Leonid Vivyen was born on April 29, 1887 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire as Leonid Sergeevich Vivyen de Shatobren. He was an actor and director, known for Vzyatiye zimnego dvortsa (1920), Aleksandr Popov (1949) and Men of the Sea (1938). He died on August 1, 1966 in Leningrad, USSR.