Boris Lyoskin
Acting

Boris Lyoskin

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

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

Men in Black
Everything Is Illuminated
Vampire's Kiss
Cadillac Man
The Package
Cold Souls
The Falcon and the Snowman
The House on Carroll Street
A Couch in New York
The Republic of ShKID
Intervention
A Very Old Story
Cold Souls
Everything Is Illuminated
World War Three
Men in Black
A Couch in New York
The Nick Of Time
Black and White
Cadillac Man
Vampire's Kiss
The Package
The House on Carroll Street
The Falcon and the Snowman
Tsarevich Prosha
Five for Summer
31st Dept.
The Property of Republic
The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
You!
Vanya, How are You Here?
Dead Souls
A Very Old Story
Intervention
One-Two… And King Me!
Against the Equations
Prince Napoleon
First Visitor
12 Chairs
The Republic of ShKID
Fear and Despair in the Third Empire
Conscience Doesn't Forgive
Two Sundays
Kyukhlya
Rembrandt
The Winter of Our Discontent
At the Breaking Point
Unfinished Story
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