Aleksandr Orlov was born on August 8, 1940 in Novosibirsk, Novosibirskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Aleksandr Sergeevich Orlov. He is an actor and director, known for Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khayda (1986), Potapov, k doske! (2007) and Gobseck (1987).