Leonid Yarmolnik

Leonid Yarmolnik
Born	(1954-01-22) 22 January 1954 Grodekovo, Primorsky Krai, USSR
Occupation(s)	Actor, film producer

Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik (Russian: Леони́д Исаа́кович Ярмо́льник; born January 22, 1954) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film producer.

Biography

Leonid Yarmolnik was born on January 22, 1954 in Grodekovo of Primorsky Krai to the family of the Soviet Army officer. In 1960th Yarmolnik's family has located in Lviv. Leonid studied there at musical school and engaged in a drama school at the Lviv Folk theater. In 1972 a student of Schukin Theatrical College and graduated from the acting class of Katin-Yartsev, famous Russian actor and an acclaimed Vakhtangov Theater Arts School pedagogue in 1976. In 1976—1984 he was an actor in Taganka Theatre. Yarmolnik started his own studio L-Club specializing in film distribution and anchored a TV program with the same name. He occupies the place in the jury of the popular KVN game series. He was honored with the State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2001 for the role of Actor in The Barracks.

Personal life

Leonid Yarmolnik is married to Oksana Afanasieva and they have one daughter together. Oksana Afanasieva is a former girlfriend of Soviet singer songwriter Vladimir Vysotsky.

Selected filmography

As an actor

• 1979 - The Very Same Munchhausen (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен) as Theophil von Münchhausen
• 1983 - Look for a Woman (Ищите женщину) as policeman Maximan
• 1984 - Copper Angel (Медный ангел) as Maurice Barro
• 1984 - TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (ТАСС уполномочен заявить...) as Grechaev
• 1987 - A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (Человек с бульвара Капуцинов) as one-eyed cowboy Martin
• 1988 - Yolki-palki (Ёлки-палки!) as Grigory Kaigorodov
• 1989 - Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation (Частный детектив, или Операция «Кооперация») as Airliner hijacker
• 1989 - Two arrows. Stone Age Detective (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века) as Long-nosed
• 1990 - Passport (Паспорт) as Borya's Israeli friend
• 1991 - Odyssey of Captain Blood (Одиссея капитана Блада) as Levasseur
• 1995 - Heads and Tails as Gosha
• 2004 - My Step Brother Frankenstein as Yulik
• 2005 - The Case of "Dead Souls" as Plyushkin (TV)
• 2006 - Moscow Mission (Обратный отсчёт) as Krot
• 2010 - Love in the Big City 2 (Любовь в большом городе 2) as father of Igor
• 2011 - Cars 2 as Miles Axlerod (Russian version)
• 2013 - Hard to Be a God (Трудно быть богом) as Don Rumata
• 2016 - Night Watch (Ночные стражи) as major Gamayun, head of the secret police Department

As a film producer

• Ku! Kin-dza-dza (2013)

External links

• Leonid Yarmolnik at IMDb
• Leonid Yarmolnik. Peoples (in Russian)
• Леонид Ярмольник on X