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Leonid Okunev - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Leonid Okunev is a famous actor known to all lovers of Russian cinema. He was born in the city of Tyumen. All his childhood and youth passed there. After school, he successfully passed the entrance exams and entered the first year of the Tyumen State Institute of Art and Culture. Soon after graduation, the actor began working in the Chelyabinsk Regional Theater and toured as part of their troupe. He spent three years there. In 1972, he returned to his hometown and performed at the local theater, and also became the head of the student club at the Tyumen Industrial Institute.
Leonid Okunev played many gorgeous roles in 1979. At that time he performed simultaneously in two places: the Arkhangelsk Drama Theater and the North Kazakhstan Drama Theater.
In 1993, the artist received the vocation and title of Honored Artist of Russia. Soon he became the artistic director and a couple of years later the director of the Russian Engagement theater. In addition, he actively participates in many productions. The most famous performances with his participation at that time is The Road to Home, where he played Andrei. The audience remembered his amazing play in Flame, the actor was the king there. Also, performances such as Prima Donna, Romeo and Juliet, Laughter Room and others have always been excellent. And his character Kum was also very extraordinary and funny, in the production of Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka.
In 1968, the first film with Leonid Okunev, Passenger from the Equator, was released. There, the actor got a small cameo role. He later starred in the short film Conqueror in 1980. This was his first major role. After filming the film The Truth About Crackles, the actor received a prestigious award for Best Actor at the famous and popular Kinotavr festival. In 2007, he starred in the film Equator, where he played the role of a strict ensign, most of the actors in the film were foreigners. The actor is actively invited to act today. But this does not prevent him from living a quiet life in his small and cozy house in Tyumen.
Leonid Okunev has blue eyes, natural light brown hair color, light skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is rectangular, the forehead is high, the hair is straight, soft. Leonid Okunev does not change hair color, giving preference to natural. The actor has a medium straight nose and a rounded chin. Leonid Okunev sometimes lets go of his mustache and beard. The actor's height is 180 cm, no tattoos.
