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.

Boris Lyoskin

Acting Born January 5, 1923 – Died February 21, 2020 Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR

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.

Known For

Fuse

Third Watch

Uri Doleska

Men in Black

Cook

Vampire's Kiss

Fantasy Cabbie

The Falcon and the Snowman

Mikhael

Cold Souls

Donor

Cadillac Man

Soviet Husband

The House on Carroll Street

Hürwitz

The Package

Soviet Foreign Minister

A Couch in New York

Cab Driver #1

Police Sergeant

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The Strogovs

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