We can say with absolute certainty that this actor knows any Russian TV and movie viewer. And all because the charismatic Leonid Yarmolnyk, if he appeared in the frame, it is simply impossible not to notice and forget.
Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, producer, winner of the prize "Golden Aries" in the nomination "Best Producer of the Year" and winner of the State Prize of Russia Leonid Yarmolnik was born on January 22, 1954 in the city of Grodekovo (Primorsky Krai). Then Yarmolnik's family moved to Lviv, where he graduated from school - here he came fascinated with literature and theater - and began to play in the theater studio at the Lenin Komsomol People's Theater. By the way, in school Yarmolnik for round glasses and long hair was nicknamed Lennon.
Entry immediately after graduation to the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema was unsuccessful. And the next year he became a student of the Moscow Theatre School named after Shchukin, one of his friends at that time was Alexander Abdulov, who studied at GITIS. After graduation, and it happened in 1976, Yarmolnik was enrolled in the troupe of the Taganka Theatre, where Yuri Lyubimov immediately offered the aspiring actor a role in the production of "Mother and Margarita". In those years, the theater on Taganka was the center of stars.
Vladimir Vysotsky - and Yarmolnik only had to learn from them.
Leonid Isaakovich’s debut in the cinema went unnoticed: the film “Your Rights”, which was shot in 1974, was not a success. Several episodic roles followed, which also did not bring the desired success. Fame came to him unexpectedly, after his performance in the TV program "Around laughter", where Yarmolnik showed a miniature "Chicken tobacco". Around the same time, Leonid played the role of Theophilus, the spoiled son of Baron Munchausen in the film by Mark Zakharov.
"The very Munchausen" . And the episode "And I say - do not growl!" with the participation of Yarmolnik (bandit Gnus) in the film Valery Fokin
"The detective" For a long time became a visiting card actor. Directors, as a rule, assigned him the role of negative heroes, the features of which for some reason were transferred to the actor himself, and because of this, Yarmolnik could not join the Union of Cinematographers for a long time. Today, his work in the films "Look for a Woman" is well known.
"Man from Capuchin Boulevard" "French", "Two Arrows", "The Enchanted Land", "It's Hard to Be a God" and others.
Yarmolnik made a successful career as a TV presenter, with his participation the programs "L-club", "Gold Rush", "Hotel" and "Garage" were created. Leonid Isaakovich is a permanent member of the jury of the final festivals of KVN.
Yarmolnik’s wife is named Oksana, she works as a theater costume designer, and their daughter Alexandra chose the Stroganov Art Academy as an alma mater. /
