Venyamin Smekhov was born on August 10, 1940 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR as Veniamin Borisovich Smekhov. He is an actor and director, known for D'Artanyan i tri mushketyora (1979), Mafiya: Igra na vyzhivanie (2016) and Smok i malysh (1975). He has been married to Galina Aksyonova since 1980. He was previously married to Alla Smekhova.