Yevgeny Borisovich Leonov-Gladyshev (russian: Евге́ний Бори́сович Лео́нов-Гла́дышев; born 24 Jan 1952,
Vilnius
Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...
,
Lithuanian SSR,
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...
) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, and film director. He was awarded
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation
Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...
(1993) and
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2007).
Background
He graduated from the
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (workshop of
Vasili Merkuryev
Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Мерку́рьев; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet actor, stage director and drama teacher. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1960. and Irina Meyerhold). His debut came in a teenage film ' (1972).
In the film ''
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'' (1979) Leonov-Gladyshev was offered a trial for one of the main roles, Sharapov. But the artistic council did not approve his candidacy, and the role went to
Vladimir Konkin
Vladimir Alekseyevich Konkin (russian: Влади́мир Алексе́евич Ко́нкин, born 19 August 1951, Saratov, USSR) is a Soviet/ Russian cinema and theatre actor, who appeared in 45 films. . Instead, director
Stanislav Govorukhin offered Yevgeny a small role as an operative Vasya Vekshin.
Радио «Свобода»
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Since the early 1980s, the actor has worked in remaking foreign films. In 1992 he tried directing. In 1999 he became president of the Guild of film actors of St. Petersburg.
A new round of popularity of the actor came in the police procedural '' Deadly Force''.
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1952 births
Living people
Male actors from Vilnius
Soviet male film actors
Soviet male television actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
People's Artists of Russia
Russian film directors
Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni