Vsevolod Dmitrievich Safonov (Russian: Все́волод Дми́триевич Сафо́нов; 9 April 1926 – 6 July 1992[1]) was a Soviet actor of theatre and cinema.

Тo the great disappointment of Vsevolod Safonov, the medical commission did not allow him military service for health reasons.

[5] in Moscow, and was immediately noticed by Alexander Tairov, creator and artistic director of the Kamerny Theatre and was invited to work in his troupe.

Vsevolod Safonov's first major role in cinema was of Lieutenant Yuri Kerzhentsev in the war film "Soldiers" (1956) directed by Alexander Ivanov, which brought the actor initial recognition.

[4] The actor received all-union stardom in 1970 after the drama Belorussian Station directed by Andrei Smirnov appeared on the country's cinema screens, in which Safonov played the role of the Soviet journalist Alexei Kiryushin, a former front-line soldier.