Tarihin Filatova yana da ban sha'awa, koda idan kun dauki sunansa. Gaskiyar ita ce, iyaye na actor sunaye guda ne. Mom da Dad Leonid saboda wannan kuma ya sadu. Rayayyun su ne mai ban sha'awa da rashin daidaituwa a ma'anar cewa ba za su iya saduwa ba, idan ba don wannan lokacin ba. Mahaifiyar Filatova ta yi aiki a ma'aikata, inda suka rarraba jerin rundunonin soja da suke bukata su rubuta zuwa gaba. A nan ne mahaifiyar Leonid ta ga sunaye, ya rubuta masa, sai suka hadu, sun yi aure. A sakamakon ƙarshe, wannan ya haifar da haihuwar dan wasan kwaikwayo na gaba. Abin takaici, sun zauna tare ba don dogon lokaci ba, kuma bayan kisan aure, mahaifiyata da dan hagu. Tarihin yaro ya ci gaba a Ashgabat, inda suka zauna tare da dangi. A hanyar, akwai wurin cewa Leonid ya bude wani basira don rubutawa. Yayinda yake matashi, ɗaliban makarantar sakandare, Lenya ya riga ya aike da aikinsa ga manema labaru, kuma an buga shi a can.
Amma, ban da sha'awar wallafe-wallafe, Leonid ya zama mai sha'awar wasan kwaikwayon. Lokacin da ya yi karatu a matsayi na goma, sai ya gaya wa iyalinsa da abokai cewa bayan ya bar makaranta ya tafi Moscow, inda zai tafi VGIK. Babu wanda ya hana shi, domin ko da yake abokai da abokan hulda sun lura cewa mutumin, yana da basira don yin aiki. Saboda haka, nan da nan bayan kammala karatun, Lenya da 'yan wasu abokan aiki sun tafi Moscow. A gaskiya ma, mutanen sun kasance masu amincewa da kwarewar su kawai saboda sunyi jagorancin halayyar matasa da girman kai. Suna jin cewa duk suna jira a can kuma za su je inda suke so. Amma, duk abin da ya juya gaba ɗaya ba daidai ba ne. Alal misali, Filatov kansa yana so ya zama darektan, amma ba a yarda da shi ba a wannan hanyar ta VGIK. Leonid ya riga ya damu da damarsa, lokacin daya daga cikin abokan aikinsa ya gaya masa kada ya bari hannunsa kafin lokaci ya kuma gwada hannunsa a makarantar Shchukin. Sai kawai wannan lokaci, kada kuyi aiki a kan mataki, amma a kan ƙwaƙwalwarsa. Filatov yayi biyayya da kyakkyawar shawara, kuma ya aikata abu mai kyau. An yarda da shi a makarantar Shchukin kuma a can ya kammala aikin Lvov da Shikhmatov.
Ilimi Filatov ya kammala a shekarar 1969. Nan da nan an gayyatar da shi zuwa gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Taganka. Yawancin abokansa da abokansa sunyi imanin cewa mutumin bai dace da wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayon cikin halinsa ba. Leonid wani saurayi ne mai kyau kuma mai daidaitawa. Kuma a kan Taganka duk abin da ke cikin sauri, mai ƙarfi. Duk da haka, Leonid a wannan lokaci bai sauraron ra'ayi na abokai ba, ya tafi ya yi aiki a wannan gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Mai wasan kwaikwayo bai yi nadama akan zabi ba a wani lokaci a rayuwarsa. Wannan wasan kwaikwayo ya zama daidai inda Filatov zai iya bayyana kansa. Haka ne, ba shakka, bai sanya wasan kwaikwayo a duniya ba, amma ya taimaka wajen gano kansa. Filatov sau da yawa ya tuna cewa a farko yana da burin gaske kuma yana so ya zama sananne, amma sai ya gane cewa wannan ba babban abu bane. Kunna a wasan farko, "Me za a yi? "Chernyshevsky, saurayi ya fahimci cewa ya fahimci kuma ya yarda da masu sauraro. Kada ya san miliyoyin, amma daruruwan, amma waɗannan daruruwan nan da nan kuma da gaske sun ƙaunace shi. Kuma, saboda haka, shi ainihin mawaki ne mai basira, kuma halin da jama'a ke nunawa ya tabbatar da ita. A cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Taganka, Filatov ta taka muhimmiyar rawa mai ban sha'awa, tasiri da mahimmanci. Ya nuna kansa a matsayin tragedian, mai ban dariya actor da kuma comedian. A cikin kowane aikin da aka tattara a ɗakin majalisa, Filatov yana da matsayinsa, da aikinsa, wanda ya yi da gaske da kuma kyau cewa dukan masu sauraro suna sha'awar kowane saurayi da kuma basira.
Ya kamata a lura cewa Filatov yana da daraja sosai a kan gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Lyubimov. Yayi sha'awar kwarewarsa da kuma ikon yin halitta. Lyubimov ya kasance mai kyau a ƙwararrun matasa, ya ba shi matsayi mai ban sha'awa, yaba shi. Amma, idan aka kwatanta da sauran 'yan wasan kwaikwayo, Filatov taka leda a Taganka ba haka ba ne. Watakila wani zai zama mai wasan kwaikwayo ya ji cewa burinsa ba zai gamsu ba, kuma zai fara neman sabon aiki. Duk da haka, Filatov bai kasance kamar wannan ba. