Viktor Pavlov

Viktor Pavlov, one of the most popular Russian actors of the 1970s and 1980s, was in more than 150 films and played over 100 roles on stage. He was born Viktor Pavlovoch Pavlov on October 6, 1940, in Moscow, Russia. Young Viktor Pavlov finished eight grades, got a job as an industrial metal-worker, and became involved in amateur acting class at the House of Teachers. From 1959-1963 he studied acting at Schchepkin School of Maly Theatre where his classmates were Oleg Dal, Vitali Solomin, Mikhail Kononov, and Sergey Nikonenko. In 1963 he graduated from Schchepkin School as an actor from the class of Nikolai Annenkov. From 1962-1965 Pavlov was a member of the legendary troupe at "Sovremennik" Theatre in Moscow, then he worked with other theatre companies in Moscow. Viktor Pavlov was still a student in 1961, when he made made his big screen debut in Kogda derevya byli bolshimi (1962) by director Lev Kulidzhanov.