Yevgeny Leonov-Gladyshev
| Yevgeny Leonov-Gladyshev PAR | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
Yevgeny Borisovich Leonov 24 June 1952 Vilnius |
| Occupation |
actor film director |
| Years active | 1972–present |
Yevgeny Borisovich Leonov-Gladyshev (Russian: Евге́ний Бори́сович Лео́нов-Гла́дышев; born 24 Jan 1952, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, film director. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1993)[1]. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2007)[2].
Background
He graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (workshop of Vasili Merkuryev and Irina Meyerhold). Debuted in a teenage film Turn the Northern Lights (1972).
In the film picture The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979) Yevgeny Leonov-Gladyshev was invited when he was shot at the Odessa Film Studio. Initially, he 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. Instead, director Stanislav Govorukhin offered Yevgeny a small role as an operative Vasya Vekshin[3].
Since the early 1980s, the actor has been engaged in duplicating foreign films. In 1992 he first tried himself in directing. Since 1999 he is the president of the Guild of film actors of St. Petersburg.
A new round of popularity of the actor brought in the police television series Deadly Force.