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Bibs Ekkel(I)

  • Actor
  • Music Department
  • Soundtrack
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Bibs Ekkel is known for Enemy at the Gates (2001), Eastern Promises (2007) and Snatch (2000).
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    Known for

    Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
    Enemy at the Gates
    7.5
    • Soundtrack("American March")
    • 2001
    Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in Eastern Promises (2007)
    Eastern Promises
    7.6
    • Music Department(balalaika)
    • 2007
    Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, and Ade in Snatch (2000)
    Snatch
    8.2
    • Music Department(additional music)
    • 2000
    Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin in Birthday Girl (2001)
    Birthday Girl
    6.0
    • Music Department(as Bibs Ekkel, balalaika)
    • 2001

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    Actor

    • Daniel Williams in The Lost Prince (2003)
      The Lost Prince
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Musician
      • 2003
    • Bill Murray and Joanne Whalley in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
      The Man Who Knew Too Little
      6.6
      • Russian Musician
      • 1997
    • Susan Douglas Rubes, Josh Garbe, Linda Kash, Jan Rubes, and Alec Willows in Max Glick (1990)
      Max Glick
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Romaniacs band musician
      • 1990
    • Ladies in Charge (1986)
      Ladies in Charge
      6.2
      TV Series
      • Balalaika Player
      • 1986
    • Leslie Ash, Jill Gascoine, and Rosalyn Landor in C.A.T.S. Eyes (1985)
      C.A.T.S. Eyes
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Russian
      • 1986
    • Screen Two (1984)
      Screen Two
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Russian Soldier
      • 1986
    • The Last Place on Earth (1985)
      The Last Place on Earth
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Jens Daugaard-Jensen
      • 1985
    • Malcolm McDowell and David Keith in Gulag (1985)
      Gulag
      6.6
      TV Movie
      • Balalaika Player
      • 1985
    • Play for Today (1970)
      Play for Today
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Pankovski
      • Russian at Residence
      • 1982–1984
    • An Englishman Abroad (1983)
      An Englishman Abroad
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • Scarf Man in Street
      • 1983
    • Q.E.D. (1982)
      Q.E.D.
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Hungarian
      • 1982
    • Dennis Blanch, Don Henderson, Mark McManus, Fiona Mollison, John Ronane, and Frances Tomelty in Strangers (1978)
      Strangers
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Panin
      • 1980
    • Crime and Punishment (1979)
      Crime and Punishment
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Balalaika Player
      • 1979
    • Nicola Pagett in Anna Karenina (1977)
      Anna Karenina
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Musician
      • Balalaika Player
      • 1977
    • A Misfortune
      3.2
      TV Movie
      • (as Vyvan Ekkel)
      • 1973

    Music Department

    • Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts in Eastern Promises (2007)
      Eastern Promises
      7.6
      • musician: balalaika
      • 2007
    • Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin in Birthday Girl (2001)
      Birthday Girl
      6.0
      • musician: balalaika (as Bibs Ekkel)
      • 2001
    • Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Farina, Vinnie Jones, Jason Statham, and Ade in Snatch (2000)
      Snatch
      8.2
      • composer: additional music
      • 2000
    • Ralph Fiennes and Liv Tyler in Onegin (1999)
      Onegin
      6.8
      • musician: balalaika
      • 1999
    • Bill Murray and Joanne Whalley in The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
      The Man Who Knew Too Little
      6.6
      • music advisor: Russian music
      • 1997
    • BBC2 Play of the Week (1977)
      BBC2 Play of the Week
      7.4
      TV Series
      • musician
      • 1977

    Soundtrack

    • Jim Carrey, Luke Freeborn, James Marsden, Shemar Moore, Ted Barba, Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce, Tom Butler, Douglas Chapman, Colby Chartrand, Brennan Dyson, Idris Elba, Corry Glass, Leif Havdale, Ernie Jackson, David Jacox, Tom Holkenborg, Jim May, Angela Meryl, Mike Mitchell, Neal H. Moritz, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Gerald Paetz, Kyle Riefsnyder, Heath Stevenson, Shawn Stewart, Rhys Williams, Alex Bogomolov, Donna Jay Fulks, Toru Nakahara, Elizabeth Bowen, Nito Larioza, Brandon Trost, Don Lew, Tavita Woodard, Jeff Sanca, Mike Rufino, Preston Blaine Arsement, Stuart Murray, Adam Pally, Maria Ameerali, Sook Hexamer, Paul Lazenby, Josh Miller, Pat Casey, Parker Rowell-Laferriere, Aiden Cass, Stanislav Galimkhanov, Shaun Magee, Saida Dyson, Allan Luna, Leon Scherwitz, Yoko Jing, Larry Herrera, Mahlissa, Cheryl Lewis, Steve Chang, Eli Olson, Adrian Hein, Michelle Watson, Jeff Fowler, Tika Sumpter, Simon Chin, Shay Kuebler, Hitoshi Okuno, Johnson Phan, Ben Schwartz, Barry Nerling, Fraser Corbett, Tammy Nera, Kevin Mylrea, Scott Patey, Lee Majdoub, Ashlei Tave, Sean Kennedy, Quinn Early, Peter Brown, Katie Wright Pere, Yvetta Fisher, Toby Ascher, John Whittington, Sarah Surh, Andrew Kyrzyk, Robert Zen Humpage, Jason Triplett, Marcus Aurelio, Nilo Ghajar, Vladimir Ruzich, Natasha Rothwell, Jess Lundgren, Zac Vran, Vladimir Raiman, Krista Alvarez, Ha'a Keaulana, Mariah Dyson, Kevin Fortin, Nicholas Dohy, Brad Kalilimoku, Jared Khalifa, Keiran Bohay, Leighton Hara, Russell Lee, Chad Keaulana, and Melody Nosipho Niemann in Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (2022)
      Sonic the Hedgehog 2
      6.5
      • writer: "Severny Kozachok"
      • 2022
    • A Very Secret Service (2015)
      A Very Secret Service
      7.7
      TV Series
      • writer: "Kalinka"
      • 2015
    • Village People (2013)
      Village People
      5.5
      • writer: "The Beauty Of My Motherland"
      • 2013
    • Phil Rosenthal in Exporting Raymond (2010)
      Exporting Raymond
      6.8
      • arranger: "Vdol Da Po Rechke", "Vo Kuznitse"
      • 2010
    • Daniel Williams in The Lost Prince (2003)
      The Lost Prince
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • arranger: "The Moon Shines Bright", "Gopak"
      • performer: "The Moon Shines Bright", "Gopak" (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
      Enemy at the Gates
      7.5
      • performer: "American March"
      • 2001

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    • Alternative name
      • Vyvan Ekkel

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