Lanovoy came to prominence through playing bold, dashing characters, combining heroic bravado with a sensitivity typical of Russian heroes, a tendency evident in many of his early features, however, he is best known for his roles in iconic 1970s World War II-themed films. In 2000s, Lanovoy appeared primarily in the roles of Soviet-era party bosses, such as Yuri Andropov in the 2005 TV film Brezhnev. In 2013, he played the role of Cardinal Richelieu in Russian movie The Three Musketeers.

Filmography

• 2019Solaris — Dr. Kris Kelvin
• Главное с Ольгой Беловой — Народный артист СССР
• 2017Чужой дед — Igor Stepanovich
• 2015The Mystery of Snow Queen
• 2014Martha's Line — Юрий
• 2014The Last Moons — Он
• Легенды цирка с Эдгардом Запашным — Self - актер, Народный артист СССР
• 2013The Three Musketeers — кардинал Ришелье
• 2011Pier — чтец Пушкина
• 2010Error of investigation
• Diary of Memories — Presenter
• 2007One Love of My Soul — Nikolay Karamzin
• 2006Офицеры — генерал
• Офицеры — Алексей Фёдорович Осоргин (генерал, отец Егора)
• 2005Brezhnev — Yuri Andropov
• 2005The Golden Head on a Scaffold
• Брежнев — Юрий Андропов
• 2004Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun — Constantine VIII
• 2004The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
• 2003Interviews with Filmmakers: Vasiliy Lanovoy
• 2001Night on the Cordon — Sergey
• 2000A Chivalrous Romance — Алексий II Комнин - император Византии
• 1999Dedication to Eve — Знорко
• 1998An Unfamiliar Weapon, or Crusader 2
• 1998Invisible Traveller
• 1995Lady Into Lassie — Ivan Berestov
• 1993Tear of the Prince of Darkness — Baron Preimann
• 1993The Falling — Krutov
• 1992Black Square
• 1990Бес в ребро — Vladimir Petrovich Chagin
• 1989The Brest Peace — Trotsky
• 1987Defeat
• 1987Thirteenth Chairman — Сагадеев
• Picture — Дмитрий Иванович Уваров
• The Strategy of Victory — читает советские документы
• 1983Start Liquidation — Colonel Vadim Gavrilovich Chistyakov, pilot, aka Altunin, captain of aviation
• 1982Battle at the Crossroads
• 1981Ogaryova Street, Number 6 — Владислав Николаевич Костенко
• 1980Antony and Cleopatra — Октавий Цезарь
• 1980Dark Sun — Professor Obermeier
• 1980Petrovka Street, Number 38 — Kostenko
• 1978A Strange Woman — Andrianov
• 1978The Leader — (voice)
• 1977Meeting on a Distant Meridian — Василий Лановой
• Soldiers of Freedom — Andrei Grechko
• 1977The Bourgeois Gentleman — Covielle
• 1977The Man with the Gun
• 1976Days of the Turbins — Леонид Юрьевич Шервинский, поручик, личный адъютант гетмана
• The Days of the Turbins — Shervinsky
• 1975Anna and Commander — Komandor
• 1975Red Cavalry — Маяковский
• 1974Hello Doctor
• 1973Irkutsk Story
• 1973Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet — Maj. Cheremin, Volodya's father
• Seventeen Moments of Spring — Karl Wolf - SS Obergruppenfuehrer
• 1972Fifty-Fifty
• 1971A Thousand Souls — Калинович
• 1971Officers — Ivan Varavva
• 1971Princess Turandot — Калаф
• 1970Lyubov Yarovaya — Mikhail Yarovoy
• 1968The Sixth of July — Felix Dzerzhinsky
• 1968War and Peace — Anatol Kuragin
• 1967Anna Karenina — Vronsky
• 1967No Password Necessary — Mareikis/Roman Chen
• 1967North-West of Berlin
• 1967War and Peace, Part III: The Year 1812 — Anatol
• 1966Comrade Song — Сергей
• 1966War and Peace, Part I: Andrei Bolkonsky — Anatol
• 1966War and Peace, Part II: Natasha Rostova — Anatole Kuragin
• 1965Going Inside a Storm — Oleg Tulin
• 1964Shares in Murder — Браммел
• 1962Collegues — Aleksey Maksimov
• 1961Scarlet Sails — Arthur Grey
• 1961Striped Trip — episode (uncredited)
• 1961Stronger Than a Hurricane — Fyodor Khmara
• 1956Pavel Korchagin — Pavel Korchagin
• 1956Three Hundred Years Ago... — lieutenant Orzhelskiy
• 1954Problem Child — Valentin
• Unexpected visits — Тимофей Егорович Ползунов

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2012Alexander Belyavsky. Fox's Personal File — Self - Народный артист СССР
• 1980Nutcracker. Anniversary Evening of Ballet Legend Galina Ulanova — Self