Boris Vulfovich Leskin (; 5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.
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.Выходцы из Молдовы в Голливуде решают, кто из актеров получит «Оскара»!В программе «Сегодня вечером» вспоминают народного артиста РСФСР Андрея Миронова
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.
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. In 2011 director Eduard Staroselsky made a documentary about him: Bob Has Been Removed. Minesweeper Bolshoi Drama (with Sergei Yursky).Киноповесть: Борис Лёскин Leskin died on 21 February 2020.
Awards 2006: Pacific Meridian: Best Actor (Everything Is Illuminated)Лауреаты владивостокского международного кинофестиваля (2006)Boris Leskin. Awards
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1953 Lyubov Yarovaya orchestra conductor uncredited1954 Did We Meet Somewhere Before viewer1955 Unfinished Story malingerer1955 Footprints in the Snow Vasin 1956 Maksim Perepelitsa Mikola 1957 Storm Savandeyev 1957 At the Turning Рoint Dimka 1961 Dostigaev and others Zybin TV Movie1963 Two Sundays Grisha 1965 Going Inside a Storm pilot 1966 First Visitor official1966 12 chairs auctioneer TV Movie1966 Three Fat Men courtier uncredited1966 The Republic of ShKID policeman 1967 Wedding in Malinovka bandituncredited1968 Intervention entrepreneur1969 The Truth! Nothing But the Truth! Breshko-Breshkovskaya's teammate uncredited1972 Property of the Republic episode1972 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 visitor1976 Heavenly Swallows Gustav Christo1977 An Almost Funny Story bag and suitcase repairman TV Movie1978 Khanuma prince's friend TV Movie1985 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 episode1993 The Nick of Time Shmonkin1996 A Couch in New York cab driver #1 1997 Men in Black cook Romanian-born actor Boris Leskin has died, according to local reports1998 World War III Yuri Rubanov TV Movie2005 Everything Is Illuminated grandfather 2009 Cold Souls donor (final film role)
References
External links
Boris Leskin on KinoPoisk