- He was a Soviet and Russian stage and movie actor.
- His mother worked as a cashier at the Mossovet Theater, and she often took him with her. In the theater, the boy spent all his main time.
- He starred in Tatyana Lioznova's melodrama "Evdokia". The picture revealed the difficult relationship between the main characters. Evdokia was played by the outstanding actress Lyudmila Khityaeva (in this role she opened up in a new way), and Lebedev got the main male role - Evdokim. By the way, together with Nikolai, the talented actor Viktor Avdyushko auditioned for this role, but Lebedev turned out to be more convincing. Nikolai Lebedev said: "Before filming, the actress Barabanova told me: You all played in The Age of the Century. Now play what is already behind the peer. This is exactly what she said!" As a result, the picture was a great audience success, taking 9th place at the box office (34.4 million viewers).
- He fought in Ukraine, in August 1941 he was captured near Uman, fled. Several times he was arrested by the Germans and again escaped from captivity.
- Lebedev graduated from the school in 1950, in the course of Viktor Stanitsyn.
- He received the Order of the 'Patriotic War II degree' (1985).
- Lebedev's wife, Anna Kasenkina, was also an actress. They lived together for more than half a century.
- In recent years, Nikolai Sergeevich did not act in films. He still worked at the Theater, Moscow City Council. Among his recent roles: Von Doust in the play "The White Guard", Doctor - "King Lear", Gibner - "The Government Inspector", Poole - "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", Gavrila - "Foma Opiskin".
- In 1960 he got an invitation to the main role in the Soviet-French heroic drama Normandie-Niémen, which tells about the glorious French squadron that fought in the Russian skies during World War II. Nikolai Sergeevich recalled: "The samples were taken by an amazing woman, Kheifitz's wife Sophia Milman. She worked with me directly at the Stanislavsky school. Later, I confessed to her that you are my godmother in the cinema.
- In 2018 he received the title of People's Artist of Russia.
- During the Great Patriotic War, he was drafted to the Red Army in April 1941, to fight as a private machine gunner. He was contused and captured by the Wehrmacht in July-August 1941, during the Battle of Uman. After his release by the enemy, he was tested by the Soviet counter-intelligence agency, SMERSH, and was ultimately cleared and let go.
- After the war, he acted at the Moscow Theater of the Young Spectator for two years until deciding to combine his studies and work, entering the Moscow Art Theatre School.
- In the late 50s, Nikolai Lebedev, like many young actors, began to visit Mosfilm in the hope of getting at least a small role. The debut could take place in 1959, when he was invited to one of the leading roles in Mikhail Kalatozov's romantic drama The Unsent Letter. Lebedev had already almost passed, but at the last moment the director preferred Evgeny Urbansky to him, who by that time had managed to gain fame thanks to his role in the film The Communist.
- His grandfather was a supplier to the court of His Imperial Majesty, he had horses, carriages, and he was one of the first in Moscow who became the owner of a car.
- Together with his wife Anna Kasenkina Nikolai had no children, although Kasenkina had a son from her first marriage, whom Lebedev raised as his own. After the death of Anna, he lived with his son's family.
- He received the "Order of Honor" on 24.04.2008.
- Due to the heavy workload, the parents could not pay much attention to their son, as a result, in the ninth grade, Nikolai was expelled from school for absenteeism. Without thinking twice, he immediately entered the theater studio (where the famous Khmelev and Efros taught) and at the same time began to study at courses in order to get a secondary education.
- A new stage in the actor's film career began in the early 70s. After a long break, he again began to be invited a lot, however, now more often in supporting roles.
- As it was known that he had been a prisoner during the war, Lebedev was banned from acting at the Moscow Art Theatre, despite both parties agreeing to it at first. Yuri Zavadsky introduced him to the Mossovet Theater instead, where Lebedev ultimately acted for more than 60 years.
- He was caught trying to cross the front line and sent to a concentration camp. Changed several camps, including Auschwitz. After being released by the Soviet troops and being checked by special agencies, he returned to Moscow, to the MTYuZ, where he worked before the war.
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