Leonid Filatov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leonid Filatov

Soviet film director

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1946

Place of Birth: Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Oct-2003

Profession: screenwriter, actor, poet, film director, presenter

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Leonid Alekseyevich Filatov (Russian: ?????´? ??????´???? ????´???, IPA: [l???'n?it ?l??'ks?ej?v??t? f??'lat?f] (listen); 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.