Viktor Bychkov

Viktor Bychkov (Виктор Бычков) (born 1954)^[1] is a Russian actor. He won a 2002 Golden Eagle Award and a 2004 State Prize of the Russian Federation.^[1]

Bychkov was born on September 4, 1954, in Leningrad. He grew up in a large 8-rooms communal apartment, where the population was forty. From childhood, Bychkov dreamed of becoming an actor. He played his first role in the summer camp. In his youth, Bychkov went to drama school, where he played the main role. He served in the Soviet army. He studied at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema (teacher Igor Vladimirov), he graduated in 1982.

His first film part was in The Last Escape (1980) by Leodina Menaker.

Selected filmography

• Perekhod tovarishcha Chkalova cherez severnyy polyus (1991)
• Music for December (1995)
• The Cuckoo (2002)

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