Leonid Kanevsky

Known for ActingBorn 1939-05-02 (age 87)Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Punisher

Amazing Berendeev

Games 80

Sergeev Seeking Sergeev

The investigation was conducted

Jewish Vendetta

Rutenberg

The Amazing Boy

Commandant of Lauterburg

Mitya

The Diamond Arm

Homeboy

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

Night of the Mistakes

Fuse

Ilfipetrov

Big Difference

D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers

Along Unknown Paths

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik

Death in Cinema

Candidate

The Victims Have No Grievance

Almanzor's Rings

Countermeasure

Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière

Summer Is Gone ...

The Train Stops for Two Minutes

New Year's Abduction

Mary Poppins, Goodbye

What Men Talk About 3

Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Give Me Back My Rex

Late Marriage

Hot!

Taste of Khalva

The Red Tent

Olivier and the Robots

Pippi Longstocking

The City of Masters

The Master and Margarita

Nylon 100%

Roots

Land, Poste Restante

Пари

Райский

Monsieur Lenoir, Who...

Hello, I've Arrived!