Igor Kantyukov was born on December 29, 1945 in Tula, Tula Oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Igor Vasilyevich Kantyukov. He is known for his work on Voenno-polevoy roman (1983), V poiskakh kapitana Granta (1986) and The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983).