into two classes of distinction:...

 (The Order of the State) (2011).

Selected filmography

• 1970 - White Bird with Black Mark
  White Bird with Black Mark
  -Synopsis:The time period spans 1937-1947, in a western Ukrainian village home to a large Zvonar family with sons Petro, Orest and the youngest. As time goes by, Petro joins the Red Army; Orest joins UPA, and the youngest stays at home. However, their fates inevitably cross one another whether in...
  
  
• 1984 - Stolen Happiness
• 1991 - Sin
• 1993 - Fuchzhou
• 1999 - With Fire and Sword
  With Fire and Sword (film)
  With Fire and Sword is the English title of the Polish film Ogniem i Mieczem, a historical drama directed by Jerzy Hoffman, released in 1999...
  
  
• 1999 - East/West
  East/West
  East/West is a 1999 French film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire , Oleg Menshikov , Sergei Bodrov Jr. and Catherine Deneuve...
  
  
• 2001 - A Prayer for Hetman Mazepa
• 2003 - An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
  An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God
  An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God is a 2003 Polish film , directed by Jerzy Hoffman. The film is based on an 1876 novel, Stara baśń, by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski...
  
  
• 2004 - A Driver for Vera
  A Driver for Vera
  A Driver for Vera is a Ukrainian-Russian co-produced film from 2004, directed and written by Russian Pavel Chukhrai. This fact led to the film being rejected as Ukraine's entry for the Foreign Film Academy Awards category for 2005, due to a rule which states that "the submitting country must...
  
  
• 2005 - To Take Tarantino
• 2007 - 1814
• 2007 - Two in One
  Two in One
  Two in One is a film of 2007 by Russian-Ukrainian director Kira Muratova, starring Renata Litvinova, Natalia Buzko, Bogdan Stupka and Alexander Bashirov. The film unites two different screenplays written by E. Golubev and R. Litvinova....
  
  
• 2008 - Sappho
• 2008 - A Heart on a Palm
• 2009 - Taras Bulba
• 2010 - Chantrapas
  Chantrapas
  Chantrapas is a 2010 Georgian drama film written and directed by Otar Iosseliani. The film has been selected as the Georgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.-Cast:* Dato Tarielachvili as Nicolas...