Ivan Gerasimovich Lapikov[a] (7 July 1922 – 2 May 1993) was a Soviet and Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR for the year 1982.

[1][2] Lapikov was born in the village of Gorny Balykley, near Tsaritsyn (now – Dubovsky District, Volgograd Oblast).

After the World War II began, Ivan started to work in the Gorky Drama Theater (Stalingrad).

After The Chairman (1964 film) by Alexey Saltykov (1964), where the actor had played the brother of the lead character, Lapikov became famous.

Later he created a whole gallery of the Russian characters: Kirill in Andrei Rublev, Lyagavy in The Brothers Karamazov, Pankrat Nazarov in Eternal Call, and many other roles.