Leonid Yarmolnik

Leonid Yarmolnik is a popular film actor, producer and TV presenter. The charismatic artist conquered the Soviet audience with comedy miniatures, which became hits of the "Around Laughter" program, popular in the 70s.

Later he was able to reveal his dramatic talent, playing the main roles in the films "Moscow Vacation", "The Enchanted Site", "Barak".

Leonid was born in the Far East, in the provincial town of Grodekovo, Primorsky Krai. Leonid is a Jew by nationality, which he never concealed, just as his parents did not shy away from it. But the future artist's family was not religious, he is far from the Jewish faith, does not know the language or rituals, from which he also does not suffer. Papa Isaak Yarmolnik served as an officer in the motorized rifle battalion of the Soviet Army, and mother Faina worked as a laboratory doctor.

When the boy was in primary school, Yarmolnik the senior was transferred to the other end of the country, to Lviv. The school years of the future artist passed in Western Ukraine. Lenya grew up as a talented boy, study was easy for him, but the classes did not cause much enthusiasm. But outside of the school curriculum, Yarmolnik started many hobbies: he went to the pool, learned to play the accordion, loved to read, and at one point he became very interested in theater.

The desire to play on stage was so great that Leonid enrolled in a theater studio at the People's Theater. Lenin Komsomol. Even then, he was distinguished by his desire for originality: he grew long hair and wore round glasses, for which the teachers often scolded him, and school friends awarded him the nickname Lennon because of the similarity with the famous "Beatle".

After leaving school, Leonid decided to choose an acting path and applied to the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. But he failed to enter there, and the young man had to wait a year to try again. This time, Yarmolnik decided not to risk it and chose the Moscow Shchukin Theater School, where he was enrolled.

Student life was intense. Thanks to his open character, Leonid, who lived in a student hostel, quickly made new friends, the closest of whom was the future sex symbol of Soviet and Russian cinema, Alexander Abdulov.

After completing his studies at Pike in 1976, Leonid was assigned to the famous Taganka Theater. The start of his theatrical career was successful: thanks to the chief director of the theater Yuri Lyubimov, Yarmolnik immediately got one of the main roles in the production of The Master and Margarita.

At that time, Vladimir Vysotsky was still playing on the theater stage. The actors worked side by side for 4 years, at which time some of Vysotsky's roles (for example, Kerensky) were transferred to the young artist with his consent.

Creative biography of Leonid in cinema began in 1974 with a role in the comedy "Your Rights?" There were still 5 years left before the nationwide fame. In the late 70s, Alexander Abdulov recommended the actor for a role in the film "The Same Munchausen". The character of the son of the famous baron, played by Yarmolnik, was remembered by the general public. The actor is distinguished by his ability to convey the bright character of the character to the audience in a few seconds of film time. Such a hero turned out to be a bandit nicknamed Vile from the 1979 television movie "Detective".

In 1984, the main director was replaced at the Taganka Theater. Anatoly Efros took the place of Yuri Lyubimov, and the changes significantly affected the cast. Since, according to the artist's recollections, the new leadership was not interested in him, Yarmolnik was among the first to leave the theater after 8 years of service. Left without work, Leonid was engaged in conducting concerts and holidays. In the late 80s, the artist joined his friend Andrei Makarevich on his musical tour in the United States.

After a long time, Leonid resumed his theatrical activities and today plays on the stage of the Sovremennik Theater, in particular in the play "Happy New Year!" directed by Rodion Ovchinnikov.

In the 80s, Yarmolnik most often played negative characters. Paradoxically, such a specific role created difficulties in real life: despite the fact that Leonid Yarmolnik's creative biography consisted of more than 100 films, they did not want to be admitted to the Union of Cinematographers for a long time. The man twice starred in the popular newsreel "Yeralash": in 1985 he played a primitive teacher, and in 1990 - a grown-up schoolboy.

In 1995, the romantic film "Moscow Holidays" was released on wide screens. This film has become a landmark for the actor: firstly, here he played a major role for the first time, and secondly, in “Moscow Holidays” Yarmolnik made his debut as a producer.

It should be noted that the artist coped with both tasks successfully: the film was a great success among the audience, and warm reviews brought Leonid the Golden Aries film award in the Producer of the Year nomination.

Leonid Yarmolnik is an amazingly versatile actor. As a dramatic artist, he revealed himself in the television series The Enchanted Plot, where he played the role of a psychotherapist so convincingly that his character is still recommended for study in some psychological universities. And for the role of a disabled photographer in the drama "Barak", the artist received the State Prize in the field of cinematography from the hands of the President of the Russian Federation. For the same role he was awarded the prestigious Nika film award.

In 2013, the expected "long-term construction" of Herman Sr. "Hard to be God" was released on wide screens, the shooting of which lasted 13 years. In the film, Leonid Yarmolnik appears before the audience in the image of the noble don Rumata Estorsky. For this role, the actor received his second "Nika".

In 1979, Yarmolnik appeared in the humorous TV show Around Laughter with the miniature Chicken Tabaka, which was a great success with viewers. In the same place, the artist presented the numbers "Turning on a floor lamp" and "Iron". An artist of average build (with a height of 175 cm, Leonid's weight did not exceed 73 kg) with an unusual appearance caused laughter in the hall, as soon as he appeared on the stage.

The audience liked Yarmolnik's humor, which more than once helped him achieve career growth. In the 90s, he became a famous media personality. In addition to his acting career, Leonid managed to realize himself as a TV presenter. The artist led the projects "Fort Boyard", "Hotel", "L-Club", "Gold Rush" and "Garage".

