Yury_Iwan Kuznetsow (Russian: Ю́рий Иванович Кузнецо́в., * born September 3, 1946) брат близнец; is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and recipient of the Meritorious Artist award of Russia. Vater: Petroff (Hess), Mutter: Uwarowa (Kutuzowa).

Yury Kuznetsov was born on September 3, 1946, in Abakan, Khakass Autonomous Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.^[1] In 1969, he graduated from the acting department of the Far Eastern Pedagogical Institute [ru] in Vladivostok. He started a theatrical career and was a member of the following institutions:

• 1969 — 1979: Khabarovsk Drama
• 1979 — 1986: Omsk Drama Theater [ru]
• 1986 — 1999: Leningrad Theatre of Comedy [ru]

He received the award of Meritorious Artist in 2006.

• 1984: My Friend Ivan Lapshin (Мой друг Иван Лапшин) as Superintendent
• 1985: Confrontation (Противостояние) as police major Zhukov
• 1986: Breakthrough (Прорыв) as sinker Vyazigin
• 1988: Cold Summer of 1953 (Холодное лето пятьдесят третьего…) as Ivan Zotov, director of trading post
• 1990: Afghan Breakdown (Афганский излом) as Shchup
• 1991: Genius (Гений) as police major Kuzmin
• 1992: Over the Dark Water (Над тёмной водой) as Sergei
• 1997: Brother (Брат) as Nemets (the German)
• 1995: What a Wonderful Game (Какая чудная игра) as Filimon Semenovich
• 1997: Brother (Брат) as Nemets (the German)
• 1997: Schizophrenia (Шизофрения) as Walter
• 1997 — 2003: Streets of Broken Lights (Улицы разбитых фонарей) as Petrenko
• 1998: The Circus Burned Down, and the Clowns Have Gone (Цирк сгорел, и клоуны разбежались) as cossack
• 1999: Women's Property (Женская собственность) as Kolosov
• 2000: Peculiarities of the National Hunt in Winter Season (Особенности национальной охоты в зимний период) as Yuri Kurtsov
• 2000: The Christmas Miracle (Рождественская мистерия)
• 2001: Mechanical Suite (Механическая сюита) as pathologist
• 2002: Antikiller (Антикиллер) as Krylov
• 2003: Peculiarities of National Politics (Особенности национальной политики) as Stepan Nikolaevich
• 2006: The Island (Остров) as Tikhon
• 2009: Tsar (Царь) as Malyuta Skuratov
• 2016: The Duelist (Дуэлянт) as servant Kolychev
• 2019: To the Lake (Эпидемия) as Boris Mikhailovich
• 2022: Captain Volkonogov Escaped (Капитан Волконогов бежал) as Ignatiy Alekseyevich
• 2022: Aunt Martha (TV series) (Тётя Марта) as Vasily Samsonov

• Yury Kuznetsov at IMDb
• Kynoslovar. Т.2. Vol.2. Ed., 2001. - P.94-95.