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
Cold Souls
2009
as Donor
Everything Is Illuminated
2005
as Grandfather
World War Three
1998
as Yuri Rubanov
Men in Black
1997
as Cook
A Couch in New York
1996
as Cab Driver #1
The Nick Of Time
1993
Black and White
1992
Cadillac Man
1990
as Soviet Husband
The Package
1989
as Soviet Foreign Minister
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Fantasy Cabbie
The House on Carroll Street
1988
as Hürwitz
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Mikhael
The Only One
1976
as visitor (uncredited)
Tsarevich Prosha
1974
as стражник
Five for Summer
1974
as водитель автобуса
The Property of Republic
1972
as эпизод
31st Dept.
1972
as заведующий типографией
Dead Souls
1969
as служащий канцелярии
The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
1969
You!
1969
Vanya, How are You Here?
1969
A Very Old Story
1968
Intervention
1968
as предприниматель
Against the Equations
1968
as служащий