Georgiy Martynyuk is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor.
Was born in Chkalov (now Orenburg). His father was an official. Mother worked in a veterinary laboratory. Parents wanted Georgiy to become a doctor. But he chose the acting profession and went to the capital to enroll.
In 1962 Martynyuk graduated from the State Institute of Theater Arts named after
Anatoli Lunacharsky. Since 1962 - actor at the theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
He made his film debut also in 1962 in the film
U tvoego poroga (1963). His first prominent role was Burmin in
Vladimir Basov's film
Metel (1965) based on the story by
Alexander Pushkin. Then there were successful works in the films
Gibel eskadry (1966) (sailor Gayday) and
Shchit i mech (1968) (Aleksey Zubov/Alois Hagen).
Georgiy Martynyuk gained national fame for his role as police major Pal Palych Znamenskiy in the television series
Sledstvie vedut znatoki (1971). The series became so popular that it was shown on television intermittently for 22 years.