Leonid Mozgovoy

Leonid Mozgovoy was born on April 17 1941 in Tula In 19611965 he studied at the Leningrad state Institute of theater music and cinematography LGITMiK at the faculty of dramatic art course of Professor B V Zona His fellow students were Olga Antonova Lev Dodin Viktor Kostetsky Sergei Nadporozhsky Natalia Tenyakova Vladimir Tykke About his teacher and the learning Process L Brain recalls in detail in the book School of Boris Lessons of acting and directing St Petersburg 2011 From 1965 to 1970 he worked at the Leningrad theatre of musical Comedy In 1967 he became a Laureate of the Leningrad competition of artistsreaders4 He is well known as an actor of literary variety for many years he successfully works in Lenkontsert now Petersburgconcert Popular is his oneman show Funny by F M Dostoevsky in the St Petersburg classical theater His debut work in film was the role of A p Chekhov in the film Stone by Alexander Sokurov5 He became a favorite actor of the Director starring in his paintings Moloch Hitler and Taurus Lenin