Ga Leonidas a lokacin yaro, yana da matukar muhimmanci a zama matukin jirgi. Amma Bykov yana da ci gaban da bai dace ba. Mafi mahimmanci, mun yi farin ciki cewa wannan shi ne yanayin da tarihin mai wasan kwaikwayo Leonid Bykov. Wane ne ya san abin da zai faru idan an dauki wasan kwaikwayo na gaba a gaba a 1943. Zai yiwu tarihinsa zai bambanta, ko kuma ba zai ci gaba ba. A wannan lokacin da iyalin Bykov ke fita, a Barnaul. Mutumin yayi karya cewa yana da shekaru goma sha takwas kuma yana so ya je makaranta, amma saboda girma da bayyanar Leonid nan da nan ya bayyana.
Na dogon lokaci don mai wasan kwaikwayo na gaba, buƙatar zama matukin jirgi ya zama abin ƙyama. Tarihinsa ya hada da gaskiyar cewa bayan yaki Leonid ya shiga makarantar jirgin sama, amma bai yi nazarin a can ba fiye da wata daya. Kuma ba wani abu mummunan aiki ba ne. Abin sani kawai malamai sun fahimci cewa Leonid ba zai so hakan ba, matukin jirgi ba zai iya kasancewa mutum mai tsayi na ɗari da talatin da shida ba.
Bayan da Bykov ya fahimci cewa ba zai zama matukin jirgi ba, mutumin ya yanke shawarar zaɓar aikin mai wasan kwaikwayo. Ya shiga Kiev School of Actors kuma ya kasa shiga gasar. Abin sha'awa da girman kai, Leonid bai so ya koma gida ba. Ya yi tunanin cewa abokansa za su yi masa ba'a kuma zai ragargaza zuciyarsa. Don haka mutumin ya tafi Kharkov kuma yayi kokarin shiga gidan wasan kwaikwayon. Gaskiya ne, kawai yana fuskantar rabo, musamman ba sa fatan zai yi nasara. Amma, duk da haka, Bykov ya shiga cikin shekarar farko na makarantar, tun da dukan malamai daga hukumar sun yi farin ciki da wannan saurayi.
Bayan ya kammala karatu daga gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kusan shekaru goma, Leonid ya yi aiki a Kharkiv Theater wanda ake kira bayan Shevchenko.
Leonid ya fara harbi a shekarar 1952. Matsayinsa na farko da aka sani shi ne muhimmancin Petit a cikin Tamer Tiger. Wannan fim ya zama sananne a cikin masu kallo na Soviet. Mutane da yawa suna jin tausayi da irin, Petya mai ƙaunar, wanda ya zama aboki mafi kyau ga yarinyar, wanda yake ƙaunarsa sosai. Hoton na gaba shine hoton "Maxim Perepelitsa". A nan ne Leonid ya taka muhimmiyar rawa, ya karbi ƙaunar duniya ga masu sauraro. Ya taka rawar da wani saurayi mai farin ciki wanda ya san yadda za a fita daga kowane matsala, ya bi rayuwa sauƙi da farin ciki. Duk da haka, a cikin yanayi mai tsanani, kada ku daina ku sami hanya. Bykov ya san yadda za a yi wasan kwaikwayo da rawar jiki. Sabili da haka, idan ya yiwu, ya yi ƙoƙari ya zabi nau'in haruffa, don haka ba a gane shi a matsayin mai wasan kwaikwayo wanda yake riƙe mask. Abin da ya sa Leonid ya nuna kansa daga bangarori daban-daban kuma ya sa dukkan masu kallo su ji daɗin shi.
A cikin shekaru sittin, Bykov ya fara gwada kansa a matsayin darektan. Saboda haka ya kai matarsa da yara daga Kharkov kuma ya tafi Leningrad. A nan ne aka ba shi damar yin fina-finai. Tabbas, samfurori na farko ba su da kyau, amma nan da nan Leonid ya bude basirarsa a matsayin darekta. Ya harbe hotuna mai ban mamaki, wanda mutane da dama za su iya godiya. Kuma sai ya zo shekarun kwanciyar hankali. Bykov ya koma Ukraine, amma bai fara aiki a can ba. Bai so ya harba ko dai ba. Leonid ya fara jin kunya a cinema. Ya yi kama da shi cewa mafi yawan fina-finai ba ƙarya ba ne, ba su da fasaha, kawai suna so su harbe wani abu da hukumomi zasu so. Leonid ya ga yawancin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo daga gidan wasan kwaikwayon, daga ɗakunan fina-finai, wanda ya ji dadinsa. Ga Bykov wannan ƙari ne ƙwarai, saboda yana jin kamar wasan kwaikwayon da wasan kwaikwayo, kamar yadda yake so kuma ya gan su, ya fara fada. Wannan ya raunana actor. Ya motsa shi cikin bakin ciki. Wannan ya faru har sai lokacin da Bykov ya fara yin fim din "Wasu tsofaffin maza suna zuwa yakin." Wannan hoto ne wanda ya zama mafi ƙaunataccen kuma abin tunawa ga masu kallo. Har yanzu tana ci gaba da kuka ga dukan al'ummomi a Ranar Shaida. Wannan fim ya zama damar da za a daukaka matakan jirgin da Bykov yayi. Ya yi duk abin da wannan hoton ya fito a kan fuska. Duk da cewa, a wani lokaci, an yi la'akari da cewa ba jariri ba ne. Sun buƙatar rufe harbi da yawa, Leonid ya iya cire wannan babban abu, yana wasa daya daga cikin manyan ayyuka a ciki. Rundunar 'yan wasa ta jagorancin Kyaftin Titarenko ya lashe zukatan dukan masu kallo. A cikin kasa da watanni shida, mutane 50 da miliyan hudu sun kalli fim din. A wannan lokacin, babban ofisoshin akwatin ne. Mutane suna raira waƙar fata, suna kuka a kan Romeo da sauran haruffa, waɗanda matasan su suka yi sauri da sauri da kuma yakin basasa.
Wani aikin da aka tsara ta hanyar Bykov wani fim ne game da yaki - "Aty-bata, sojoji suna tafiya". Wannan fim din kuma ya sami karɓa a tsakanin masu sauraro. Amma, a kan hoton wannan hoton cewa Leonid yana da ciwon zuciya na farko. Gaskiyar ita ce, Bykov ya damu da gaske saboda fina-finansa, saboda cewa ba abin da aka bari a yi magana ba, saboda gaskiyar cewa ba za a iya aiwatar da dukkanin ra'ayoyin ba. Hakika, ya yi farin ciki da nasara da yabo, amma shi, mafi yawa, yana so kawai masu sauraro suna jin dadin gani, suna kallon zane-zanensa.
Taron zuciya na biyu a Bykov shine saboda dansa yana cikin tarihi tare da fashi da kantin kayan ado. Amma, bayan wannan, Bykov har yanzu dawo dasu. Rayuwar mota ta karɓe rayuwarsa. Mai wasan kwaikwayo da darektan ne kawai shekaru hamsin. Ya kasance mummunan haɗuwa da yanayi wanda ya ɗauki mutum mai basira.
A jana'izar, Bykov, kamar yadda ya nemi a cikin nufinsa, bai yi kuka ba. Kawai "yanke a" "Fatar fata", a ƙarshe, ga Maestro.