Boris Lyoskin
Born: 1923-01-05 in Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR
Died: 2020-02-21
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2009
- Cold Souls as Donor
2005
- Everything Is Illuminated as Grandfather
1999
- Third Watch as Uri Doleska
1998
- World War Three as Yuri Rubanov
1997
- Men in Black as Cook
1996
- A Couch in New York as Cab Driver #1
1993
1992
1990
- Cadillac Man as Soviet Husband
1989
- Vampire's Kiss as Fantasy Cabbie
- The Package as Soviet Foreign Minister
1988
- The House on Carroll Street as Hürwitz
1987
- Intervention as предприниматель
1985
- The Falcon and the Snowman as Mikhael
1976
- The Strogovs as штабс-капитан
- The Only One as visitor (uncredited)
1975
- Police Sergeant as таксист
1974
- Tsarevich Prosha as стражник
- Five for Summer as водитель автобуса
1972
- 31st Dept. as заведующий типографией
- The Property of Republic as эпизод
1969
- The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
- You!
- Dead Souls as служащий канцелярии
- Vanya, How are You Here?
1968
- A Very Old Story
- Prince Napoleon as baron
- Against the Equations as служащий
- One-Two… And King Me! as Фабий Скорострел
1967
- Wedding in Malinovka as (uncredited)
- Way Home as nemets
1966
- The Republic of ShKID as Policeman
- First Visitor as Chinovnik
- 12 Chairs as аукционист
1965
- Fear and Despair in the Third Empire as Doctor
1963
- Rembrandt as дежурный офицер
- Kyukhlya
- The Winter of Our Discontent as Salesman
1962
- Fuse
- The Soul Calls as Vitya (uncredited)
1957
- At the Breaking Point
- Next to Us as (uncredited)
1955
- Unfinished Story as Malingerer
1953
- Lyubov Yarovaya as episode (uncredited)