Leonid Kanevsky
Acting • Born 1939-05-02
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.
Filmography
58 credits
The Diamond Arm
Movie • 1969
head smuggler's assistant
The Magic Skin
Movie • 1975
Roots
Movie • 2005
Baroukh
Candidate
Movie • 1987
Vaudeville On Vaudeville
Movie • 1970
The Pickwick Papers
Movie • 1972
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained
Movie • 1977
Taste of Khalva
Movie • 1975
Худайкул - начальник стражи эмира
Pippi Longstocking
Movie • 1984
Thief
The Master and Margarita
Movie • 2011
Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy (uncredited)
The City of Masters
Movie • 1965
Along Unknown Paths
Movie • 1982
Десятник - Миллионский
Hot!
Movie • 2019
Leonid Kanevskiy
Monsieur Lenoir, Who...
Movie • 1984
Joseph
The Red Tent
Movie • 1969
Italian Radio Operator (uncredited)
Jewish Vendetta
Movie • 1995
Mary Poppins, Goodbye
Movie • 1983
Bob Gudetti
Adventures in the City which Doesn't Exist
Movie • 1974
Bonaventura
איש החשמל
Movie • 2003
Zemesh
Mitya
Movie • 1967
Commandant of Lauterburg
Movie • 1969
Death in Cinema
Movie • 1991
Summer Is Gone ...
Movie • 1972
Land, Poste Restante
Movie • 1973
Maurizio
Punisher
Movie • 1968
Almanzor's Rings
Movie • 1977
Mukhamiel
Amazing Berendeev
Movie • 1976
Nachalnik militsii
The Amazing Boy
Movie • 1971
Apperkot
Late Marriage
Movie • 2001
Otary (as Leonid Kanevski)
Sergeev Seeking Sergeev
Movie • 1974
Narrator (voice)
What Men Talk About 3
Movie • 2018
Nylon 100%
Movie • 1973
Арчибальдик
New Year's Abduction
Movie • 1970
Homeboy
Movie • 1974
Robert Ivanovich
The Victims Have No Grievance
Movie • 1986
The Train Stops for Two Minutes
Movie • 1972
Conférencier
Night of the Mistakes
Movie • 1974
Some Words in Honour of Mr. De Molière
Movie • 1973
When the Harpsichord Plays
Movie • 1966
Illicit Dealer
Ilfipetrov
Movie • 2013
Narrator / From the author (voice)
Give Me Back My Rex
Movie • 1975
Elephant trainer (voice)
Physics at Half Past Nine
Movie • 1971
Forty Minutes 'Til Dawn
Movie • 1964
Countermeasure
Movie • 1975
The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik
Movie • 1967
На два часа раньше
Movie • 1967
Пари
Movie • 2025
Moby Dick
Movie • 1972
Hello, I've Arrived!
Movie • 1979
In the Rooms
Movie • 1973
The investigation was conducted
TV • 2006
ведущий
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers
TV • 1979
Monsieur Bonacieux
Big Difference
TV • 2008
Himself / Guest
Olivier and the Robots
TV • 2023
Games 80
TV • 2024
Александр Юрьевич
Райский
TV • 2024
генерал Райский Виктор Семенович
Fuse
TV • 1962
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV • 1971
Александр Томин