Gennadi Bokarev was born on December 9, 1934 in Bobrovka, Sverdlovsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Bolshoe zoloto mistera Grinvuda (1991), Nayti i obezvredit (1982) and Pered rassvetom (1989). He died on February 21, 2012 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.