Leonid Aleksandrovich Bichevin (

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: Леони́д Алекса́ндрович Биче́вин; born 24 December 1984) is a Russian film and theater actor.

Early life

Leonid Bichevin was born in

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, Moscow Oblast,

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(now

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). In his youth he was engaged in music, and played in a band on the guitar. In addition, since his childhood he had a horse and he was fond of horse riding. After the ninth grade of school, he decided to devote himself to breeding and raising rare breeds of horses. For this, he entered the agricultural school in

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. However, after studying there for a while he became interested in becoming an actor. Enrolled in the

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, he graduated in 2006 from the course of Yuri Shlykov. Graduation theatrical performances: "Straw Hat" by E. Labish; "West Side Story" by A. Lorents; "The Theatrical Novel" by M. Bulgakov. In 2006, right after receiving the diploma, he was admitted to the troupe of the State Academic Theater named after E.B. Vakhtangov. He collaborated with the Vilnius Theater Angelica Holina and played in the production of "Carmen" J. Bizet (director A. Kholin, the role - Don Jose).

Career

He is best known for his roles in films '' Cargo 200'' and ''

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. Bichevin has been the member of the

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since 2006, and has participated in plays such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Measure for Measure''.

Personal life

He dated his classmate at the theater institute, actress Agniya Kuznetsova. On 29 July 2011, Leonid Bichevin married actress Mariya Berdinskikh. They had a son Ivan in September 2014. At the end of 2019 they had a second son Stepan.

Filmography

Theatre roles

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bichevin, Leonid 1984 births Living people People from Klimovsk Russian male film actors Russian male stage actors Russian male television actors Male actors from Moscow 21st-century Russian male actors