Boris Lyoskin
Known for Acting
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
The Package
1989
as Soviet Foreign Minister
Men in Black
1997
as Cook
Vampire's Kiss
1989
as Fantasy Cabbie
The Falcon and the Snowman
1985
as Mikhael
Cold Souls
2009
as Donor
Cadillac Man
1990
as Soviet Husband
A Couch in New York
1996
as Cab Driver #1
Everything Is Illuminated
2005
as Grandfather
The House on Carroll Street
1988
as Hürwitz
Wedding in Malinovka
1967
as (uncredited)
A Very Old Story
1968
The Nick Of Time
1993
Intervention
1987
as предприниматель
Unfinished Story
1955
as Malingerer
The Property of Republic
1972
as эпизод
The Republic of ShKID
1966
as Policeman
First Visitor
1966
as Chinovnik
Dead Souls
1969
as служащий канцелярии
Kyukhlya
1963
Conscience Doesn't Forgive
1964