[4] His mother, Nina Timofeevna Livanova and his father, Yevgeni Aristarkhovich Livanov, were leaders of the puppet theater circle in the House of the pioneers of the Oktyabrsky district of Kyiv.

[4] This success came to Livanov in 1980 after starring of Serge Alekseev white officer in the adventure film State Border.

This work has brought fame to the actor and cemented him aristocrat roles, intolerant belonging to the lower classes.

In 1986 Livanov left the Mossovet and moved to the Russian Army Theatre, but did not stay there long, and in 1987 became an actor Gorky Moscow Art Theater.

One of the prominent role of the time — the captain of the Ravens in the blockbuster Thirtieth Destroy, where the actor played with his brother Igor Livanov.