Leonid Markov was born on December 13, 1927 in village Alekseevka, Almolinsk uyezd, Akmolinsk Governorate, Kazak ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Akkol, Akkol District, Akmola Province, Kazakhstan]. He was an actor, known for The Garage (1980), Krasnoe i chernoe (1976) and Plata za istinu (1978). He died on March 2, 1991 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].