Igor Yevgenyevich Livanov (; born 15 November 1953,

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) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor.

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of the Russian Federation (2004). Younger brother of actor Aristarkh Livanov.

Biography

Igor was born on 15 November 1953 in Kiev. Mother Nina Timofeevna Livanova, father Yevgeny Aristarkhovich Livanov. Parents were heads of theatrical puppet club in the House of Pioneers of the October District in Kiev. Older brother Aristarkh (born 17 March 1947). Since fifth grade, Igor has been boxing. After leaving school he went to

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, who graduated in 1975. Since 1976 he was in active military service in the

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. From 1986 to 1988 he led the actors workshop at the Rostov College of Arts. He worked in the Moscow Experimental Theater at the invitation of his namesake, artistic director of the theater

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. Now in the troupe of the Moscow Moon Theatre of Sergei Prokhanov. In cinema Livanov made his debut in 1979 as Nikolai Torsuev in the Soviet lyrical drama ''Unrequited Love'' directed by Andrei Malyukov. His partners in this film were famous Soviet actors Leonid Markov and

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. In 2003, he participated in the reality show Last Hero 3.

Selected filmography

* Mercedes Is Getting Away From The Chase as Sasha Ermolenko, translator (1980) * The Astrologer as Kurt Rothenberg (1986) * Terminate the Thirtieth! as

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(1992) * At the corner, at the Patriarch Ponds as Sergey Vasilievich Nikolsky, police officer (1995-2004, TV Series) * A Play for a Passenger as Nikolay (1995) * La Dame de Monsoreau as d'Antrague (1997, TV Series) * Empire under Attack as Putilovsky (2000, miniseries) *

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as Captain Nikolai Konovalenko (2004) * Vangelia as

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(2013, TV Series) * The Embassy as Alexey Prokofiev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Caledonia (2018, TV Series)

Personal life

The first wife Tatyana Piskunova and daughter Olga died tragically in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster. The second wife Irina is a former student Igor from

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. They had a son, Andrei (1989 — 2015). In 2000, the marriage broke up, Irina went to the actor

Sergey Bezrukov Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (; born 18 October 1973) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He currently works at Tabakov Studio (the theatre of ...

. Currently Igor's wife is Olga (born in 1978). The couple have two children.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Livanov, Igor 1953 births Living people Male actors from Kyiv Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni