Lviv Lennon.
What is interesting, from the many facts of the biography of Leonid Yarmolnik can be distinguished for our article? Well, perhaps, we will begin with Leonid's childhood. Pope Yarmolnik was an officer, therefore, for a while his family had to travel from city to city. So, for example, the biography of the actor began in Primorsky Krai, Grodekovo. Date of birth of Leonid - twenty second of January 1954. However, it is worth noting that for a long time the Yarmolnik family in this city did not live. Already in the sixties the biography of the future artist continued in another city. And not some, but in the cultural capital of Ukraine - the city of Lviv. Not surprisingly, it was there that Leni began to show and develop talents for art. After all, Lviv is a city in which cultural life is round the clock. Philharmonic, theaters, studios - all this has to become interested in art and develop talents in oneself. That's exactly what happened with Yarmolnik.
When Lenya was in high school, he was always fond of something. The fact is that the boy studied well, and, practically did not make efforts to it. Accordingly, he had a lot of free time. Instead of constantly running around with the boys in the yard, Leonid studied at the music school accordion class. When he became older, he became very interested in theater. The guy realized that he wants to do more serious acting, so he entered the theater studio at the People's Theater. Leninist Komsomol.
When Leonid was at school, everyone called him John Lennon. Of course, this was not an offensive nickname, because everyone is pleased when it is compared with the idol of that time. And they called it Lenya because he had long hair and round glasses, just like Lennon. Of course, for such haircuts, at that time, teachers constantly scolded the students, but Lenya did not stop this.
Carier start.
If we talk about the beginning of a serious creative career, then Yarmolnik did not come all at once. For example, after leaving school he decided to go to Leningrad. Departing from the Ukrainian cultural capital to Russia, Lenya was going to enter the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema. However, it turned out that nobody wanted this institute. The guy failed the exams, which, of course, was very upset. But, Leonid was not going to drop his hands so easily. He waited a year, and, this time, went to Moscow. There he passed examinations at the school named after Shchukin, and was enrolled in the course. That's where the student life began. Since Leonid was a visitor, he was placed in the hostel of GITIS. And there, Leonid was able not only to know all the joys of student life, but also to meet the person with whom he was going until the last day. And now it is not about love, but about real friendship. It was there, in the hostel of GITIS, Leonid met with an amazing man and a talented actor, who always was and remains his best friend, despite the fact that this person is no longer there. It's about Alexander Abdulov. It was with him that Lenya experienced all the student years, the first successes and disappointments in the professional sense, as well as much, much more. Lena and Sasha always stayed together, helped each other, and never betrayed each other.
After Leonid finished his studies, he was sent to work at the Taganka Theater. It was there that he played his first serious role in the production of "Master and Margarita". The director of this performance was a talented man - Yuri Lyubimov. Working on Taganka liked Leonid. Moreover, along with him on the same stage stood such amazing people as Zolotukhin, Smekhov, Demidov, Vysotsky. Leonid was never a close friend for Vladimir, but, nevertheless, their relationship has always been very good. Yarmolnik learned a lot from Vysotsky. Some of his role, Vladimir himself gave to Leonid. Such an act meant a lot of respect for Yarmolnik and faith in his professionalism.
Cinematography.
But, no matter how much Leonid liked to work in the theater, still, he always wanted to act in films. Therefore, the guy was always looking for the opportunity to play somewhere at least episodic role. For the first time Yarmolnik appeared on the screens in 1974. He played in the film "Your Rights", however, then no one noticed him. But, in 1979, Yarmolnik spoke in the program "Around the laughter." It was there that his image of the "chicken of tobacco" was remembered and liked by spectators. After that, Yarmolnik got in the film "The same Munchausen", where he brilliantly portrayed the role of Theophilus, the son of the main character.
After that, Leonid played a lot of roles, and, most of his characters were negative. But in life, Leonid is a cheerful and kind person. But, thanks to his talent, all his characters always turned out to be sincere and believable. Although Yarmolnik was not accepted for a long time to the Union of Cinematographers, millions of spectators adored him and eagerly awaited new appearances on the screen.
But with the theater at Yarmolnik did not work out. After the position of Lyubimov on Taganka took Efros, Leonid left the theater. He realized that there he would never get the roles he had dreamed of. Therefore, Leonid decided to leave the theater. Of course, for a while he was difficult, and he undertook any job that suited him by profession. But then everything got better and Leonid never regretted the chosen path.
Yarmolnik is a very versatile person. He played in a lot of films, he was a producer of paintings, he led a variety of humorous programs. He was constantly seen on the screens, he has many admirers. So Leonid's creative life was fine. As, however, and personal. The actor has a beloved wife Oksana, who works as a costume designer and daughter Sasha - a student of the art academy. Leonid Soul does not talk in his family and considers himself a very happy person.