Avangard Leontiev

Avangard Nikolaevich Leontiev (; born February 27, 1947, in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, teacher, professor. People's Artist of the Russian Federation. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1995).

Selected filmography Train Stop – Two Minutes (1972) as viewer Little Tragedies (1979) as Solomon A Few Days from the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1980) as Alexeyev Alone and Unarmed (1984) as photographer The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1984) as narrator Dark Eyes (1987) as official in St. Petersburg The Parrot Speaking Yiddish (1990) as Zaremba Burnt by the Sun (1994) as Chauffeur The Barber of Siberia (1998) as Andrei's uncle Silver Lily of the Valley (2000) as episode Turning (2002) as manager Yesenin (2005) as Anatoly Lunacharsky Adjutants of Love (2005) as Paul I of Russia Sunstroke (2014) as prestidigitator The Age of Pioneers (2017) as Yuri Levitan Van Goghs (2018) as Veniamin