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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 5, 1923
Died
February 21, 2020
Place of Birth
Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR
Also Known As
- Борис Лескин
- Борис Лёскин
- Boris Leskin
Boris Lyoskin
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Donor
Cold Souls
2009
7.3
Grandfather
Everything Is Illuminated
2005
7.9
Uri Doleska
Third Watch
1999
6.9
Yuri Rubanov
World War Three
1998
7.2
Cook
Men in Black
1997
5.9
Cab Driver #1
A Couch in New York
1996
3.0
The Nick Of Time
1993
0.0
Black and White
1992
5.8
Soviet Husband
Cadillac Man
1990
6.1
Soviet Foreign Minister
The Package
1989
Credits
Cold Souls
as Donor
2009
6.0
Everything Is Illuminated
as Grandfather
2005
7.3
Third Watch
as Uri Doleska
1999
7.9
World War Three
as Yuri Rubanov
1998
6.9
Men in Black
as Cook
1997
7.2
A Couch in New York
as Cab Driver #1
1996
5.9
The Nick Of Time
1993
3.0
Black and White
1992
0.0
Cadillac Man
as Soviet Husband
1990
5.8
The Package
as Soviet Foreign Minister
1989
6.1
Vampire's Kiss
as Fantasy Cabbie
1989
5.9
The House on Carroll Street
as Hürwitz
1988
5.8
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mikhael
1985
6.4
The Only One
as visitor (uncredited)
1976
6.1
The Strogovs
as staff-captain
1976
6.0
Строговы
as штабс-капитан
1976
0.0
Сержант милиции
as таксист
1975
8.0
Tsarevich Prosha
as стражник
1974
7.3
Five for Summer
as водитель автобуса
1974
8.0
The Property of Republic
as эпизод
1972
5.6
31st Dept.
as заведующий типографией
1972
0.0
Dead Souls
as служащий канцелярии
1969
3.5
You!
1969
0.0
Vanya, How are You Here?
1969
0.0
The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
1969
0.0
A Very Old Story
1968
6.2
🎬
Way Home
as nemets
1967
0.0
12 Chairs
as аукционист
1966
7.2
The Republic of ShKID
as Policeman
1966
6.5
First Visitor
as Chinovnik
1966
6.0
Fear and Despair in the Third Empire
as Doctor
1965
0.0
Two Sundays
1964
7.0
Conscience Doesn't Forgive
1964
0.0
Rembrandt
as дежурный офицер
1963
0.0
Kyukhlya
1963
0.0
The Winter of Our Discontent
as Salesman
1963
0.0
The Soul Calls
as Vitya (uncredited)
1962
8.0
Fuse
1962
7.6
At the Breaking Point
1957
0.0
Next to Us
as (uncredited)
1957
5.1
Unfinished Story
as Malingerer
1955
4.9