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Boris Lyoskin

Actor

Boris Lyoskin

Born January 5, 1923 in Petrograd, RSFSR, USSRDied February 21, 202042 films

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.

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Everything Is Illuminated posterFirst watchEverything Is Illuminated20057.3as GrandfatherA 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…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Men in Black poster7.2Men in Black1997Vampire's Kiss poster6.0Vampire's Kiss1989The Package poster6.1The Package1989The Falcon and the Snowman poster6.4The Falcon and the Snowman1985Cadillac Man poster5.8Cadillac Man1990Cold Souls poster6.0Cold Souls2009Wedding in Malinovka poster7.1Wedding in Malinovka1967The House on Carroll Street poster5.9The House on Carroll Street1988

Filmography

42 films as actor
  1. 2009Cold SoulsDonor
  2. 2005Everything Is IlluminatedGrandfather
  3. 1998World War ThreeYuri Rubanov
  4. 1997Men in BlackCook
  5. 1996A Couch in New YorkCab Driver #1
  6. 1993The Nick Of Time
  7. 1992Black and White
  8. 1990Cadillac ManSoviet Husband
  9. 1989The PackageSoviet Foreign Minister
  10. 1989Vampire's KissFantasy Cabbie
  11. 1988The House on Carroll StreetHürwitz
  12. 1985The Falcon and the SnowmanMikhael
  13. 1976The Only Onevisitor (uncredited)
  14. 1974Tsarevich Proshaстражник
  15. 1974Five for Summerводитель автобуса
  16. 1972The Property of Republicэпизод
  17. 197231st Dept.заведующий типографией
  18. 1969Dead Soulsслужащий канцелярии
  19. 1969The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
  20. 1969You!
  21. 1969Vanya, How are You Here?
  22. 1968A Very Old Story
  23. 1968Interventionпредприниматель
  24. 1968Against the Equationsслужащий
  25. 1968Prince Napoleonbaron
  26. 1968One-Two… And King Me!Фабий Скорострел
  27. 1967Wedding in Malinovka(uncredited)
  28. 1967Way Homenemets
  29. 196612 Chairsаукционист
  30. 1966The Republic of ShKIDPoliceman
  31. 1966First VisitorChinovnik
  32. 1965Fear and Despair in the Third EmpireDoctor
  33. 1964Two Sundays
  34. 1964Conscience Doesn't Forgive
  35. 1963Kyukhlya
  36. 1963Rembrandtдежурный офицер
  37. 1963The Winter of Our DiscontentSalesman
  38. 1962The Soul CallsVitya (uncredited)
  39. 1957At the Breaking Point
  40. 1957Next to Us(uncredited)
  41. 1955Unfinished StoryMalingerer
  42. 1953Lyubov Yarovayaepisode (uncredited)