Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.
Movies
War and Peace
Anatol Kuragin
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Baron Preimann
A Strange Woman
Andrianov
Scarlet Sails
Arthur Grey
Days of the Turbins
Shervinsky
Black Square
Anna Karenina
Vronsky
Lady Into Lassie
Ivan Berestov
Start Liquidation
Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation
Ogaryova Street, Number 6
Костенко Вячеслав
The Three Musketeers
кардинал Ришелье
Problem Child
Valentin
Fifty-Fifty
Collegues
Aleksey Maximov
Officers
Иван Варавва
Pavel Korchagin
Pavel Korchagin
Офицеры
генерал
Solaris
Anna and Commander
Komandor
The Falling
Krutov
The Sixth of July
Felix Dzerzhinsky
War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova
Anatol Kuragin
Rytsarskiy Roman
Алексий II Комнин - император Византии
Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet
Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father
Незнакомое оружие, или Крестоносец 2
No Password Necessary
Мещанин во дворянстве
Covielle
Striped Trip
Otdykhayushiy na plyazhe
Going Inside a Storm
Oleg Tulin
Invisible Traveller
Stronger Than a Hurricane
Fyodor Khmara
Тысяча душ
Yakov Vasilyevich Kalinovich
Error of investigation
Brezhnev
Yuri Andropov
Petrovka Street, Number 38
Kostenko
Princess Turandot
Калаф
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Constantine VIII
Interviews with Filmmakers: Vasiliy Lanovoy
Three Hundred Years Ago...
lieutenant Orzhelskiy
Бес в ребро
Vladimir Petrovich Chagin
Lyubov Yarovaya
Mikhail Yarovoy
One Love of My Soul
Nikolay Karamzin
Shares in Murder
Здравствуйте, доктор!
Irkutsk Story
Бой на перекрестке
Александр Белявский. Личное дело Фокса
Self - Народный артист СССР
The Leader
(voice)
War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky
Anatol Kuragin
Pier
чтец Пушкина
War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812
Anatol Kuragin (uncredited)
The Mystery of Snow Queen
Dark Sun
Professor Obermeier
The Golden Head on a Scaffold
Defeat
Night on the Cordon
Sergey
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
Antony and Cleopatra
Octavius Caesar
Comrade Song
Сергей
Meeting on a Distant Meridian
Василий Лановой
North-West of Berlin
The Last Moons
Он
Thirteenth Chairman
Сагадеев
The Man with the Gun
Martha's Line
Юрий
Shows
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Офицеры
Алексей Фёдорович Осоргин (генерал, отец Егора)
Soldiers of Freedom
Andrei Grechko
Seventeen Moments of Spring
Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
Легенды цирка с Эдгардом Запашным
Self - актер, Народный артист СССР
The Days of the Turbins
Shervinsky
War and Peace
Anatol Kuragin
Три мушкетёра
Кардинал Ришелье
Picture
Дмитрий Иванович Уваров