In 1962 he graduated from the School-Studio of MHAT and was accepted into the troupe of the Mossovet Theatre.

[1] For many years Bortnikov was one of the leading actors of the theater, the most significant work Raskolnikov in Petersburg dreams and Smerdyakov in the Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the main role in the play based on the novel The Сlown by Heinrich Böll.

In the movie Bortnikov debuted in 1961 the film Adult Children; the largest job starring role Soviet spy in the film Blasted Hell.

[2] Gennady Bortnikov died on 24 March 2007 from a heart attack.

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