Ivan Okhlobystin

Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin (; born 22 July 1966) is a Russian actor, director, screenwriter, and former Orthodox priest. He was not defrocked by the Russian Orthodox Church, but was banned from priesthood for his roles in movies deemed "unworthy of the priestly dignity". He is the creative director of the company Baon.

Early life Okhlobystin was born on 22 July 1966 in the recreation center "Polenovo" (Zaoksky District, Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union), where his father, Ivan Ivanovich Okhlobystin, was a military doctor, and a participant in World War II. He was then 62 years old, and worked as the head physician at Polenovo. His mother, Albina Ivanovna Stavitskaya, then worked in the staff of the weekly "Vesti".

Work in the cinema continued in 2000 with the cult film Demobbed, the script for which Okhlobystin wrote in co-authorship with the film's director Kachanov; the plot of the film was partly based on Okhlobystin's own memories of service in the army. He is also banned from entering Latvia and Estonia, and all films and TV series which feature him are banned in Ukraine.

Personal life He has been married since 1995 to actress Oksana Okhlobystina (née Arbuzova) and has six children.

Selected filmography

As actor Leg (1992) Guardsmith Three Stories (1997) Mama Don't Cry (1998) 8 ½ $ (1999) Demobbed (2000) Down House (2001) Tsar (2009) Moscow, I Love You! (2010) Interns (2010–2016) series Office Romance. Our Time (2011) Generation P (2011) (Malyuta) Kiss through a Wall (2011) (wandering magician) Nightingale the Robber (2012) (Sevastyan Grigorievich "Nightingale" Solovyov) Bird (2017) (Oleg Ptitsyn) Wild League (2019) (Yasha) Serf (2019) (Lev) Non-Orphanage (2022) (Andrey Mast) Serf 2 (2024) (Lev) Prostokvashino (2026) (Pechkin the Postman) Serf 3 (2026) (Lev)

Voice roles Rango (2011) (Rattlesnake Jake, voice, Russian language dub) Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf (2011) (The King, voice) The Snow Queen (2012) (The troll Orm, voice) Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 2 (2013) (The King, voice) The Snow Queen 2: The Snow King (2015) (The troll Orm, voice) Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 3 (2016) (The King, voice) ABCs of SMO (2024) (Sergeant)

As director Moscow, I love you! (2010)

As screenwriter Demobbed (2000) Down House (2001) Paragraph 78 (2007) The House of the Sun (2010) Moscow, I Love You! (2010)