Leonid Parfyonov
Actor
Biography
Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights.
As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Filmography
Generation P
as TV Journalist 2011
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
Still Waters
as Himself 2000
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
as Himself (Presenter) 2016
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
as Self (uncredited) 2014
Russia in Bloom
as Himself (Host and Narrator) 2013
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
as Himself (Presenter) 2017
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
as Himself (Presenter) 2017
Boris Godunov
as Schelkalov 2011
Gogol the Bird
as Himself (host) 2009
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
as self 2021
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
as Narrator 2006
Eye of God
as Himself (Presenter) 2012
Russian Georgians. Part 1
as himself (presentor) 2020
Zvorykin-Muromets
as Narrator 2010
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
2021
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
2021