Valéry Inkijinoff

Valéry Inkijinoff
Валерий Инкижинов
Inkijinoff in Storm Over Asia (1928)
Born
Valery Ivanovich Inkizhinov (Валерий Иванович Инкижинов)

25 March 1895
Died26 September 1973
Alma materPolytechnical Institute of Saint Petersburg
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • teacher
Years active1928-1972

Valery Ivanovich Inkizhinov (Russian: Валерий Иванович Инкижинов; 25 March 1895 – 26 September 1973), known as Valéry Inkijinoff, was a Russian-French actor, director and acting teacher of Buryat descent. Born to a Buryat family in Irkutsk, he began his career in the Soviet Union, playing the lead role in Vsevolod Pudovkin's 1928 film Storm Over Asia. He immigrated to France in the 1930s, where his strong facial features made him a favorite villain for exotic adventure and crime films.