Until 2012, the actor was a permanent member of the jury in the Club of the cheerful and resourceful, but due to disagreements with the head of KVN Alexander Maslyakov, he left the program. Until 2016, he was a member of the jury of the popular transformation show "Just the same".

The actor's first love was his colleague in the Taganka theater, actress Zoya Pylnova, at that time the wife of Vladimir Ilyin. The uncertain relationship lasted 7 years, but the artists did not dare to make serious changes in their personal lives.

The first marriage of Leonid Yarmolnik with Elena Valk was fictitious: the actor concluded it in order to obtain a Moscow residence permit. The second time he married theater artist and designer Oksana Afanasyeva. In her youth, she met with Vladimir Vysotsky and became the bard's last love.

The bride of Yarmolnik herself turned out to be from a creative dynasty. Great-grandfather sewed all the actresses of the Moscow Art Theater, he had his own studio in Kamergersky Lane. One grandfather worked with Fyodor Chaliapin, the other with Isadora Duncan.

In 1983, the couple had a daughter, Alexandra, who followed in her mother's footsteps and made a career in the visual arts. Alexandra has chosen an unusual profession - she is a glass artist. Her stained glass windows are considered to be among the best and she collaborates with renowned Venetian masters.

The wife and daughter could not keep the artist from "love stupidity". As the journalists found out, Yarmolnik met the new year 2014 not with his family, but with a young actress Victoria Romanenko at a resort in Courchevel. They held hands and showed each other signs of attention.

The actors themselves did not confirm the novel, and later were not seen together. An event happened in the life of the actor that for a long time distracted him from possible adultery.

At the end of 2014, Alexandra became the wife of businessman Andrei Maltsev, and a little later Yarmolnik had a grandson, who was named Peter. The artist became a grandfather at the age of 60 and honestly admitted that before that he was very jealous of the colleagues whom the children gave grandchildren. Leonid Isaakovich is delighted with the boy, he happily talks about how the baby crawls and how many teeth he has.

The man is proud that he is "allowed" to walk with his grandson, although he is lost if he suddenly wakes up. The actor tries to spend as much time with him as possible, and when he is forced to leave the house for several weeks or months, he gets bored, constantly calls his daughter and son-in-law.

It is known that the artist's parents, as well as his sister Lyudmila, have been living in New York since the early 90s. Since the end of the 80s, the actor himself has been living in the village of Podushkino near Moscow, next to the Rublevskoye highway. According to the actor, he has long lost the habit of living in a metropolis and will never exchange a country house for an apartment in the center of the capital.

The man is known for his harsh remarks and assault scandals. In 1980 he smashed the camera of the Komsomolskaya Pravda correspondent, in 2007 he grabbed the phone and hit the photojournalist Marat Saychenko.

In 2010, dogs belonging to the artist, being unattended, bit a 2-year-old neighbor's girl. Two years later, during a rally of animal advocates, the actor announced that he was ready to kill doghunters.

On April 22, 2015, during a debate on the TV show "Live", a representative of the dog hunter movement Gennady Osovitsky said something quietly to Yarmolnik, who was invited as a star. The artist announced to the entire studio that Osovitsky advised him to leave for the promised land. Subsequently, Leonid Yarmolnik accused the leadership of "Russia 1" of anti-Semitism, since, according to the actor's statement to the BBC service, the channel should be responsible for the people it broadcasts. The press service of VGTRK declined to comment on this incident.

In 2016, Leonid Yarmolnik and Nikolai Fomenko performed on Latvian radio. The transfer turned out to be ambiguous. The guests accused the Russian youth of not knowing who Lenin is and where the Crimea is, they called both Makarevich and the fans who condemned him hypocrites. The artists' remarks quickly spread across the Internet and caused completely different reactions. Yarmolnik and Fomenko do not comment on this.

Recently, Leonid Yarmolnik rarely appears on television, does not replenish the filmography. In an interview, the artist explained his behavior by the fact that the level of issues that are raised in today's talk shows and are raised in TV shows are extremely low.

However, in 2017, the actor and his wife Oksana still attended the release of the Smak program hosted by Ivan Urgant. In the process of making homemade cutlets, Yarmolnik shared the good news with the TV presenter - an imminent replenishment in the family. Alexander's daughter was waiting for the birth of her second baby, who had already been given a name - Pavel. The artist even joked that their house would soon turn into a "branch of the Peter and Paul Fortress."

Now Leonid continues to appear on the theater stage. One of the performances with the participation of the actor - "And again with the coming!", Where he plays in tandem with Nikolai Fomenko. Before the winter holidays, the hero of Yarmolnik learns that he has lost his family. He decides to celebrate the New Year alone, on the landing. A guest unexpectedly appears - a former classmate dressed as Santa Claus.

In 2018, it became known that Leonid Isaakovich began work on the Odessa project, in which he acted as a producer and performer of the main role. The news appeared on the actor's personal account on Instagram. In the photo, Yarmolnik appeared surrounded by other actors of the project - Evgeny Tsyganov, Irina Rozanova, Ksenia Rappoport and Evgenia Brik. Valery Todorovsky undertook to direct the film. To preserve the retro style, the shooting is carried out using film.

1979 - "Detective" 1979 - "The same Munchausen" 1982 - "Look for a woman" 1983 - "Inspector Losev" 1986 - "Mikhailo Lomonosov" 1987 - "A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines" 1995 - "Moscow Holidays" 1999 - "Barack" 2006 - "The Enchanted Plot" 2008 - "Hipsters" 2011 - "My Crazy Family" 2013 - "Sherlock Holmes" 2013 - "It's Hard to Be God" 2016 - "Night Guards"

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