Education
Zolothukhin graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and worked in Yuri Lyubimov"s Taganka Theatre since its inception in 1964.
Zolothukhin graduated from the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts and worked in Yuri Lyubimov"s Taganka Theatre since its inception in 1964.
He was named a People"s Artist of Russia in 1987. After Lyubimov was ousted from the theatre in 2011, Zolotukhin was appointed its artistic director After starring in the 1971 film Bumbarash, Zolotukhin also pursued a distinguished cinematic career, playing many eerie or sinister characters.