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Boris Leskin
Борис Вульфович Лёскин
Born
Boris Vulfovich Leskin

(1923-01-05)5 January 1923[1]
Petrograd, Soviet Union[1]
Died21 February 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 97)
New York City, U.S.
Other namesBoris Lyoskin
OccupationActor
Years active1953–2009

Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.

Biography

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Leskin was born on 5 January 1923. In 1937 his father was arrested and executed. During World War II Leskin was employed as a sapper at the front and was wounded. He was awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals.[2][3]

In 1952 he graduated from the Ostrovsky Leningrad Theatre Institute (Leonid Makaryev course). From 1951 to 1980 he worked as an actor in the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.[4]

In 1980 he began his career in the United States as a theater actor in New York City. He was included on the nomination committee for Academy Awards.[2] In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky).[5] Leskin died on 21 February 2020.[6]

Awards

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Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1953 Lyubov Yarovaya orchestra conductor uncredited
1954 Did We Meet Somewhere Before viewer
1955 Unfinished Story malingerer
1955 Footprints in the Snow Vasin
1956 Maksim Perepelitsa Mikola
1957 Storm Savandeyev
1957 At the Turning Рoint Dimka
1961 Dostigaev and others Zybin TV Movie
1963 Two Sundays Grisha
1965 Going Inside a Storm pilot
1966 First Visitor official
1966 12 chairs auctioneer TV Movie
1966 Three Fat Men courtier uncredited
1966 The Republic of ShKID policeman
1967 Wedding in Malinovka bandit uncredited
1968 Intervention entrepreneur
1969 The Truth! Nothing But the Truth! Breshko-Breshkovskaya's teammate uncredited
1972 Property of the Republic episode
1972 Boba and elephant circus administrator
1974 A+ for the Summer bus driver
1974 Tsarevich Prosha Duke Derdidas' guard
1975 Diary of a School Director Olya's father
1976 The Only One visitor
1976 Heavenly Swallows Gustav Christo
1977 An Almost Funny Story bag and suitcase repairman TV Movie
1978 Khanuma prince's friend TV Movie
1985 The Falcon and the Snowman Mikhael
1988 The House on Carroll Street Hürwitz
1988 Vampire's Kiss Fantasy Cabbie
1989 The Package Soviet Foreign Minister
1990 Cadillac Man soviet husband
1992 Black and White episode
1993 The Nick of Time Shmonkin
1996 A Couch in New York cab driver #1
1997 Men in Black cook [10]
1998 World War III Yuri Rubanov TV Movie
2005 Everything Is Illuminated grandfather
2009 Cold Souls donor (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Boris Leskin — kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b Выходцы из Молдовы в Голливуде решают, кто из актеров получит «Оскара»!
  3. ^ В программе «Сегодня вечером» вспоминают народного артиста РСФСР Андрея Миронова
  4. ^ "Boris Leskin Illuminated". Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  5. ^ Киноповесть: Борис Лёскин
  6. ^ "Men in Black star Boris Leskin dies aged 97 as tributes pour in". 22 February 2020.
  7. ^ Лауреаты владивостокского международного кинофестиваля (2006)
  8. ^ "Рената Литвинова вручает приз за лучшую мужскую роль Борису Лескину". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. ^ Boris Leskin. Awards
  10. ^ Romanian-born actor Boris Leskin has died, according to local reports
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