Author of the words to both the Russian and the Soviet national anthems (twice: once with Stalin in 1944, once without in 1977).
And, fairly evidently, the father of Oscar-winning (but obsessively self-aggrandising) film director Nikita Mikhalkov and rather bad film director Alexander Konchalovsky (seen here with Shirley MacLaine; was this before or after his terrible movie Runaway Train?).
Sergei Mikhalkov's Wikipedia entry is here. It's in Russian, but worth at least scrolling down until you see all his medals.
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But surely that's Jim Carrey
Hollywood dentistry does that to a fellow.
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