Birth-Place Siberia, Russian Federation

                         

Ethnicity:
Russian- Jewish - American
Languages spoken: Russian,   English,                        Hebrew
 

Mother's bedtime stories & songs

                                                  Birthday:     October 24-th, 1973

 Zodiac sign: Scorpio          


Height:  6"4" ( 1.93 m)
Weight:  200 lb ( 91 kg)
Body Mass Index: 24.4
Build:
     lithe,
         svelte,
         muscular,
         droolworthy!!

                   ( oh swoon..)


  Eye color: BLUE

Hair: (natural) dark, with curls
                                                                 

     

Drink: COFFEE!!   


                  
Foods: loves Italian

HOBBIES:

-Rollerblading, sports, gymnastics:

- GOOD MOVIES: (examples: Brokeback Mountain, The Umbrella of Cherburg aux Folles, )

- BOOKS:  ( Currently reads English books to brush up his commands of the language: mostly European authors.
                              Loves Russian classics by Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin. A recent read was by Russuan classical author
                              Mikhail Lermontov inspired by the fairytale " Forget Me Not"
                
        
         Lev Tolstoy                                   Fedor Dostoevsky                          Alexandr Pushkin

Also WRITES in his spare time! Currently working on a book...

Read Leonid's book


   Current abode: BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

  


When he thought no one watching!!
click .. you'll get to see what kind of underwear Leonid wears in real life; (gaspl)

What make is the car??



Places He's performed in:
USA ( Miami, Las Vegas, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Hollywood, Atlantic City...)
Russia ( Moscow... all around the country), Greece (Athens), Japan, France ( Paris),
Ukraine, Germany, India ( Delhi), Tajikistan


 Loves flowers, especially bouquets at the end of a performance ...




Adam in Eden... Smoking hot!!     

 
On a more serious note,
let's plumb  Leonid's heart & soul...

Leonid's personal signature 

Leonid's the trusted mentor, best friend, costume designer, manager ,
cum director...
Taras Kardashov 

       

       Leonid the Magnificent

Leonid the Magnificent (born Leonid Filatov; Russian: Леонид Филатов) is a Russian performance artiste born in 1973 in Siberia who now lives in Brooklyn, New York City. Leonid has been performing on stage since the age of 12. He finished Russian Circus School and University of Art and Culture to become an artist and a show creator. While in Russia, Leonid Filatov gained recognition by the Cultural Committee of the Government of Moscow as an acclaimed artiste of the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" - the most prestigious in the nation. Since coming to the USA he has performed in many cities across America including Miami, Las Vegas, New York City, New Jersey, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

His repertoire includes classical, modern or exotic dances, highly-skilled circus acrobatics, musicals, comedy and drama. He performs solo or with his troupe, the Leo-Leopatra show. His style is highly versatile depending on the venue and occasion, ranging from serious and classical to raucous and edgy.

Leonid became known nationwide after his appearances on the first season of America's Got Talent in 2006. He was selected to go to the semi-finals. David Hasselhoff, a judge on the show, picked him to go on the wild card episode. His appearances on this show gained him a cult following and internet videoclips of these performances have been viewed by thousands of fans from around the world.

He reappeared in the final audition round of Season 2, and got in, although this time Hasselhoff's support for him had vanished as the Hoff threatened to leave the show and walked off temporarily after the other two judges, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan, voted Leonid through. On June 26, 2007, when this episode was broadcast on national TV, the search terms "Leonid The Magnificent" rose to nationwide No. 13 on Google Trends.^[1]

Leonid has also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 19, 2005, and Jimmy Kimmel Live! in August 2006. On April 22, 2006, he was given the PREMIO ARTE Award as Extravagant Artist of the 2005 Year, in New Jersey. On March 28, 2007, he appeared on Greece national TV as a special guest star on Greece’s Got Talent in Athens, Greece. Most recently, Leonid auditioned once again for America's Got Talent in the 2011 New York auditions by singing and doing a quick-change magic act. He received a "Yes" vote from Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne, but Piers Morgan voted "No". He described Leonid as a "yo-yo that no matter how hard I throw away, it kept coming back."

www.Leo-Leopatra.com 2011