Boris Leskin

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

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

Biography

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

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1953Lyubov YarovayaOrchestra ConductorUncredited
1954Did We Meet Somewhere Before
1955Unfinished StorySimulyant
1955Sledy na sneguVasin
1956Maksim PerepelitsaMikola
1957ShtormSavandeyev
1957Na perelomeDimka
1961Dostigaev i drugieZybin
1963Dva voskresenyaGrisha
1965Idu na grozu
1966Pervyy posetitelChinovnik
1966The Republic of ShKID
1968An Old, Old TaleKucher
1968InterventionPredpinimatel
1969Pravdu! Nichego, krome pravdy!Breshko-Breshkovskaya's TeammateUncredited
1972Property of the Republic
1974Pyatyorka za letoVoditel avtobusa
1974Tsarevich ProshaStrazhnik gertsoga Derdidasa
1975Diary of a School Directorotets Oli
1976EdinstvennayaPosetitel
1976Heavenly Swallows
1977An Almost Funny StoryTV Movie
1978Khanumaknaz NikoTV Movie
1985The Falcon and the SnowmanMikhael
1988The House on Carroll StreetHürwitz
1988Vampire's KissFantasy Cabbie
1989The PackageSoviet Foreign Minister
1990Cadillac ManSoviet Husband
1992Black and White
1993Auktsion
1996A Couch in New YorkCab Driver #1
1997Men in BlackCook[10]
1998World War IIIYuri RubanovTV Movie
2005Everything Is IlluminatedGrandfather
2009Cold SoulsDonor(final film role)

References
  1. "Boris Leskin — kinoteatr". kinoteatr.ru. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  2. 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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