| Boris Leskin | |
| Birthname: | Boris Vulfovich Leskin |
| Native Name: | Борис Вульфович Лёскин |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 1923[1] |
| Birth Place: | Petrograd, Soviet Union |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Boris Lyoskin |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Years Active: | 1953–2009 |
Boris Leskin (5 January 1923 – 21 February 2020) was a Soviet and American film and theater actor.
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. 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]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Lyubov Yarovaya | orchestra conductor | uncredited | |
| 1954 | Did We Meet Somewhere Before | viewer | ||
| 1955 | Unfinished Story | malingerer | ||
| 1955 | Footprints in the Snow | Vasin | ||
| 1956 | Maksim Perepelitsa | Mikola | ||
| 1957 | Storm | Savandeyev | ||
| 1957 | At the Turning Рoint | Dimka | ||
| 1961 | Dostigaev and others | Zybin | TV Movie | |
| 1963 | Two Sundays | Grisha | ||
| 1965 | Going Inside a Storm | pilot | ||
| 1966 | First Visitor | official | ||
| 1966 | 12 chairs | auctioneer | TV Movie | |
| 1966 | Three Fat Men | courtier | uncredited | |
| 1966 | The Republic of ShKID | policeman | ||
| 1967 | Wedding in Malinovka | bandit | uncredited | |
| 1968 | Intervention | entrepreneur | ||
| 1969 | The Truth! Nothing But the Truth | Breshko-Breshkovskaya's teammate | uncredited | |
| 1972 | Property of the Republic | episode | ||
| 1972 | 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 | visitor | ||
| 1976 | Heavenly Swallows | Gustav Christo | ||
| 1977 | An Almost Funny Story | bag and suitcase repairman | TV Movie | |
| 1978 | Khanuma | prince's friend | TV Movie | |
| 1985 | 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 | episode | ||
| 1993 | The Nick of Time | Shmonkin | ||
| 1996 | A Couch in New York | cab driver #1 | ||
| 1997 | Men in Black | cook | [10] | |
| 1998 | World War III | Yuri Rubanov | TV Movie | |
| 2005 | Everything Is Illuminated | grandfather | ||
| 2009 | Cold Souls | donor | (final film role) |