Vladimir Krasnopolskiy was born on June 14, 1933 in Sverdlovsk, Uralskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast, Russia] as Vladimir Arkadevich Krasnopolskiy-Ledov. He is a director and actor, known for Ermak (1996), Messing (2009) and Taezhnyy desant (1966).