Ivan Lapikov was born on July 7, 1922 in Gorny Balyklei, Tsaritsyn Uyezd, Saratov Governorate, RSFSR [now Volgograd Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Andreï Roublev (1966), Bratya Karamazovy (1969) and Step (1978). He died on May 2, 1993 in Moscow, Russia.