Leonid Leonidov

Leonid Mironovich Leonidov (Russian: Леонид Миронович Леонидов, 3 June [O.S.

22 May] 1873 – 6 August 1941) was a Russian and Soviet actor, director and pedagogue.

Born Leonid Meyerovich Volfenzon (Russian: Леонид Мейерович Вольфензон) in a Jewish family in Odesa, he worked in the Moscow Art Theatre from 1903.

His roles included Dmitri Karamazov, Othello, Lopakhin.

Konstantin Stanislavski called him "the only Russian tragic actor."