Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Born Feb 8, 1928 in Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov was a Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy, Max Otto von Stirlitz (aka Colonel Maxim Isayev) in the television series 17 Moments of Spring. He was a recipient of numerous state awards, including the title of People's Artist of the USSR (1974)