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Boris Lyoskin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1923-01-05

Day of Death

2020-02-21

Place of Birth

Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR

Boris Lyoskin

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 (42)

⭐ 6.0 Role: Donor

Cold Souls

2009
⭐ 7.3 Role: Grandfather

Everything Is Illuminated

2005
⭐ 7.3 Role: Yuri Rubanov

World War Three

1998
⭐ 7.2 Role: Cook

Men in Black

1997
⭐ 5.9 Role: Cab Driver #1

A Couch in New York

1996
⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

The Nick Of Time

1993
⭐ 7.0 Role: Unknown

Black and White

1992
⭐ 5.8 Role: Soviet Husband

Cadillac Man

1990
⭐ 6.1 Role: Soviet Foreign Minister

The Package

1989
⭐ 5.9 Role: Fantasy Cabbie

Vampire's Kiss

1989
⭐ 5.9 Role: Hürwitz

The House on Carroll Street

1988
⭐ 5.5 Role: предприниматель

Intervention

1987
⭐ 6.4 Role: Mikhael

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985
⭐ 6.4 Role: visitor (uncredited)

The Only One

1976
⭐ 7.2 Role: стражник

Tsarevich Prosha

1974