Leonid Kanevsky
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 2, 1939 (age 87)
- Birthplace
- Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Biography
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.
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Filmography
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Movie
Land of Wonders
Movie · as (voice)
Пари
Movie
Games 80
TV · as Александр Юрьевич · 8 eps
Райский
TV · as генерал Райский Виктор Семенович · 50 eps
Olivier and the Robots
TV · 6 eps
Hot!
Movie · as Leonid Kanevskiy
What Men Talk About 3
Movie
Квартирник НТВ у Маргулиса
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ilfipetrov
Movie · as Narrator / From the author (voice)
The Master and Margarita
Movie · as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy (uncredited)
Big Difference
TV · as Himself / Guest · 1 ep
The Investigation Led by...
TV · as ведущий · 710 eps
Roots
Movie · as Baroukh
Rutenberg
Movie · as Zemesh
Late Marriage
Movie · as Otary (as Leonid Kanevski)
Jewish Vendetta
Movie
Death in Cinema
Movie
Candidate
Movie
The Victims Have No Grievance
Movie
Pippi Longstocking
Movie · as Thief
Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
Movie · as Joseph
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Movie · as Bob Gudetti
Along Unknown Paths
Movie · as Десятник - Миллионский
Hello, I've Arrived!
Movie
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
TV · as Monsieur Bonacieux · 3 eps
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Movie
Almanzor's Rings
Movie · as Mukhamiel
Amazing Berendeev
Movie · as Nachalnik militsii
The Magic Skin
Movie
Taste of Khalva
Movie · as Худайкул - начальник стражи эмира
Give Me Back My Rex
Movie · as Elephant trainer (voice)
Countermeasure
Movie
Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
Movie · as Bonaventura
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Homeboy
Movie · as Robert Ivanovich
Night of the Mistakes
Movie
Land, Poste Restante
Movie · as Maurizio
Nylon 100%
Movie · as Арчибальдик
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Movie
In the Rooms
Movie
The Pickwick Papers
Movie
Summer Is Gone ...
Movie
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Movie · as Conférencier
Moby Dick
Movie
The Amazing Boy
Movie · as Apperkot
Physics at Half Past Nine
Movie
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV · as Александр Томин · 33 eps
Vaudeville On Vaudeville
Movie
New Year's Abduction
Movie · as director
The Diamond Arm
Movie · as head smuggler's assistant
The Red Tent
Movie · as Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Commandant of Lauterburg
Movie
Punisher
Movie
Mitya
Movie
The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik
Movie
Two Hours Earlier
Movie · as ensemble administrator (uncredited)
When the Harpsichord Plays
Movie · as Illicit Dealer
The City of Masters
Movie
Forty Minutes 'Til Dawn
Movie
Fuse
TV · 5 eps