Yevgeny Leonov

**Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov** (; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was in many of the most famous Soviet movies. These include *Gentlemen of Fortune*, *Mimino* and *Striped Trip*. He has been called "one of Russia's best-loved actors". He also voiced many Soviet cartoon characters. This includes *Vinny Pukh* (*Winnie-the-Pooh*).

## Early life 
While growing up in Moscow, he wanted to be a pilot. His father worked in an airplane factory. During the Great Patriotic War, he and his whole family worked in a weapons making/airplane making factory. After the war, he joined the Moscow Art Theatre school. There he studied under Mikhail Yanshin.

## Career 
In his first movie, Leonov was cast as an extra. He later became Georgiy Daneliya's regular. He was in all of Daneliya's features. These include *Gentlemen of Fortune*, *Autumn Marathon*, *Mimino*, *Afonya* and *Kin-dza-dza!*. He was seen for his tragic parts and his natural acting.

He won Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival for Daneliya's *Autumn Marathon* (1980). He performed over 200 roles and was the Russian cinema's best-known supporting actor.), when touring in Germany, he had a heart attack. This put him into a coma for 10 days (or 16 days

## Filmography 
; Actor

**Happy Flight* *(Счастливый рейс)* (1949) as Firefighter (uncredited)
**Sporting Honour* *(Спортивная честь)* (1951) as Waiter (uncredited)
**Submarine chaser* *(Морской охотник)* (1954) as cook
**Road* *(Дорога)* (1955) as driver Pasha Yeskov
**Criminal Case of Rumyantsev* *(Дело Румянцева)* (1956) as driver Mikhail Snegiryov
**A Unique Spring* *(Неповторимая весна)* (1957) as Alexey Koshelev
**The street is full of surprises* *(Улица полна неожиданностей)* (1958) as Yevgeniy Pavlovich Serdyukov
**Difficult happiness* *(Трудное счастье)* (1958) as Agathon
**Tale of newlyweds* *(Повесть о молодожёнах)* (1959) as Fedor
**Ne imey 100 rubley...* *(Не имей сто рублей...)* (1959) as Ivan S. Mukhin
**Povest o molodozhyonakh* (1960) as Fedya
**Artwork* *(Произведение искусства)* (196, Short) as Sasha Smirnov
**Snow tale* *(Снежная сказка)* (1959) as Old Year
**Striped Trip* *(Полосатый рейс)* (1961) as Gleb Shuleykin
**Cheremushki* *(Черёмушки)* (1962) as Barabashkin
**Serf actress* *(Крепостная актриса)* (1963) as Count Ivan P. Kutaisov
**Short humoresques* *(Короткие истории)* (1963, TV Movie) as client
**Don Tale* *(Донская повесть)* (1964) as Yakov Shibalok
**Thirty Three* *(Тридцать три)* (1965) as Ivan S. Travkin
**Nad nami Yuzhnyy Krest* (1965) as Disabled-seller in the market
**The Snow Queen* *(Снежная королева)* (1967) as King Erik XXIX
**Parviyat kurier* (1968) as Kritski
**Illusionist* *(Фокусник)* (1968) as Stepan Nikolaevich Rossomakhin
**Do not be sad* *(Не горюй!)