Vladimir Gostyukhin was born on March 10, 1946 in Sverdlovsk, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Ekaterinburg, Russia] as Vladimir Vasilevich Gostyukhin. He is an actor and director, known for The Ascent (1977), Nash bronepoyezd (1989) and Smirennoe kladbishche (1989). He is married to Alla Prolich.