Boris Lyoskin
Acting
Biography
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.
Born: January 5, 1923
Place of Birth: Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR
Known For
The Soul Calls
Two old Leningrad workers, Sukhov and Solyanov, have a long-standing friendship — they worked at the same plant, lived in the neighborhood. Now Solyanov, at the insistence of his son, decides to retire. But it is not so easy to part with his native plant, which, as it turned out, still needs an old personnel officer...
Five for Summer
Funny adventures of two friends in a summer camp.
Сержант милиции
Third Watch
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Fuse
Fitil is a popular Soviet/Russian television satirical/comedy short film series which ran for about 500 episodes. Some of the episodes were aimed at children, and were called Фитилёк, Fitilyok, Little Fuse. Each issue contained from the few short segments: documentary, fictional and animated ones. Directed by various artists, including Leonid Gaidai who presented his famous trio of Nikulin, Vitsin and Morgunov into the cast. It was called in USSR as "the anecdotes from the Soviet government".
Everything Is Illuminated
A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.
Tsarevich Prosha
Men in Black
After a police chase with an otherworldly being, a New York City cop is recruited as an agent in a top-secret organization established to monitor and police alien activity on Earth: the Men in Black. Agent K and new recruit Agent J find themselves in the middle of a deadly plot by an intergalactic terrorist who has arrived on Earth to assassinate two ambassadors from opposing galaxies.
12 Chairs
Who was the first to bring the great novel "12 Chairs" to the screen? You say "Leonid Gaidai" - and it will be a mistake. In our country, the first director was Alexander Belinsky (Leningrad television, 1966). Filming the favorite books of millions is a difficult task. The audience knows the plot in detail. Winged phrases have long gone to the people. Everyone has their own idea of the main characters. In general, dissatisfied will be sure. So the version of "12 chairs", proposed by Alexander Belinsky, of course, will not suit everyone.
Two Sundays
Lyuska, an employee of the only savings bank in the very young town of Radiozavodsk, wins a nylon fur coat on a lottery ticket. Her colleagues advise her to get the money and buy something useful. Lyuska goes to the regional capital, receives the money, and decides to spend it on a two-week trip to Moscow.
Filmography
as Donor
as Grandfather
as Uri Doleska
as Yuri Rubanov
as Cook
as Cab Driver #1
as Soviet Husband
as Soviet Foreign Minister
as Fantasy Cabbie
as Hürwitz
as Mikhael
as visitor (uncredited)
as staff-captain
as штабс-капитан
as таксист
as стражник
as водитель автобуса
as эпизод
as заведующий типографией
as служащий канцелярии
as аукционист
as Policeman
as Chinovnik
as Doctor
as дежурный офицер
as Salesman
as Vitya (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Malingerer