Leonid Kanevskiy
Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater, film and dubbing actor, TV presenter; Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1984). Member of the Public Council of the Russian Jewish Congress. Leonid Semenovich Kanevsky was born on May 2, 1939 in Kiev in a Jewish family. My mother studied piano at the Kiev Conservatory, graduated from the 2nd year, got married at the age of 19, left the conservatory and went with her husband to the Caucasus, where he worked. In 1933, the elder brother Alexander was born, 6 years later Leonid was born. At the age of 17, he left for Moscow and entered the Shchukin College for the course of Vera Konstantinovna Lvova. From 1960 to 1967, he was an actor of the Moscow Lenin Komsomol Theater. From 1967 to 1991 — actor of the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. His film debut was a cameo role in the film "Forty Minutes before Dawn" (1963). The actor was widely known for the role of police major Alexander Tomin in the TV series "The Investigation is conducted by Experts", as well as the role of a smuggler in the comedy "Diamond Hand" and haberdasher Bonacieux in the mini-series "D'Artagnan and Three the Musketeer." In 1991, he repatriated to Israel, where, together with director Eugene Arie, he created the Gesher Drama Theater in Tel Aviv (translated from Hebrew - "bridge"); the basis of his troupe are Russian actors who played on the stages of Moscow and Leningrad theaters. In 2003, he was the host of the TV game "The Ninth Shaft" on the Israeli Channel 9. From January 2006 to the present — presenter of the documentary TV show "The investigation was conducted ..." on "NTV". In 2009, he starred in the TV series "Semin" and "Semin. Retribution." He also took part in the dubbing of the cartoon "Cars 2" in the role of scout Finn Mcmistle. Over the years of his creative activity, the actor has starred in more than fifty films and television series. Member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation.
The Red Tent
as Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic...
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The Diamond Arm
as smuggler in IstanbulA diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly...
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Along Unknown Paths
as Million commanderGoing to vacation at his grandmother’s in a village, the boy Mitya could never imagine that he...
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Late Marriage
as Otary (as Leonid Kanevski)Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see...
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The Master and Margarita
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy (uncredited)Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and...
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Mary Poppins, Goodbye
as Bob GudettiA family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.
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What Men Talk About 3
as uncreditedThis time Lesha, Slava, Kamil and Sasha go to St. Petersburg. And three of the four do not even...
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The Magic Skin
as uncreditedStruggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop,...
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Roots
as uncreditedShameless slimeball Eduard "Edik" Letov - clad in an everpresent Hawaiian shirt - puts the sting...
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Pippi Longstocking
as ThiefPeppi-the-Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage...
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Pippi Longstocking
as Karl“Pippi Longstocking” is a Soviet two-part musical children’s television film based on the story...
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New Year's Abduction
as uncreditedThe fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances...
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Monsieur Lenoir, who...
as uncreditedTeleplay based on the play by Armand Salacrou.
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
as uncreditedThe thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema....
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Hot!
as Leonid KanevskiyRussian pop stars are flying to Baku for the "Heat" festival. Among them is Dasha Steklova, a...
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The Train Stops for Two Minutes
as ConférencierA doctor arrives from work in a provincial town from Moscow. At first, he yearns for the capital...
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Taste of Khalva
as Худайкул - начальник стражи эмираFor many years the great Emir of Bukhara has not known happiness - he has lost the taste to...
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The City of Masters
as uncreditedAfter their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe...
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Death in Cinema
as uncreditedEx-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.
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Nylon 100%
as uncreditedAn adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people.
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Punisher
as uncreditedA sad story about a series of tragic events which happened in Greece during the seventies.
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Land, Poste Restante
as MaurizioBased on a true story about Soviet spy Lev Manevich. He lives in Italy and operates in the Nazi...
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Ilfipetrov
as Narrator / From the author (voice)To ensure that the viewer guessed in the name of Ilfipetrov that Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov...
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The Amazing Boy
as ApperkotAfter professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very...
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The Wizard of Oz
as (voice)A cartoon about a girl, Ellie, of her little dog Totoshka, who, because of the evil Gingema,...
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Amazing Berendeev
as Nachalnik militsiiAfter starting learning in a technical school a young student Sergey Berendeev proves to...
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Когда играет клавесин
as nelegalnyy prodavets plyonok s muzykoyA student falls in love with a girl detained on a false suspicion of speculation.
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Almanzor's Rings
as MukhamielThe queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters...
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Homeboy
as Robert IvanovichA young girl known for being "Homeboy" for everybody is dreaming to become more feminine.
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Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
as uncreditedEpisodes from the life of Molière with scenes from his play, revealing the tragic picture of the...
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Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
as BonaventuraYoung schoolboy Slava Kurochkin suddenly finds himself in a town where books characters live.
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Summer Is Gone ...
as uncreditedThis is a last day before starting a first grade so seven year old Tyoma has a lot of important...
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The Victims Have No Grievance
as uncreditedA man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what...
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Big Difference
as Himself / GuestThe "Big Difference" is created not only for the audience, but also for those who became the...
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The investigation was conducted
as ведущийThe author's cycle of documentary programs of the NTV channel about the most high-profile crimes...
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D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
as Monsieur BonacieuxThe musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.
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Olivier and the Robots
as uncreditedSix stories about life in Russia in the near future and the problems of human interaction with...
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