Andrei Leonov was born on June 15, 1959 in Moscow. Andrei’s father is a famous actor of cinema and theater Evgeny Leonov. In school, the boy had an average academic performance. Debut in the movie took place at the age of thirteen, then he got a cameo role in the drama “Racekeepers” directed by Igor Maslennikov.
In 1976, he began his studies at the B. Shchukin Higher Theater School on the course of A. Kazanskaya, dreamed of playing in the productions “The Legend of Thiel” and “There Wasn’t a List.”
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Andrei Leonov was born on June 15, 1959 in Moscow. Andrei’s father is a famous actor of cinema and theater Evgeny Leonov. In school, the boy had an average academic performance.
Debut in the movie took place at the age of thirteen, then he got a cameo role in the drama “Racekeepers” directed by Igor Maslennikov.
In 1976, he began his studies at the B. Shchukin Higher Theater School on the course of A. Kazanskaya, dreamed of playing in the productions “The Legend of Thiel” and “There Wasn’t a List.”
In 1978, the actor starred with his father in a famous film.
Ordinary miracle" Mark Zakharov as a hunter's apprentice. The film also starred such famous actors as Irina Kupchenko, Yuri Solomin, Alexander Abdulov, Andrei Mironov.
In 1979, immediately after graduating from the school, he was accepted into the Lenkom Theatre troupe. After two years in the theater, the actor decided to join the army.
On his return, Andrey Leonov again entered Lenkom. He could be seen in the performances “Hamlet”, “Two Women”, “Royal Games”, “Memorial Prayer”. At the same time, he almost did not appear in the movies.
In 1984, he played a major role in the drama.
Time and the Conway family" Vladimir Basov. In 1990, he played a minor role as a pilot in the film “Witch Dungeon” by Yuri Moroz.
Andrey Leonov began to work in cinema since 2002, when he starred in a detective television series.
"Female logic" Playing the investigator. Then the series “At the Corner of Patriarchs 2” was released, and then “Wealth” based on the novel by V. Pikul.
In 2005, the actor appeared as a colleague and friend of Sergei Yesenin in the series Yesenin, on which Igor Zaitsev worked, the main role was played by Sergei Bezrukov.
Two years later, Leonov starred in the series “Daddy’s Daughters” as a father of many children and a psychotherapist. After the release of this film, Andrei began to be called the “Main Pope”.