Today, the reader is presented with a biography of Ivan Okhlobystin - screenwriter, director, actor, playwright, priest, politician and just an amazing person all rolled into one. Undoubtedly, the words that a talented person is talented in everything can be attributed to Ivan Ivanovich. For a long time he did not appear in the cinema, to engage in acting again he was pushed by the financial situation of his own family. It is terrible to imagine that the audience could not have the opportunity to see Dr. Bykov performed by this talented artist on television!
Biography of Ivan Okhlobystin: the beginning of his career
In 1966, on July 22, the future artist was born. It happened in the Tula region, Tarusa district. His father worked as a head physician in a local holiday home, and they divorced his mother very soon after the birth of his son. After studying at school, Ivan entered vocational school, received the profession of a computer operator, and then joined the army. After the service he entered VGIK at the directing department and successfully studied there until 1992. Back in his student years, Okhlobystin tried to prove himself to the maximum. He made several notable educational films (among them the sensational Wave Breaker, for which he won the main prize at the Chicago film festival, the audience award in Germany, and the prize for best directorial work at the film festival in France).
Biography of Ivan Okhlobystin: first roles

The debut of Okhlobystin in the cinema took place in 1991, it was a picture called "Leg". In "Arbiter", published in 1992, Okhlobystin worked immediately on three fronts - as an actor, as a screenwriter and as a director. His work was appreciated: he received two awards at once - at the Second Premiere Film Festival and at the Kinotavr. In the period from 1993 to 2000, the actor starred in many films, including “Round dance,” “Three stories,” “Shelter of comedians,” “Coming from the subway,” “Mania Giselle,” “Who, if not us,” “Maximilian "," Above Dark Water "," Middle Age Crisis "," DMB "," Instead of Me. " He also wrote scripts of performances that viewers could see at that time in the Moscow Art Theater. Ivan Ivanovich worked as a secretary in the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, was a journalist, collaborated with the Top Secret holding, published his articles in Business People, and later paid attention to the Political News Agency, where he was a co-founder.
Biography of Ivan Okhlobystin - priest of the Russian Orthodox Church
An amazing fact in the life story of a Russian actor is his ordination as a priest. According to Ivan Ivanovich himself, he came to faith in the ninth grade, when he accepted the sacrament of baptism, and by the end of the 1990s decided to serve the church. First, he came to the temple and helped carry candles, clean the altar, and in 2001, at the proposal of the Metropolitan of Vladimir Vladimir, he left for Asia for seven months, where he was ordained a priest. At first, Okhlobystin served as a clergyman, and simultaneously shot films about Dmitry Ushakov, Prince Daniil, and St. Basil. But then he withdrew from directorial affairs in favor of church affairs. Only in 2007, Ivan Ivanovich returned to the film profession. And the reason for this was the need to provide for a large family - Ivan Okhlobystin and his wife raise six children. At first he wrote scripts, then played in the movie "The Conspiracy." In 2009, he played in the film “Tsar”, “Bullet of a Fool”, in 2010, work began in “Interns” and other films.

Ivan Okhlobystin: biography - children
The artist and his wife raise six children: two sons - Vasily and Savva, and four daughters - Evdokia, Barbara, John, Anfisa. The actor loves his children very much, it is known that he always wears green “baubles” on his arm, which one of his girls weaved.