Leonid Kuravlyov
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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Fotos
Películas (183)
All That Jam
2016 · father Leonty
Георгий Данелия. Великий обманщик
2015 · Self
The Master and Margarita
2011 · Nikanor Ivanovich Bosoy
The Book of Masters
2009 · Barin
The Heirs
2008 · глава администрации
The Turkish Gambit
2005 · major
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004 · Dobrynya
Railway Romance
2003 · Petrovich
Esli Nevesta Vedma
2002
The Love Arrow
2002
Ultimatum
1999 · Leonid
The Barber of Siberia
1998 · Vakhmistr Bukin
The Stringer
1998
Old Songs About the Main Thing 3
1998 · Жорж Милославский
New Year's Story
1997 · Ded Moroz
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
The Night Before Christmas
1997
A Man for a Young Girl
1996
Lady Into Lassie
1995 · Grigoriy Muromskiy
What a Mess!
1995 · USA ambassador
Russian Account
1994 · Иван Сидоров, майор
Simple - Minded
1994
A Show for a Single Man
1994
Russian Miracle
1994 · Сеня
Sentence
1994 · Лео Харман
The Ghost of My House
1994
The Codex of Disgrace
1993
Scandal in our Kloshgorod
1993
Territory
1993
Chuffyk
1993 · (voice)
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
1993 · Mikhail Gorbachev
Queen's Personal Life
1993
The Devil's Puppets
1993
Provincial Benefit
1993
Destroy the Thirtieth!
1992
Why Would an Honest Man Need an Alibi?
1992
In Search of the Golden Phallus
1992 · руководитель круиза
Gangsters in the Ocean
1992 · Sobakin
Detonator
1992
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
1991
Traces of Rain
1991
Made in USSR
1991 · Ivan Moiseyevich
Across Red Nights
1991
Meet Me in Tahiti
1991 · Шнайдер
How Is It Going, Crucians?
1991 · High-Ranking Official
Shadows
1991
Nesrochnaya vesna
1990 · хозяин
Pretty Face
1990
Entrance to Labyrinth
1990 · Oleg Khlebnikov
The Enchanted Wanderer
1990 · Priest
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
1990 · Игорь Иванович Степанов
The Suicide
1990 · заведующий тиром Александр Лукьянович Калабушкин
Ono
1989 · Vasilisk Borodavkin
The Stairway
1989 · дядя Миша
Private Detective, or Operation Cooperation
1989 · Editor
Presumption of Innocence
1988 · Bondarev - nachalnik poezda
Hope
1988 · Stepan
Energetic People
1988 · Аристарх Петрович Кузькин
Three on the Red Carpet
1988 · Михаил Иванович Сошкин
May I Die, Lord...
1988
Karpusha
1988 · Karpusha (voice)
Enclosure
1988
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The Twentieth Century Begins - Part 2
1988 · Von Bork
Blackmailer
1988 · Федор Семенович
Restricted Area
1988
Holy Moly!
1988
First Encounter - Last Encounter
1987 · Count
Sherlock Holmes in the 20th Century
1987 · Von Bork
One Time Deal
1987 · Fedor Romanov
Martinko
1987 · Martinko (voice)
Sitting on the Golden Porch
1986 · Kороль Амфибрахий
The Left-Hander
1986 · император Александр Павлович
Snake Catcher
1986 · Konstantin
Five Minutes of Fear
1986 · Леонид Каретников (свидетель)
The Most Charming and Attractive
1985 · Dyatlov
Sincerely Yours...
1985 · Emtsov
Dangerous for Your Life!
1985 · Spartak Molodtsov
The Invisible Man
1985 · Marvel
Through All the Years
1985
Copper Angel
1984 · Ларсен
Before We Part
1984 · Badarin
Chekhov's Vaudevilles
1984
Vitya Glushakov - A Friend of the Apaches
1983 · Arkady
Demidovy
1983 · Menshikov
We're from Jazz
1983 · Samsonov
There Was No Sorrow
1983 · Vadim Petrovich Potapov
The Trust That Has Burst
1983 · Ezra Plunkett
Take Care of the Men!
1983 · Vladimir Rodionov
The Wedding Gift
1983
Mirgorod and Its Inhabitants
1983 · Ivan Shponka
Look for a Woman
1982 · Henri Granden
It's Just Awful!
1982 · Ruslan Ivanovich
Crazy Money
1981 · Vasiliy
Facts of the Past Day
1981 · Grinin
Heirloom
1981
Ladies Invite Gentlemen
1981 · Sanya
We, the Undersigned
1981 · Lyonya Shindin
Don't Leave Your Lovers
1980 · Валера
For the Matches
1980 · Peasant
Next of Kin
1980 · Толик
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979 · "Smoked"
Fuss of the Fusses
1979 · Volodya
Foam
1979 · Валерий Солома, аферист
Tailcoat for an Idler
1979
Live in Joy
1979 · Митяй Пряжкин
Unanswered Love
1979 · Pavlov
Funny People!
1978 · Denis Grigoriev
Incognito from St.Petersburg
1978 · Shpekin
While the Dream is Mad
1978
Счёт человеческий
1978 · Чаплыгин (зооинспектор)
The Rain
1978 · Trenka, apprentice (voice)
Chest of Drawers Was Lead Through the Street...
