Ivan Lapikov was born on July 7, 1922 in Gorny Balyklei, Tsaritsyn Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR [now Volgograd Oblast, Russia] as Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov. He was an actor, known for Andrei Rublev (1966), The Brothers Karamazov (1969) and Steppe (1978). He died on May 2, 1993 in Moscow, Russia.