Leonid Isaakovich Yarmolnik (russian: Леони́д Исаа́кович Ярмо́льник; born January 22, 1954) is a
Soviet
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and
Russia
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n actor and
film producer.
Biography
Was born on January 22, 1954, in
Grodekovo
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,
Primorsky Krai
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, where his father, a
Soviet Army
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officer
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, was stationed. In 1960, Yarmolnik's family relocated to
Lviv
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. Leonid studied at the local music school and was involved in plays at the Lviv Folk Theater. In 1972, he became a student at the
Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
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and graduated from the acting class of
Yury Katin-Yartsev, a famous
Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
actor and acclaimed pedagogue of the
Vakhtangov
Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene; russian: Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the ...
Theater Arts School, in 1976. From 1976-1984, he was an actor at the
Taganka Theatre
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History
The Drama an ...
. Yarmolnik started his own studio,
L-Club, specializing in film distribution, and anchored a
TV program
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with the same name. He was a member of the jury on the popular ''
KVN
''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...
'' game show. He was honored with the
State Prize of the Russian Federation in 2001 for the role of Zhora in ''
The Barracks
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''.
Personal life
Leonid Yarmolnik is married to Oksana Afanasieva and they have one daughter together. Oksana Afanasieva is a former girlfriend of Soviet singer songwriter
Vladimir Vysotsky
Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky ( rus, links=no, Владимир Семёнович Высоцкий, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr sʲɪˈmʲɵnəvʲɪtɕ vɨˈsotskʲɪj; 25 January 1938 – 25 July 1980), was a Soviet singer-songwriter, poet, and actor ...
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Yarmolnik is Jewish
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.
Selected filmography
As an actor
* 1979 — ''The Very Same Munchhausen
''The Very Same Munchhausen'' ( rus, Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - ''That Very Münchhausen'') is a 1979 Soviet fantasy dramedy television film directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script b ...
'' (Тот самый Мюнхгаузен) as ''Theophil von Münchhausen''
* 1983 — ''Look for a Woman
''Look for a Woman'' (russian: Ищите женщину, Ishchite zhenshchinu) is a 1983 Soviet crime comedy television film adaptation of the play "La Perruche et le Poulet" by French writer Robert Thomas, which is, in turn, the French adaptatio ...
'' (Ищите женщину) as ''policeman Maximan''
* 1984 — ''Copper Angel
''Copper Angel'' (russian: Медный ангел, Medny angel) is a 1984 Soviet action film directed by Veniamyn Dorman and starring Anatoly Kuznetsov, Leonid Kuravlyov and Aleksandr Filippenko.
Plot
The international geological expedition head ...
'' (Медный ангел) as ''Maurice Barro''
* 1984 — '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' (ТАСС уполномочен заявить...) as ''Grechaev''
* 1987 — ''A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines
''A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines'' (russian: Человек с бульвара Капуцинов, Chelovek s bulvara Kaputsinov) is a Red Western comedy film of 1987 (Mosfilm production), with nods to silent film and the transforming pow ...
'' (Человек с бульвара Капуцинов) as ''one-eyed cowboy Martin''
* 1988 — ''Yolki-palki
''Tree Sticks!'' (russian: Ёлки-палки!) is a 1988 Soviet comedy film directed by Sergey Nikonenko.
Plot
The film tells about an unusual and stubborn man who tries to create a perpetual motion machine and write a philosophical treatise, ...
'' (Ёлки-палки!) as ''Grigory Kaigorodov''
* 1989 — ''Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
''Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation'' or (russian: Частный детектив, или Операция «Кооперация», Chastnyy detektiv, ili operatsiya "Kooperatsiya") is a 1990 Soviet comedy film directed by Leonid Gaidai ...
'' (Частный детектив, или Операция «Кооперация») as ''Airliner hijacker''
* 1989 — ''Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective
''Two arrows. Stone Age Detective'' (russian: Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века, Dve strely. Detektiv kamennogo veka) is a 1989 Soviet tragicomic crime film directed by Alla Surikova.
Plot
The film is set in the ...
'' (Две стрелы. Детектив каменного века) as ''Long-nosed''
* 1990 — '' Passport'' (Паспорт) as ''Borya's Israeli friend''
* 1991 — '' Odyssey of Captain Blood'' (Одиссея капитана Блада) as ''Levasseur''
* 1995 — '' Heads and Tails'' as ''Gosha''
* 1998 — ''Crossroads
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* Crossroads (junction), where four roads meet
Film and television Films
* ''Crossroads'' (1928 film), a 1928 Japanese film by Teinosuke Kinugasa
* ''Cross Roads'' (film), a 1930 Brit ...
'' as ''Oleg 'Alik' Sevastyanov''
* 2004 — '' My Step Brother Frankenstein'' as ''Yulik''
* 2005 — ''The Case of "Dead Souls"
''The Case of "Dead Souls"'' (russian: Дело о «Мёртвых душах», Delo o «Myortvykh dushakh») is a 2005 Russian television miniseries directed by Pavel Lungin loosely based on various stories by Nikolai Gogol, including '' Dead ...
'' as ''Plyushkin'' (TV)
* 2006 — ''Moscow Mission
''Moscow Mission'' (or ''Countdown'',Russian release title. russian: Обратный отсчёт) is a Russian action movie directed by Vadim Shmelyov. The movie was released in Moscow in 2006.
Plot
There will be an explosion exactly in 48 hou ...
'' (Обратный отсчёт) as ''Krot''
* 2010 — '' Love in the Big City 2'' (Любовь в большом городе 2) as ''father of Igor''
*2011 — '' Cars 2'' as '' Miles Axlerod'' (Russian version)
* 2013 — ''Hard to Be a God
''Hard to Be a God'' (russian: Трудно быть богом, translit=''Trudno byt' bogom'') is a 1964 science-fiction novel by the Soviet writers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe.
Premise and themes
The novel follow ...
'' (Трудно быть богом) as ''Don Rumata''
* 2016 — (Ночные стражи) as ''major Gamayun, head of the secret police Department''
* 2022 — Woland
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as ''Dr. Stravinsky''
As a film producer
* ''Ku! Kin-dza-dza
Ku! Kin-dza-dza ( rus. Ку! Кин-дза-дза) is a 2013 Russian animated science fiction film by Georgy Danelia. It is an animated remake of Danelia's 1986 live-action film ''Kin-dza-dza!''. Although it preserves much of the original movie ...
'' (2013)
References
External links
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Leonid Yarmolnik. Peoples
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1954 births
Living people
Soviet male film actors
Russian male film actors
Soviet male stage actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian film producers
Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika"
Civic Platform (Russia) politicians
21st-century Russian politicians
Jewish Russian actors
Russian male voice actors
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