Leonid Parfyonov

Leonid Parfyonov

Known for
Acting
Born
January 26, 1960 (age 66)
Birthplace
Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.

Known For

Photos

Leonid Parfyonov photoLeonid Parfyonov photoLeonid Parfyonov photoLeonid Parfyonov photo

Filmography

2022
Russian Georgians. Part 2 poster

Russian Georgians. Part 2

Movie · as himself (presentor)

2022
Karamora poster

Karamora

TV · as Emperor · 8 eps

2021
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison

Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison

Movie · as self

2021
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children

Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children

Movie

2021
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife

Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife

Movie

2021
In Qvevri Veritas poster

In Qvevri Veritas

Movie

2020
Russian Georgians. Part 1 poster

Russian Georgians. Part 1

Movie · as himself (presentor)

2020
Listyev. A New Look poster

Listyev. A New Look

Movie · as himself

2019
Без души poster

Без души

TV · as Гость · 1 ep

2017
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948. poster

Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.

Movie · as Himself (Presenter)

2017
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948. poster

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.

Movie · as Himself (Presenter)

2016
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution. poster

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.

Movie · as Himself (Presenter)

2014
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story poster

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2013
Russia in Bloom poster

Russia in Bloom

Movie · as Himself (Host and Narrator)

2012
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных poster

Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных

Movie

2012
Eye of God poster

Eye of God

Movie · as Himself (Presenter)

2012
Evening Urgant poster

Evening Urgant

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2011
Generation P poster

Generation P

Movie · as TV Journalist

2011
Boris Godunov poster

Boris Godunov

Movie · as Schelkalov

2011
He Came to Give Us Freedom poster

He Came to Give Us Freedom

Movie

2010
Zvorykin-Muromets poster

Zvorykin-Muromets

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Gogol the Bird poster

Gogol the Bird

Movie · as Himself (host)

2007
Минута славы

Минута славы

TV · 21 eps

2006
And Personally Leonid Ilyich

And Personally Leonid Ilyich

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death poster

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death

Movie · as Self

2000
Still Waters poster

Still Waters

Movie · as Himself

2000
Russian Empire poster

Russian Empire

TV · as Presenter · 16 eps

1999
The Age of Nabokov poster

The Age of Nabokov

Movie

1998
Fort Boyard Russia poster

Fort Boyard Russia

TV · as Self - Host · 4 eps

1997
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 poster

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2

Movie

1997
Namedni poster

Namedni

TV · as Self · 102 eps

1997
Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра poster

Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра

TV · 43 eps

1988
Children of the 20th Congress poster

Children of the 20th Congress

Movie · as Host

1986
KVN Major League poster

KVN Major League

TV · as Self - Judge · 30 eps