Leonid Kuravlyov
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-10-08
Day of Death
2022-01-30 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, RSFSR, USSR
Leonid Kuravlyov
Biography
Soviet and Russian film actor. He became a People’s Artist of the RSFSR in 1976.
Kuravlyov was born in Moscow into a working-class family. His father Vyacheslav Yakovlevich Kuravlyov (1909–1979) worked as a locksmith at the Salyut Machine-Building Association and his mother Valentina Dmitriyevna Kuravlyova (1916–1993) was a hairdresser. In 1941 with the start of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union (known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War) his mother was arrested on false report, accused of counter-revolutionary activity (Article 58) and exiled to Karaganda, Kazakh SSR to work at the local plant. In five years she was freed without a right to live in Moscow and sent to Zasheyek, Murmansk Oblast in the Russian far north where she continued working as a hairdresser. In 1948 she managed to get a permission to see her son who spent a year with her at Zasheyek, and in 1951 she finally returned to Moscow.
In 1955 Kuravlyov entered VGIK to study acting under Boris Bibikov. He graduated in 1960 and joined the Theater Studio of Film Actors. He made his first movie appearances while still a student. In 1960 he was noted by Vasily Shukshin and took part in his diploma film Reported From Lebyazhye. In 1961 they both starred in the popular melodrama When the Trees Were Tall, and in 1964 Shukshin gave him the leading role in his comedy movie There Is Such a Lad which brought Kuravlyov true fame and which he considered to be the start of his successful movie career. He also acted in Your Son and Brother (1965) and felt so grateful for what the director did for him that he later named his son after Shukshin.
The role of Shura Balaganov in Mikhail Schweitzer’s comedy The Little Golden Calf based on the book by Ilf and Petrov was one of his first successful roles: he managed to create an image of a brash yet charming petty thief. His other notable roles of that period include Khoma Brut in one of the first Soviet horror movies Viy (1967), antagonist Sorokin in a psychological melodrama Not Under the Jurisdiction (1969), Robinson Crusoe in Stanislav Govorukhin’s Life and Amazing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1972), a Nazi officer Kurt Eismann in Seventeen Moments of Spring (1973) and Lavr Mironovich in Pyotr Todorovsky’s The Last Victim (1975).
In the 1970s he appeared in three to four films per year. Even though Kuravlyov was adept at playing serious dramatic roles, he is still best known for his leading roles in top-grossing comedy movies such as Afonya (1975) by Georgiy Daneliya (11th highest-grossing Soviet film, highest grossing film of the year, 62.2 mln viewers), Leonid Gaidai’s Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future (1973, 17th highest-grossing film, 60 mln viewers) and It Can’t Be! (1975, 46th highest-grossing film with 46.9 mln viewers), The Most Charming and Attractive (1985) by Gerald Bezhanov (the highest-grossing film of 1985, 44.9 mln viewers) and others.
During the late 1990s he hosted a popular TV programme The World of Books with Leonid Kuravlyov where he talked about new book releases. In two years it was closed and then relaunched with new hosts. In 2012 he was awarded the IV class Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.
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Known For
Acting
(2016)
All That Jam
as father Leonty
(2009)
The Book of Masters
as Barin
(2008)
The Heirs
as глава администрации
(2005)
The Turkish Gambit
as major
(2004)
(2004)
(2003)
Railway Romance
as Petrovich
(2003)
Evropejskij Konvoj
as генерал
(2002)
(2002)
(1999)
Ultimatum
as Leonid
(1998)
The Barber of Siberia
as Vakhmistr Bukin
(1998)
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
as Жорж Милославский
(1998)
(1997)
(1997)
(1997)
New Year's Story
as Ded Moroz
(1996)
(1995)
What a Mess!
as USA ambassador
(1995)
Lady Into Lassie
as Grigoriy Muromskiy
(1994)
The Master and Margarita
as Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
(1994)
Russian Miracle
as Сеня
(1994)
(1994)
Russian Account
as Иван Сидоров, майор
(1994)
(1994)
(1994)
Sentence
as Лео Харман
(1993)
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
as Mikhail Gorbachev
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
(1993)
Chuffyk
as (voice)
(1993)
(1992)
(1992)
(1992)
Gangsters in the Ocean
as Sobakin
(1992)
In Search of the Golden Phallus
as руководитель круиза
(1991)
How Is It Going, Crucians?
as высокий начальник
(1991)
Meet Me in Tahiti
as Шнайдер
(1991)
(1991)
Made in USSR
as Ivan Moiseyevich
(1991)
(1991)
(1990)
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
as Игорь Иванович Степанов
(1990)
It
as Vasilisk Borodavkin
(1990)
Entrance to Labyrinth
as Oleg Khlebnikov
(1990)
The Charming Traveller
as Priest
(1990)
Несрочная весна
as хозяин
(1990)
The Suicide
as заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
(1990)
(1989)
(1989)
The Stairway
as дядя Миша
(1988)
Blackmailer
as Федор Семенович
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Presumption of Innocence
as Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
(1988)
Hope
as Stepan
(1988)
(1988)
Karpusha
as Karpusha (voice)
(1988)
(1988)
Three on the Red Carpet
as Михаил Иванович Сошкин
(1988)
Энергичные люди
as Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
(1987)
First Encounter - Last Encounter
as Count
(1987)
Martinko
as Martinko (voice)
(1987)
(1987)
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
as Von Bork
(1987)
One Time Deal
as Fedor Romanov
(1986)
The Left-Hander
as император Александр Павлович
(1986)
Snake Catcher
as Konstantin
(1986)
Five Minutes of Fear
as Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
(1986)
Sitting on the Golden Porch
as Kороль Амфибрахий
(1985)
The Most Charming and Attractive
as Pasha Dyatlov
(1985)
Dangerous for Your Life!
