Aleksei Popov was born on March 24, 1892 in Nikolayevsk, Samara Governorate, Russian Empire as Aleksey Dmitrievich Popov. He was an actor and director, known for Dva druga, model i podruga (1927), Two Soldiers (1943) and Mechta i zhizn (1918). He died on August 18, 1961 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.