Born in Petrograd, RSFSR, USSR. Participant in the Great Patriotic War. Defended Leningrad as part of the 22nd fortified region. In 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Ostrovsky Theatre Institute (course of L.F. Makaryev). In 1952-1979 - actor of the Leningrad Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Since 1980 he lived and worked in the USA. Worked at the Circle in a Square Theatre on Broadway. Acted in episodic roles in American films. Member of the Actors Guild of America, was a member of the Oscar nomination committee.
Everything Is Illuminated
(Grandfather)
Vampire's Kiss
(Fantasy Cabbie)
A Very Old Story
World War Three
(Yuri Rubanov)
The Nick Of Time
Cold Souls
(Donor)
Fear and Despair in the Third Empire
(Doctor)
First Visitor
(Chinovnik)
Conscience Doesn't Forgive
The Falcon and the Snowman
(Mikhael)
The Truth! Nothing But the Truth!
You!
Vanya, How are You Here?
31st Dept.
(заведующий типографией)
Dead Souls
(служащий канцелярии)
Царевич Проша
(стражник)
Next to us
The Package
(Soviet Foreign Minister)
Two Sundays
Kukhlya
Рембрандт
(дежурный офицер)
12 Chairs
(аукционист)
The Strogovs
(staff-captain)
Cadillac Man
(Soviet Husband)
A Couch in New York
(Cab Driver #1)
The Soul Calls
(Vitya (uncredited))
The Only One
(visitor (uncredited))
Men in Black
(Cook)
Way Home
(nemets)
The House on Carroll Street
Third Watch
(Uri Doleska)
Сержант милиции
(таксист)