Nikolay Marton

Nikolai Marton is a Russian character actor with the Aleksandrinsky (Pushkin) Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). He was born Nikolai Sergeevich Marton on September 10, 1934, in Ukraine, Soviet Union. From 1954 to 1958 he studied acting at the Kiyiv State Theatre Institute, graduating in 1958 as actor. From 1958 to 1962 he was a member of Gorky Drama Theatre in Simferopol, Krimea. Since 1962, Nikolai Marton is a permanent member of the troupe at the Aleksandrinsky (Pushkin) Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). There his stage partners were such remarkable actors as Konstantin Adashevsky, Nikolay Cherkasov, Yuri Yuryev, Nikolai Simonov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Illarion Pevtsov, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Aleksandr Borisov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Erenberg, Nikolai Fomenko, Igor Gorbachyov, Olga Lebzak, Nina Mamaeva, Lidiya Shtykan, Nina Urgant, Galina Karelina, and other notable Russian actors. Nikolai Marton was designated People's Artist of Russia. He is living in St. Petersburg, Russia.