Rostislav Ivanovich Yankovsky[1] (Belarusian: Расціслаў Іванавіч Янкоўскі; Ukrainian: Ростислав Іванович Янковський; Russian: Ростислав Иванович Янковский;[1] 5 February 1930 – 26 June 2016) was a Belarusian actor.

He was born in Odesa on 5 February 1930, studied in Leninabad[2] and debuted in the Tajik theatre in 1951.

Yankovsky was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1978.

He is the older brother of the more famous Oleg Yankovsky.

In 1994 he became the Chairman of the Minsk International Film Festival Listapad.