* (1968) as soldier Yegor Zaletayev
**Zigzag udachi* *(Зигзаг удачи)* (1968) as photographer Vladimir Oreshnikov
**Literature lesson* *(Урок литературы)* (1968) as Pavel Vronsky, Nina's father
**Virineya* *(Виринея)* (1969) as Michael
**Carrousel* *(Карусель)* (1969, TV Series) as Ivan I. Nyukhin (voice)
**Tchaikovsky* *(Чайковский)* (1970) as Alyosha
**Shine, shine, my star* *(Гори, гори, моя звезда)* (1970) as Pasha, the master illusion
**Between high spikes* *(Меж высоких хлебов)* (1970) as Pavlo Struchok
**Belorussian Station* *(Белорусский вокзал)* (1971) as Ivan Prikhodko
**Gentlemen of Fortune* *(Джентльмены удачи)* (1971) as Yevgeny Ivanovich Troshkin / Dotsent
**As Ilf and Petrov rode a tram* *(Ехали в трамвае Ильф и Петров)* (1972) as Vitaly Kapitulov
**Big School-Break* *(Большая перемена)* (1972, TV Mini-Series) as Lednyov
**Racers* *(Гонщики)* (1973) as Ivan M. Kukushkin
**Hopelessly Lost* *(Совсем пропащий)* (1973) as rogue nicknamed "The King"
**Under a stone sky* *(Под каменным небом)* (1974) as Senior lieutenant Kravtsov
**Bonus* *(Премия)* (1974) as Vasily T. Potapov
**Afonya* *(Афоня)* (1975) as Kolya
**Circus in the Circus* *(Соло для слона с оркестром)* (1975) as circus director Ivanov
**Step towards* *(Шаг навстречу)* (1976) as Serafim Nikitich
**The Elder Son* *(Старший сын)* (1976, TV Movie) as Andrei Grigorievich Sarafanov
**Legend about Till Eulenspiegel* *(Легенда о Тиле)* (1977) as Lamme Goedzak
**Long criminal case* *(Длинное, длинное дело)* (1977) as Mikhail P. Luzhin
**Mimino* *(Мимино)* (1977) as Volokhov
**Funny people!* *(Смешные люди!)* (1977) as chorister Aleksei Alekseyevich
**Marriage* *(Женитьба)* (1978) as Baltazar Baltazarovich Zhevakin
**Chaperon* *(Дуэнья)* (1978, TV Movie) as Don Izokelyo Mendoso
**An Ordinary Miracle* *(Обыкновенное чудо)* (1978, TV Movie) as King
*''And it's all about him* *(И это всё о нём)* (1978) as Police Captain Aleksandr M. Prokhorov
**Autumn Marathon* *(Осенний марафон)* (1979) as Vasily Ignatyevich Kharitonov, sosed Buzykina
**Faithfully* *(Верой и правдой)* (1979) as Evgeny S. Bannikov
**Holidays in September* *(Отпуск в сентябре)* (1979, TV Movie) as Vladimir Andreevich Kushak
**Borrowing Matchsticks* *(За спичками)* (1980) as Antti Ihalainen
**Say a Word for the Poor Hussar* *(О бедном гусаре замолвите слово)* (1981, TV Movie) as provincial actor Afanasy P. Bubentsov
**The House that Swift Built* *(Дом, который построил Свифт)* (1982, TV Movie) as giant Glyum
**Tears Were Falling* *(Слёзы капали)* (1983) as Pavel Ivanovich Vasin
**Unique* *(Уникум)* (1983) as director
**Time and the Conways* *(Время и семья Конвей)* (1984) as Alan Conway, twenty years later
**Kin-dza-dza!* *(Кин-дза-дза!)* (1986) as Wef the Chatlanian, a wandering singer
**To Kill a Dragon* *(Убить Дракона)* (1988) as burgomaster
**Passport* *(Паспорт)* (1990) as official of Soviet Embassy in Austria
**Detective bureau "Felix"* *(Детективное агентство "Феликс")* (1993) as uncle Vanya
**Amerikanskiy dedushka* *(Американский дедушка)* (1993) as Gogolev
**Nastya* *(Настя)* (1993) as Yakov Alekseyevich

; Voice actor

* *Winnie-the-Pooh*
* *Winnie-the-Pooh Pays a Visit*
* *Winnie-the-Pooh and a Busy Day*
* *Vasilisa the Beautiful*
* *The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin*
* *Welcome*
* *Laughter and Grief by the White Sea''

## References 
## Other websites 
* 
* Website about Leonov