as Spartak Molodtsov
(1985)
The Invisible Man
as Marvel
(1985)
Sincerely Yours...
as Emtsov
(1984)
Before We Part
as Badarin
(1984)
Copper Angel
as Ларсен
(1984)
(1983)
We're from Jazz
as Samsonov
(1983)
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
as Ivan Shponka
(1983)
Не было печали
as Vadim Petrovich Potapov
(1983)
(1983)
Demidovy
as Menshikov
(1983)
The Trust That Has Burst
as Ezra Plunkett
(1983)
(1982)
Look for a Woman
as Henri Granden
(1982)
It's Just Awful!
as Ruslan Ivanovich
(1982)
Take Care of the Men!
as Vladimir Rodionov
(1981)
Facts of the Past Day
as Grinin
(1981)
Crazy Money
as Vasiliy
(1981)
We, the Undersigned
as Lyonya Shindin
(1981)
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
as Sanya
(1980)
Don't Leave Your Lovers
as Валера
(1980)
Little Tragedies
as Адриан Прохоров/Лепорелло
(1980)
For the Matches
as Peasant
(1980)
Next of Kin
as Толик
(1979)
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
as "Smoked"
(1979)
Pena
as Валерий Солома, аферист
(1979)
You to Me, Me to You
as Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
(1979)
(1979)
Unanswered Love
as Pavlov
(1979)
Fuss of the Fusses
as Volodya
(1978)
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
as Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
(1978)
Live in Joy
as Митяй Пряжкин (Дмитрий Петрович)
(1978)
(1978)
The Rain
as Trenka, apprentice (voice)
(1978)
Funny People!
as Денис Григорьев
(1978)
(1978)
Incognito from St.Petersburg
as Shpekin
(1978)
Счет человеческий
as Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
(1977)
Mimino
as Professor Khachikyan
(1977)
Fun for Old People
as Yefremov
(1977)
(1977)
(1977)
(1976)
Afonya
as Афанасий Николаевич Борщов (Афоня), слесарь-сантехник
(1976)
The Last Sacrifice
as Lavr Mironych
(1976)
(1976)
(1976)
Circus in the Circus
as Grisha
(1976)
Ау-у! (Киноальманах)
as Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
(1975)
Repeated Wedding
as Михайлов
(1975)
It Can't Be!
as Vladimir Zavitushkin
(1975)
Escape of Mr. McKinley
as мистер Дроот
(1974)
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
as князь Ветренский
(1974)
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
as папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
To Dream and to Live
as Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
(1974)
Homeboy
as Fedor
(1973)
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
as Жорж Милославский / князь Милославский
(1973)
This Merry Planet
as Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
(1973)
Aibolit and Barmaley
as Толстый
(1973)
The Twelve Months
as Old soldier
(1973)
(1973)
Nylon 100%
as работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
(1973)
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
as Робинзон (озв. А. Консовский)
(1972)
Boys
as Viktor Viktorovich
(1972)
(1972)
White Queen's Move
as Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
(1971)
The Roundabout
as Nikolai Timofeyevich
(1971)
Young People
as new settler
(1971)
Liberation: The Last Assault
as Chuikov's signaler
(1971)
(1971)
(1970)
The Beginning
as Arkadiy
(1970)
(1970)
(1970)
Two Days of Wonders
as зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
(1970)
(1969)
Shine, Shine, My Star
as Red comissar
(1969)
(1969)
Crash
as Сыроежкин
(1969)
Love of Serafim Frolov
as Serafim Frolov
(1969)
Men's Talk
as Alexey
(1969)
Not Under the Jurisdiction
as Sorokin
(1968)
The Golden Calf
as Shura Balaganov
(1968)
Literature Lesson
as Савелий Сидоров
(1967)
Viy
as Khoma Brut
(1967)
Elder Sister
as Volodya
(1967)
Such a Big Boy
as Vasiliy
(1966)
Your Son and Brother
as Степан Воеводин, средний сын
(1966)
There Is Such a Lad
as Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
(1966)
Без свидетелей
as Валька Бурмакин
(1965)
Time, Forward!
as Korneyev
(1965)
(1964)
Непридуманная история
as Kostya Remizov
(1963)
(1963)
Third Time
as Lyonya Fokin
(1961)
When the Trees Were Tall
as Lenka
(1961)
(1961)
Machinist Drove the Train
as Yasha
(1960)
Midshipman Panin
as Pyotr Kamushkin
(1960)
Reports from Lebyazhye
as Сеня Громов
(1959)
There Will Be No Leave Today
as Morozov