Biography

Viktor Gakhov (born May 26, 1962) is a Russian actor. He is known for numerous supporting roles and bit parts in Russian television and movies, as well as for his long-standing stage career. Gakhov graduated from the Gorky Theatre School in 1986, where he studied under V. S. Sokoloverov and R. Ya. Levite. After graduation, he worked at the Chuvash Russian Republican Drama Theatre and at the Liepaja Theatre of the Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet. Since 1991, he has been a member of the Malyshchitsky Chamber Theatre in Saint Petersburg. On stage, Gakhov has performed a wide range of classical and contemporary roles. His theatre credits include Chichikov in Dead Souls, Yayichnitsa in Marriage, and Gaev in The Cherry Orchard. He has also appeared as Gorodnichy in The Government Inspector, Dikoy in The Storm, and Sorin in The Seagull. In television and movies, Gakhov has appeared regularly since the early 1990s. He is known for his roles in the long-running series Streets of Broken Lights (1998), in the horror anthology Russkie strashilki (2001), and in Aleksei German’s film Hard to Be a God (2013).