Leonid Parfyonov
Known for: Acting
Russian veteran journalist, news presenter, TV producer and author of many popular documentary TV shows. Parfyonov is best known for his studio work and productions for the NTV (of which he was Producer General between 1997 and 1999) until that TV channel was subdued by the government-owned Gazprom Media. From December 3, 2004 until December 20, 2007 he was an Editor-in-Chief of Russky Newsweek, Russian edition of Newsweek. Parfyonov is currently a member of Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights. As the author and narrator of the daily culture news TV show Namedni on NTV, Parfyonov produced the line of popular history TV documentaries which he narrated and hosted on-site of almost each event portrayed. The series achieved great success and were repeatedly broadcast for years after premiere.
Filmography
Series
KVN Major League
Self - Judge
1986
Series
Fort Boyard Russia
Self - Host
1998
Series
Evening Urgant
Self
2012
Series
Namedni
Self
1997
Series
Намедни 1961—2003. Наша эра
1997
Film
The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
Self (uncredited)
2014
Film
Russian Georgians. Part 1
himself (presentor)
2020
Series
Karamora
Emperor
2022
Film
Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
2012
Series
Без души
Гость
2019
Series
Russian Empire
Presenter
2000
Film
Generation P
TV Journalist
2011
Film
In Qvevri Veritas
2021
Film
Children of the 20th Congress
Host
1988
Film
Still Waters
Himself
2000
Film
Russian Georgians. Part 2
himself (presentor)
2022
Film
Boris Godunov
Schelkalov
2011
Film
Eye of God
Himself (Presenter)
2012
Film
Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997
Film
Zvorykin-Muromets
Narrator
2010
Film
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
Self
2005
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
2021
Film
Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
Himself (Presenter)
2017
Film
He Came to Give Us Freedom
2011
Film
Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
Himself (Presenter)
2017
Film
Listyev. A New Look
himself
2020
Film
Gogol the Bird
Himself (host)
2009
Film
Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
Himself (Presenter)
2016
Film
Russia in Bloom
Himself (Host and Narrator)
2013
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
2021
Film
The Age of Nabokov
1999
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
Narrator
2006
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
self
2021