
Leonid Parfyonov
Known for Acting · 33 credits
- Born
- 1960-01-26 (age 66)
- Place of birth
- Cherepovets, USSR [now Russia]
- Also known as
- Leonid G. Parfënov · Леонид Парфёнов · Leonid Parfenov · Леонид Парфенов
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (8)
Movies (25)

Generation P
2011
as TV Journalist

Old Songs about the Main Thing 2
1997

Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных
2012

Boris Godunov
2011
as Schelkalov

The Term. Beginning of a Big Story
2014
as Self (uncredited)
And Personally Leonid Ilyich
2006
as Narrator

Still Waters
2000
as Himself

Russian Georgians. Part 2
2022
as himself (presentor)

Gogol the Bird
2009
as Himself (host)

Zvorykin-Muromets
2010
as Narrator

Russian Georgians. Part 1
2020
as himself (presentor)

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
2005
as Self

Eye of God
2012
as Himself (Presenter)

In Qvevri Veritas
2021

Listyev. A New Look
2020
as himself
Namedni-2020-2. Tiktok. Beirut. Khabarovsk. Belarus. Karabakh. Morgenstern. Navalny and poison
2021
as self

Children of the 20th Congress
1988
as Host

Russia in Bloom
2013
as Himself (Host and Narrator)

Russian Jews. Part Three. After 1948.
2017
as Himself (Presenter)

The Age of Nabokov
1999

Russian Jews. Part One. Before Revolution.
2016
as Himself (Presenter)

He Came to Give Us Freedom
2011
Namedni-1921 Capablanca. Hunger in the Volga region. March 8. Youth Theater. Homeless children
2021

Russian Jews. Part Two. 1918-1948.
2017
as Himself (Presenter)
Namedni-2020-1. Covid. Remote. Resetting. Traffic accident with Efremov. Screenlife
2021
About Leonid Parfyonov
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… With 33 credits spanning from 1986 to 2022, Leonid Parfyonov has appeared in 25 films and 8 TV shows.
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Most Popular Leonid Parfyonov Movies
- Generation P (2011) — as TV Journalist
- Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 (1997)
- Хлеб для Сталина. Истории раскулаченных (2012)
- Boris Godunov (2011) — as Schelkalov
- The Term. Beginning of a Big Story (2014) — as Self (uncredited)
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