Leonid Filatov

Leonid Filatov
Filatov in 1985
Born	(1946-12-24)24 December 1946 Kazan, Soviet Union
Died	26 October 2003(2003-10-26) (aged 56) Moscow, Russia
Resting place	Vagankovo Cemetery, Moscow
Occupation(s)	Film director, actor, poet
Years active	1969-2003

Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov (Russian: Леонид Алексеевич Филатов; 24 December 1946 – 26 October 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director, poet, pamphleteer, who shot to fame while a member of the troupe of the Taganka Theatre under director Yury Lyubimov. Despite severe illness that haunted him in the 1990s, he received many awards, including the Russian Federation State Prize and People's Artist of Russia in 1996.