Russian actor Vladislav Galkin found dead in his apartment

38-year-old Russian actor Vladislav Galkin was found dead in his Moscow apartment earlier today.

His father, well-known actor Boris Galkin, notified a friend of Vladislav’s after not being able to reach his son for more than 24 hours. The friend received no response when he arrived at Vladislav’s home, so a rescue team was called. The team made a forced entry and found the actor dead.


Paramedics place Galkin’s body on a stretcher (Photo: ITAR-TASS / Vasily Nelidov)


Galkin’s body is placed in an ambulance (Photo: ITAR-TASS / Vasily Nelidov)

Moscow Head Interior Department spokesman Anatoly Lastovetsky told Itar-Tass:

“There are no signs of the use of force against the actor on his body, i.e. there are any signs of crime in the case. A group of forensic experts, expected to announce preliminary causes of the actor’s death, have been working on the scene.”

Vladislav had recently been admitted to the hospital because of problems with his pancreas.

According to Itar-Tass, Vladislav Galkin has starred in over 40 movies and was most famous for playing tough guy soldiers and agents. CLICK HERE to see Galkin’s page on IMDB.

Here are a few stills featuring Vladislav Galkin as the title character Grigory Kotovsky in Stanislav Nazirov’s film Kotovsky, which was set to premiere on television March 1:

Kotovsky Photos: ITAR-TASS / Star Media film company
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