Ivan's parents are actor and director Filipp Yankovsky and actress Oksana Fandera.
On June 26, 2021, in Moscow, their son was born, who was named after Ivan’s famous grandfather—the legendary Russian actor Oleg Yankovsky.
And the first success and recognition among the public came to him after the role of Andrei Kalyaev in the picture "Indigo" (2008), which told the story of people with superpowers.
[5] Among his other successful roles was Pasha Smolnikov in the Russian fantasy film Guardians of the Night (2016).
As the actor noted, about working on the role in Guardians of the Night, in which there are many different tricks, his good physical preparation helped him: "I can for example hang and freeze up in the air upside down for a long time".