Boris Lyoskin
Actor
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.
Filmography
Everything Is Illuminated
as Grandfather 2005
Vampire's Kiss
as Fantasy Cabbie 1989
Cadillac Man
as Soviet Husband 1990
The Package
as Soviet Foreign Minister 1989
Cold Souls
as Donor 2009
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Mikhael 1985
The House on Carroll Street
as Hürwitz 1988
A Couch in New York
as Cab Driver #1 1996
The Republic of ShKID
as Policeman 1966
A Very Old Story
1968
The Property of Republic
as эпизод 1972
12 Chairs
as аукционист 1966
Unfinished Story
as Malingerer 1955
World War Three
as Yuri Rubanov 1998
The Only One
as visitor (uncredited) 1976
Next to Us
as (uncredited) 1957