Leonid Kanevskiy

Leonid Kanevskiy

Born: May 2, 1939
in 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.

Movies for Leonid Kanevskiy...

Title: Olivier and the Robots
Released: January 1, 2023
Type: TV
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 intelligence coffee machine; after losing his job, a former courier hunts for food delivery robots.
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Hot!
Title: Hot!
Character: Leonid Kanevskiy
Released: September 5, 2019
Type: Movie
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 happy.
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What Men Talk About 3
Title: What Men Talk About 3
Released: February 22, 2018
Type: Movie
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.
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Ilfipetrov
Title: Ilfipetrov
Character: Narrator / From the author (voice)
Released: September 12, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Big Difference
Character: Himself / Guest
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: TV
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, our guest, who is being parodied, has a chance to look at himself from the outside, to see his shortcomings and advantages. Some people like themselves, and some don't. But the main thing is that no one remains indifferent.
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Title: The investigation was conducted
Character: self/host&narrator
Released: January 20, 2006
Type: TV
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.
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Roots
Title: Roots
Released: October 5, 2005
Type: Movie
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 that someone keeps exhuming them - and the lech Simon - a Canadian with an insatiable fetish for his sexy translator - turn Letov's latest scheme into a veritable cat's cradle.
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Ish HaHashmal
Title: Ish HaHashmal
Character: Zemesh
Released: January 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Cohen takes an elliptical approach in telling the story of Pinchas Rutenberg, a visionary, complex, and larger-than-life figure, who, amongst other things, brought electricity to Jewish Palestine in the early 20th century by building a hydroelectric power station in Nahararyim.
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Late Marriage
Title: Late Marriage
Character: Otary (as Leonid Kanevski)
Released: October 24, 2001
Type: Movie
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 engaged. What his parents don't know is that Zaza is already in love. Judith is sensuous, strong and intriguing. She's also a divorcée with a 6-year-old daughter. So Zaza has kept Judith a secret from his family. He will have to choose between respect of the strict confines of family and tradition, or the love of his life.
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Jewish Vendetta
Title: Jewish Vendetta
Released: January 21, 1999
Type: Movie
Russian immigrant Natan finds out that his wife had an affair with his best friend. He travels to Russia intending to kill his friend and regain his honor, but his son and the local “mafia” bring it all to a romantic end.
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The Master and Margarita
Title: The Master and Margarita
Character: Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1994
Type: Movie
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..
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Death in Cinema
Title: Death in Cinema
Released: September 2, 1991
Type: Movie
Ex-Gulag prison guard investigates murder on the movie set.
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Претендент
Title: Претендент
Released: August 4, 1987
Type: Movie
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The Victims Have No Grievance
Title: The Victims Have No Grievance
Released: December 29, 1986
Type: Movie
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...
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Pippi Longstocking
Title: Pippi Longstocking
Character: Thief
Released: June 6, 1984
Type: Movie
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...
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Pippi Longstocking
Title: Pippi Longstocking
Character: Karl
Released: April 29, 1984
Type: Movie
“Pippi Longstocking” is a Soviet two-part musical children’s television film based on the story “Pippi Longstocking” (1945) by Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren.
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Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Title: Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Character: Bob Gudetti
Released: June 6, 1983
Type: Movie
A family hires a babysitter who seems to possess magical powers.
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Monsieur Lenoir, who...
Title: Monsieur Lenoir, who...
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Teleplay based on the play by Armand Salacrou.
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Along Unknown Paths
Title: Along Unknown Paths
Character: Million commander
Released: May 15, 1982
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
Character: Monsieur Bonacieux
Released: December 25, 1979
Type: TV
The musketeers battle against the all-powerful Cardinal Richelieu and the treacherous Milady.
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Almanzor's Rings
Title: Almanzor's Rings
Character: Mukhamiel
Released: June 9, 1977
Type: Movie
The queen of a magic kingdom is trying to marry her two daughters...
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Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Title: Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Released: June 6, 1977
Type: Movie
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.
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Amazing Berendeev
Title: Amazing Berendeev
Character: Nachalnik militsii
Released: August 23, 1976
Type: Movie
After starting learning in a technical school a young student Sergey Berendeev proves to everybody that he's a real inventor.
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The Magic Skin
Title: The Magic Skin
Released: September 11, 1975
Type: Movie
Struggling with financial loss, a poet receives a shagreen leather from an antiquities shop, fulfilling his wishes
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Taste of Khalva
Title: Taste of Khalva
Character: Худайкул - начальник стражи эмира
Released: August 30, 1975
Type: Movie
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?
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Homeboy
Title: Homeboy
Character: Robert Ivanovich
Released: October 28, 1974
Type: Movie
A young girl known for being "Homeboy" for everybody is dreaming to become more feminine.
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The Wizard of Oz
Title: The Wizard of Oz
Character: (voice)
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
Title: Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
Character: Bonaventura
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Young schoolboy Slava Kurochkin suddenly finds himself in a town where books characters live.
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Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Title: Сергеев ищет Сергеева
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Night of the Mistakes
Title: Night of the Mistakes
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Nylon 100%
Title: Nylon 100%
Released: December 17, 1973
Type: Movie
An adventures of a 100% nylon "fur" coat traveling between various people.
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Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Title: Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Released: May 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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.
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Land, Poste Restante
Title: Land, Poste Restante
Character: Maurizio
Released: March 26, 1973
Type: Movie
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...
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The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Title: The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Character: Conférencier
Released: December 31, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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Summer Is Gone ...
Title: Summer Is Gone ...
Released: October 21, 1972
Type: Movie
This is a last day before starting a first grade so seven year old Tyoma has a lot of important things to do.
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Записки Пиквикского клуба
Title: Записки Пиквикского клуба
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
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Title: Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Character: Major Tomin
Released: February 14, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
Character: Томин
Released: February 14, 1971
Type: TV
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The Amazing Boy
Title: The Amazing Boy
Character: Apperkot
Released: September 1, 1970
Type: Movie
After professor creates a robot who looks like blue-eyed boy the criminals become very interested in the invention.
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New Year's Abduction
Title: New Year's Abduction
Released: January 13, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Водевиль про водевиль
Title: Водевиль про водевиль
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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The Red Tent
Title: The Red Tent
Character: Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
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The Diamond Arm
Title: The Diamond Arm
Character: smuggler in Istanbul
Released: May 23, 1969
Type: Movie
In the southern town, a gang of "currency traders" is operating, led by the Chief and his assistant Kozodoyev. A modest Soviet clerk and an exemplary family man Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov goes on a foreign cruise on a motor ship, on which Kozodoyev also sailed, who must pick up diamonds in one of the eastern cities and transport them in a plaster hand. But due to a misunderstanding, instead of a swindler, an unsuspecting Gorbunkov falls in the appointed place, and a precious plaster is imposed on him. That's where it all starts...
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Punisher
Title: Punisher
Released: August 4, 1968
Type: Movie
A sad story about a series of tragic events which happened in Greece during the seventies.
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Когда играет клавесин
Title: Когда играет клавесин
Character: nelegalnyy prodavets plyonok s muzykoy
Released: June 21, 1966
Type: Movie
A student falls in love with a girl detained on a false suspicion of speculation.
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The City of Masters
Title: The City of Masters
Released: December 12, 1965
Type: Movie
After their town is occupied the citizens are trying to fight the enemy. Based on Tamara Gabbe fairy tale.