Leonid Nevedomsky

Birthday: October 13, 1939 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR [now Belarus]

Birth Name: Leonid Vitalyevich Nevedomsky

Leonid Vitalevich Nevedomsky was born on October 13, 1939, in Vitebsk, Belarus, USSR (now Vitsebsk, Belarus). In 1957 he began his acting career on stage at Sverdlovsk Drama Theatre under director Vla ...Show More

Leonid Vitalevich Nevedomsky was born on October 13, 1939, in Vitebsk, Belarus, USSR (now Vitsebsk, Belarus). In 1957 he began his acting career on stage at Sverdlovsk Drama Theatre under director Vladimir Motyl. In 1967 he graduated from the class of Georgi Tovstonogov at the Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). In 1966, Nevedomsky made his film debut in Gorkie zyorna (1967).Since 1967 Leonid Nevedomsky has been a permanent member of the legendary troupe of Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). Nevedomsky made a remarkable stage career under directorship of Georgi Tovstonogov at the BDT. There his stage partners were such stars as Oleg Basilashvili, Tatyana Doronina, Alisa Freyndlikh, Lyudmila Makarova, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Zinaida Sharko, Natalya Tenyakova, Elena Popova, Valentina Kovel, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Kirill Lavrov, Oleg Borisov, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Yefim Kopelyan, Sergey Yurskiy, Evgeniy Lebedev, Ivan Palmu, Pavel Luspekayev, Nikolay Trofimov, Georgiy Shtil, Pavel Pankov, Mikhail Volkov, Vsevolod Kuznetsov, Vadim Medvedev, Yuriy Demich, Gennadiy Bogachyov, Andrey Tolubeev, and many other remarkable Russian actors.In 1994 Leonid Nevedomsky was honored with the title of People's Artist of Russia. He received numerous awards and decorations for his works on stage and in film. His filmography includes over 40 roles, he also played over 100 roles on stage. He also directed several stage plays. Nevedomsky currently resides in St. Petersburg, Russia. Hide