Richard III and King Lear, Hetman Mazepa and Tevye the Milkman, Leonid Brezhnev and Taras Bulba ... This is just a small list of roles played in theater and cinema by Bohdan Stupka (1941-2012) - an outstanding Ukrainian actor, winner of many awards , People's Artist of the USSR (1980) and the USSR (1991), Hero of Ukraine (2011), Knight of the Order of Yaroslav the Wise V degree. In Hollywood, he is compared to Robert de Niro and Al Pacino. In Poland and Russia, they consider him a star, a phenomenon that is born once a century, to which Bohdan Silvestrovych replied: "I am a Ukrainian actor! I work for myself, and people call it a phenomenon. You have to work and be honest about your work. Go on stage and play the best of all ... ".
