; The Atoner: Legasov commits suicide on the second anniversary of the accident.. He is also well known for playing Lieutenant Gordon in the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated film Joyeux Noël and as Schmitt in Shadow Man. Speaking to the Sunday Mail, Fern said: “Chernobyl’s a hard story, especially for me. More than one said that they took it all off.”, He added: “Mikhail Gorbachev himself said the coal miners sort of scared him. Lyudmilla is the wife of a Vasily, a firefighter who … Former EastEnders actor Alex Ferns, who plays miner Andrei Glukhov in the mini-series, spoke to Scotland's Daily Record about how the events specifically affected his family. " To help deal with the aftermath of the disaster, over 600,000 men and women, known as liquidators, were recruited to help from across the Soviet Union. The harrowing true story of Chernobyl's Vasily Ignatenko and his pregnant wife Lyudmilla. I think that’s a f***ing tragedy. “He was a proper working-class man – an electrician who worked all over the place. For more on this topic: Running behind buses, howling for their owners: The Chernobyl pets who were left behind. He says: “You wouldn’t give us fans, it’s too hot for clothes, so we’re digging the old way. That comes through in Glukhov.”. Home » TV & Movies » Chernobyl cast: Who plays miner Glukhov? 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