Leonid Kanevsky

Leonid Semyonoviсh Kanevski (, , ; 2 May 1939, Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR ) is a Soviet, Russian and Israeli actor. He became popular with the Soviet audience after starring in The Investigation Is Conducted by ZnaToKi detective series where he appeared as major Tomin.

Biography Leonid Semyonovich Kanevsky was born on May 2, 1939, in Kyiv, Ukraine, into a Jewish family.

His mother studied piano at the Kyiv Conservatory, completing two years of coursework before marrying at age 19, leaving the conservatory, and relocating with her husband to the Caucasus, where he worked.

In 1933, his elder brother Alexander was born, followed six years later by Leonid himself.

At age 17, Kanevsky moved to Moscow and enrolled in the Shchukin Theatre Institute, studying under Vera Konstantinovna Lvova. From 1960 to 1967, he performed at the Moscow Lenkom Theatre. He later joined the Moscow Malaya Bronnaya Theatre, where he remained until 1991.