Leonid Kmit

Leonid Aleksandrovich Kmit (born Aleksei Aleksandrovich Kmita; Russian: Алексей Александрович Кмита́; 9 March 1908 – 11 March 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor. In 1931 he graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy (SPbGATI), where he studied in the acting class of Yevgeny Chervyakov. In 1936 he was invited to join the Russian Army Theatre's company. In 1957 he became an actor of the Screen Actors Theater in Moscow.

Kmit performed in more than thirty films from 1929 to 1982. He is best known for his performance as Petka in Chapaev.

Selected filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1980 Star Inspector reporter
1964 Come Here, Mukhtar! Stepan
1960 Michman Panin Savichev, non-commissioned officer
1953 Hostile Whirlwinds policeman
1951 Taras Shevchenko Captain Obriadin
1950 Brave People handicapper
1939 Commandant of the Bird Island sailor Kositsyn
1934 Chapaev Petka
Lieutenant Kijé copyist


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