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Boris Lyoskin

Acting · Born January 5, 1923 · Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR

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.

Movies with Boris Lyoskin

• Men in Black (1997) — Cook
• Vampire's Kiss (1989) — Fantasy Cabbie
• The Package (1989) — Soviet Foreign Minister
• Cadillac Man (1990) — Soviet Husband
• The Falcon and the Snowman (1985) — Mikhael
• The House on Carroll Street (1988) — Hürwitz
• Everything Is Illuminated (2005) — Grandfather
• Cold Souls (2009) — Donor
• A Couch in New York (1996) — Cab Driver #1
• At the Breaking Point (1957)
• The Soul Calls (1962) — Vitya (uncredited)
• Intervention (1968) — предприниматель

TV shows with Boris Lyoskin

• The Strogovs (1976) — штабс-капитан