death_date death_place years_active birth_place awards birth_date birthname image article_title name occupation
31 may 2005 moscow , russian federation 1938-1988 chiatura , georgia , ussr people 's artist of georgia -lrb- 1966 -rrb- 23 march 1926 არჩილ მიხეილის ძე გომიაშვილი archil gomiashvili.jpg archil gomiashvili
 archil mikhaylovich gomiashvili actor
archil gomiashvili

archil mikhaylovich gomiashvili -lrb- , , march 23 , 1926 , chiatura , georgia , ussr , - may 31 , 2005 , moscow , russian federation -rrb- was a soviet georgian theatre and film actor -lrb- people 's artist of georgia , 1966 -rrb- best known for his part of ostap bender in leonid gaidai 's 1971 adaptation of ilf and petrov 's `` the twelve chairs '' .
in the late 1980s gomiashvili quit the stage to become a successful russian businessman , prestigious ostap bender club owner , and philanthropist .
