Mother Nina Timofeevna Livanova, father Yevgeny Aristarkhovich Livanov.
Parents were heads of theatrical puppet club in the House of Pioneers of the October District in Kiev.
In cinema Livanov made his debut in 1979 as Nikolai Torsuev in the Soviet lyrical drama Unrequited Love directed by Andrei Malyukov.
His partners in this film were famous Soviet actors Leonid Markov and Inna Makarova.
[3] The first wife Tatyana Piskunova and daughter Olga died tragically in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky rail disaster.