Leonid Kanevsky
Birthday: Born in 1939-05-02 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Следствие вели...
Character: ведущий
The author's cycle of documentary programs of the NTV channel about the most high-profile crimes committed in the USSR. The story is accompanied by stories about the daily life of the inhabitants of the USSR. Presenter - Leonid Kanevskiy. Documentary television films are devoted to criminal cases from 1917 to 1991....
Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи
Character: Major Tomin
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Д’Артаньян и три мушкетера
Character: Monsieur Bonacieux
The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady....
Большая разница
Character: Himself / Guest
The "Big Difference" is created not only for the audience, but also for those who became the hero of the parody - TV presenters and actors. A guest who comes to the studio seems to see himself through a magnifying glass, because all the details are taken into account in the parody: the character's manner of dressing, speaking, diction features, plastic, makeup, hairstyle. The uniqueness of the project is that in addition to entertainment, the program also has a developmental function. After all,...
Оливье и роботы
Character:
Six stories about life in Russia in the near future and the problems of human interaction with advanced technologies: a girl decides to have a serious conversation with her boyfriend, but encounters his clones; a literature teacher finds an unusual way to interest students in Russian classics; Vsevolod pretends to be a domestic robot; a guy makes confusion in the relationship of his girlfriend's digitized parents; a lawyer is forced to defend the accusedabout the murder of an artificial intellig...
Игры
Character: Александр Юрьевич
After another scandal, the son of a Soviet functionary is sent to the organizing committee of the Olympic Games-80 for correction, where he begins to work as a simple volunteer. His boss is the daughter of a high—ranking military man, and she is not going to make any concessions to a spoiled guy from a rich family. Once on the other side of the world event poster, he will meet different people who will change his outlook on life — athletes, coaches and other volunteers. Through their eyes, he wi...
Следствие ведут ЗнаТоКи
Character: Томин
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Райский
Character: генерал Райский Виктор Семенович
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Movie Credits
The Diamond Arm
Character: контрабандист в Стамбуле
A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds....
The Magic Skin
Character:
Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes...
Roots
Character:
Shameless slimeball Eduard "Edik" Letov - clad in an everpresent Hawaiian shirt - puts the sting on alien travelers hoping to connect with their roots, by having local phonies pose as the visitors' long-lost relatives. Complications abound when Letov attempts to pass off an entire village under the guise of a community wiped out during the Second World War. The arrival of a group of trouble-causing misfits, among them mobster Barukh - who wishes to bury his mother's remains, only to discover tha...
Candidate
Character:
Based on novel "The Great Man" by Al Morgan. Ted Stevens receives a task to prepare a TV special about his colleague Tony Bradley, recently died in car accident. But the further he studies this case, the more suspicious this accident is becoming....
The Wizard of Oz
Character: (voice)
A cartoon about a girl, Ellie, of her little dog Totoshka, who, because of the evil Gingema, ended up in the Magic Country, where incredible adventures awaited them....
Записки Пиквикского клуба
Character:
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Character:
The thirty-year-old decathlete leaves the big sport and becomes a stunt performer in the cinema. About how the movie is shot, and about the development of personal relationships between the main characters....
Taste of Khalva
Character: Худайкул - начальник стражи эмира
For many years the great Emir of Bukhara has not known happiness - he has lost the taste to delightful khalva, and now life is as sour as a lemon for him. The house of poor pot-maker Shir-Mamed, however, is full of happiness - his little son Hodzha Nasreddin has been born. Rumours have spread about his unusual abilities - maybe he will be able to make the Emir happy again?...
Pippi Longstocking
Character: Thief
Peppi-the-Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Villekulla, and has adventures with her next-door neighbors Tommy and Annika......
The Master and Margarita
Character: Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy (uncredited)
Master is a talented writer in Moscow working on a manuscript about the biblical Jesus and Pontius Pilate. Authorities in Moscow are harassing Master by surveillance and intimidation. Victimized by their harassment, Master throws his manuscript into the fire, before he is locked up in a mental clinic. His assistant and Muse Margarita tries to help Master using the supernatural powers she got from the devil - Woland who is visiting Moscow.....
The City of Masters
Character:
After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale....
Along Unknown Paths
Character: Million commander
Going to vacation at his grandmother’s in a village, the boy Mitya could never imagine that he would become a participant of the extraordinary adventures in a fairy-tale land....
Hot!
