Igor Yevgenyevich Livanov (russian: И́горь Евге́ньевич Лива́нов; born November 15, 1953,

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

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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 Aristarkh Yevgenyevich Livanov (russian: Ариста́рх Евге́ньевич Лива́нов; born 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999).

Biography

Igor was born on November 15, 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 March 17, 1947). Since fifth grade, Igor has been boxing. After leaving school I went to

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. Entered LGITMiK on course of

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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 Vasily Livanov. Now in the troupe of the Moscow Moon Theatre of

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. 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

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and

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. In 2003, he participated in the reality show

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Selected filmography

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

Savely Govorkov Sergeant Savely Govorkov (nicknamed Furious, also called Sergei (Rex) Govorkov in films) is a fictional character featuring in novels by Victor Dotsenko and others in the Soviet Union. A breakout character, Govorkov was created by Victor Dotsenko ...

(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 ''La Dame de Monsoreau'' is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas, père published in 1846. It owes its name to the counts who owned the famous château de Montsoreau. The novel is concerned with fraternal royal strife at the court of Henri III ...

as d'Antrague (1997, TV Series) * Empire under Attack as Putilovsky (2000, miniseries) * 72 Meters as Captain Nikolai Konovalenko (2004) * Vangelia as

Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany from 1933 until his death in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then ...

(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

Volgodonsk Volgodonsk ( rus, Волгодонск, p=vəlgɐˈdonsk) is a city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, located in the east of the oblast on the west bank of the Tsimlyansk Reservoir. Population: 28,000 (1970). History Volgodonsk was founded in 1950 as ...

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

Sergey Bezrukov Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Вита́льевич Безру́ков, 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 th ...

. 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