Acting
Boris Lyoskin
EN, DE, FR, RU cinema · 42 credits
Born
5 January 1923
Died
21 February 2020 (aged 97)
Birthplace
Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR
Also known as Борис Лескин · Борис Лёскин · Boris Leskin
Born in Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR. Participant in the Great Patriotic War. Defended Leningrad as part of the 22nd fortified region. In 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Ostrovsky Theatre Institute (course of L.F. Makaryev). In 1952-1979 - actor of the Leningrad Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Since 1980 he lived and worked in the USA. Worked at the Circle in a Square Theatre on Broadway. Acted in episodic roles in American films. Member of the Actors Guild of America, was a member of the Oscar nomination committee.
Known for
Filmography
Cold Souls
as Donor
Everything Is Illuminated
as Grandfather
World War Three
as Yuri Rubanov
Men in Black
as Cook
A Couch in New York
as Cab Driver #1
Cadillac Man
as Soviet Husband
Vampire's Kiss
as Fantasy Cabbie
The Package
as Soviet Foreign Minister
The House on Carroll Street
as Hürwitz
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mikhael
The Only One
as visitor (uncredited)
Tsarevich Prosha
as стражник
Five for Summer
as водитель автобуса
31st Dept.
as заведующий типографией
The Property of Republic
as эпизод
Dead Souls
as служащий канцелярии
Intervention
as предприниматель
One-Two… And King Me!
as Фабий Скорострел
Against the Equations
as служащий
Дорога домой
1967
Way Home
as nemets
Wedding in Malinovka
as (uncredited)
First Visitor
as Chinovnik
12 Chairs
as аукционист
The Republic of ShKID
as Policeman
Rembrandt
as дежурный офицер
The Soul Calls
as Vitya (uncredited)
Next to Us
as (uncredited)
Unfinished Story
as Malingerer
Lyubov Yarovaya
as episode (uncredited)