Character: Leonid Kanevskiy
Russian pop stars are flying to Baku for the "Heat" festival. Among them is Dasha Steklova, a talented debutante whose fame began with a victory in a popular musical TV show. Dasha doesn't want to play by the rules and craves creative freedom. In Baku, having quarreled with her producer (and also a young man), the girl runs away. In a fabulous city breathing music and sunshine, she is waiting for a lot of adventures and romantic encounters that will help Dasha fulfill her dream and become truly ...
Monsieur Lenoir, who...
Character:
Teleplay based on the play by Armand Salacrou....
Pippi Longstocking
Character: Karl
“Pippi Longstocking” is a Soviet two-part musical children’s television film based on the story “Pippi Longstocking” (1945) by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren....
The Red Tent
Character: Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia....
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Character: Bob Gudetti
A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers....
Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
Character: Bonaventura
Young schoolboy Slava Kurochkin suddenly finds himself in a town where books characters live....
Mitya
Character:
The chief engineer of a large enterprise is waiting for a meeting with the minister on an important issue and at the same time is trying to return the woman he loves....
Commandant of Lauterburg
Character:
Follows the service of Lieutenant Colonel Lubentsov as commandant of the German city of Lauterburg in the first days after the end of the Great Patriotic War....
Death in Cinema
Character:
Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set....
Summer Is Gone ...
Character:
This is a last day before starting a first grade so seven year old Tyoma has a lot of important things to do....
Land, Poste Restante
Character: Maurizio
Based on a true story about Soviet spy Lev Manevich. He lives in Italy and operates in the Nazi Germany and Austria. Manevich, who is posing as a businessman, collects information about the latest German airplanes made by Messerschmitt for Luftwaffe. On his spying trip to Berlin, Manevich noticed that a stranger was following him. Now his life is in danger, but he must do something to complete his mission......
Punisher
Character:
A sad story about a series of tragic events which happened in Greece during the seventies....
Almanzor's Rings
Character: Mukhamiel
The queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters......
Amazing Berendeev
Character: Nachalnik militsii
After starting learning in a technical school a young student Sergey Berendeev proves to everybody that he's a real inventor....
The Amazing Boy
Character: Apperkot
After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention....
Late Marriage
Character: Otary (as Leonid Kanevski)
Zaza is a 31-year old Israeli bachelor, handsome and intelligent, and his family wants to see him married. But tradition dictates that Zaza has to choose a young virgin. She must be beautiful and from a good family, preferably rich. Zaza's parents, Yasha and Lily drag Zaza to meet potential brides and their families. Zaza has no choice. He plays along with his family, advocates of the suffocating traditions of their Georgian Jewish heritage. But Zaza always manages to somehow get out of being en...
Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Character: Narrator (voice)
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What Men Talk About 3
Character:
This time Lesha, Slava, Kamil and Sasha go to St. Petersburg. And three of the four do not even know why they go there. But at some point it becomes clear that it does not matter - why. It is important that they go....
Nylon 100%
Character: Арчибальдик
An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people....
New Year's Abduction
Character:
The fire department is preparing for the New Year. Three activists of amateur performances decide to kidnap professional artists for a New Year's concert. A police captain investigates the kidnapping and listens to complaints from the “unkidnapped” artists....
Homeboy
Character: Robert Ivanovich
A young girl known for being "Homeboy" for everybody is dreaming to become more feminine....
The Victims Have No Grievance
Character:
A man was killed in the fight, another was seriously injured. The perpetrators confessed to what they had done. The investigator of the prosecutor's office Ilyas Sadykov had only to issue documents. But something in the testimony of the defendants alerted him, and Sadykov started the investigation anew......
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Character: Conférencier
A doctor arrives from work in a provincial town from Moscow. At first, he yearns for the capital and friends. In addition, there are no patients. Igor decides to return to Moscow, but getting to know the locals, and even more the feeling that arose between him and nurse Alyona, forces him to change his decision....
Night of the Mistakes
Character:
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Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Character:
Episodes from the life of Molière with scenes from his play, revealing the tragic picture of the confrontation between the great playwright and the authorities....
Когда играет клавесин
Character: nelegalnyy prodavets plyonok s muzykoy
A student falls in love with a girl detained on a false suspicion of speculation....
Ilfipetrov
Character: Narrator / From the author (voice)
To ensure that the viewer guessed in the name of Ilfipetrov that Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov were separate, the authors collected an impressive evidence base: live testimonies were obtained in Moscow, Odessa, Yaroslavl, Paris, New York; in the exact repetition of the route of "One-storied America", in miraculously preserved family archives....
Give Me Back My Rex
Character: Elephant trainer (voice)
The doctor hides the death of the dog from Serezha and gives the boy a new friend. A poignant story of loyalty and friendship....