Boris Lyoskin

Biography

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.

Known For

Men in Black

as Cook

Everything Is Illuminated

as Grandfather

Vampire's Kiss

as Fantasy Cabbie

Cadillac Man

as Soviet Husband

The Package

as Soviet Foreign Minister

Third Watch

as Uri Doleska

Cold Souls

as Donor

The Falcon and the Snowman

as Mikhael

The House on Carroll Street

as Hürwitz

A Couch in New York

as Cab Driver #1