1978 · Михаил (новелла «Мы едем, едем, едем...»)
A Dog Was Walking on the Piano
1978
The Most Beautiful Horse
1977
You to Me, Me to You
1977 · Ivan Kashkin / Sergei Kashkin
Mimino
1977 · Professor Khachikyan
Timur and His Team
1977
Fun for Old People
1977 · Yefremov
Without Father
1977 · Kesha
These Incredible Musicians, or Shurik's New Dreams
1977
The Last Sacrifice
1976 · Lavr Mironych
The Adventures of Travka
1976
Au-u!
1976 · Пташук Геннадий Иванович («Что наша жизнь?! Или что наша жизнь?!»)
Solo for Elephant With Orchestra
1976 · Grisha
The Flight of Mr. Mc.Kinley
1975
It Can't Be!
1975 · Vladimir Zavitushkin
Afonya
1975 · Afonya
To Dream and to Live
1975 · Иван Григорьевич, механизатор-тракторист, режиссёр
Repeated Wedding
1975 · Михайлов
Lev Gurych Sinichkin
1974 · князь Ветренский
Kysh and TwoBriefcases
1974 · папа Алёши, Дмитрий Эдуардович
Northern Rhapsody
1974
Homeboy
1974 · Fedor
My Friends
1974
This Merry Planet
1973 · Игрек - член экипажа летающей тарелки
Nylon 100%
1973 · работник скупки Веня Гурьянов
Ivan Vasilyevich Changes His Profession
1973 · Zhorzh Miloslavsky / knyaz Miloslavsky
Life and Amazing Aventures of Robinson Crusoe
1973 · Робинзон
Black Gloves
1973
Pyotr Ryabinkin
1973
The Twelve Months
1973 · Old soldier
Aibolit and Barmaley
1973 · Толстый
Boys
1972 · Viktor Viktorovich
White Queen's Move
1972 · Тюликов, тренер Бабуриной
Seventh Skies
1972
Take Your Time
1972
Liberation - Part 4 : The Battle of Berlin
1971
Liberation - Part 5 : The Last Assault
1971 · Signaler Sent to Hitler's Bunker
The Seven Brides of Lance-Corporal Zbruyev
1971 · Priest
Young People
1971 · new settler
Late Child
1971
The Roundabout
1971 · Nikolai Timofeyevich
The Beginning
1970 · Arkadiy
About Friends and Comrades
1970
The Ballad of Bering and His Friends
1970
A Day and the Whole Life
1970
Two Days of Wonders
1970 · зав. терапевическим отделением Мурашев Вадим Леонидович
I Am His Bride
1969
Not Under the Jurisdiction
1969 · Sorokin
Love of Serafim Frolov
1969 · Serafim Frolov
Shine, Shine, My Star
1969 · Red comissar
Crash
1969 · Сыроежкин
Men's Talk
1969 · Alexey
The Golden Calf
1968 · Shura Balaganov
Literature Lesson
1968 · Савелий Сидоров
Viy
1967 · Khoma Brut
Such a Big Boy
1967 · Vasiliy
Elder Sister
1967 · Volodya
Without Witnesses
1966 · Burmakin
Your Son and Brother
1966 · Степан Воеводин, средний сын
Time, Forward!
1965 · Korneev
Everything for You
1965
An Unrealistic Story
1964 · Kostya Remizov
There Is Such a Lad
1964 · Пашка Колокольников, шофёр
Third Time
1963 · Lyonya Fokin
Крыса на подносе
1963
When the Trees Were High
1961 · Lenka
Lyubushka
1961
Machinist Drove the Trains
1961 · Yasha
Midshipman Panin
1960 · Kamushkin
Reports from Lebyazhye
1960 · Сеня Громов
There Will Be No Leave Today
1959 · Morozov
Series (25)
Hello, Andrey!
2017 · Self
The Adventures of Soldier Ivan Chonkin
2007 · Presenter
The Turkish Gambit
2006 · Artillery major
Мастер и Маргарита
2006 · Никанор Иванович Босой
Evropeyskiy konvoy
2003 · General
Brigada
2002 · Петр Чуйков
Memories of Sherlock Holmes
2000 · Von Bork
Streets of Broken Lights
1998 · Ершов - «Дед»
Old Songs about the Main Thing
1995 · рабочий-плотник, Жорж Милославский
Entrance to the Maze
1990 · Oleg Khlebnikov - doktor neyrofiziolog
Life of Don Quichote and Sancho
1988 · Nicolás
We Are Your Children
1988 · Виктор Павлович Демидов, отец Ивана
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: The twentieth century begins
1988 · von Bork
Defeat
1987
TASS Is Authorized to Declare...
1984 · Андрей Андреевич Зотов, инженер-корабел
The Trust That Has Burst
1983
Look for a Woman
1983 · Henri Granden
Мы, нижеподписавшиеся
1981 · Лёня Шиндин, главный диспетчер СМУ
Little Tragedies
1980 · Adrian Prokhorov, Leporello
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
1980 · Von Bork
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
1979 · «Копчёный» (вор-чердачник Валентин Бисяев)
Seventeen Moments of Spring
1973 · Kurt Eismann - SS Obersturmbannfuehrer
The Twelve Months
1973 · Старый солдат
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971 · Иван Малахов - кладовщик
Fuse
1962