Portrait of Boris Lyoskin

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

Filmography

2009
Cold Souls

as Donor

2005
1999
Third Watch

as Uri Doleska

1998
World War Three

as Yuri Rubanov

1997
1996
A Couch in New York

as Cab Driver #1

1990
Cadillac Man

as Soviet Husband

1989
Vampire's Kiss

as Fantasy Cabbie

1989
The Package

as Soviet Foreign Minister

1976
The Only One

as visitor (uncredited)

1976
The Strogovs

as staff-captain

1975
1974
Tsarevich Prosha

as стражник

1974
Five for Summer

as водитель автобуса

1972
1972
31st Dept.

as заведующий типографией

1969
Dead Souls

as служащий канцелярии

1969
1966
12 Chairs

as аукционист

1966
1966
First Visitor

as Chinovnik

1963
Рембрандт

as дежурный офицер

1962
The Soul Calls

as Vitya (uncredited)

1962
1957
Next to Us

as (uncredited)

1955
Unfinished Story

as Malingerer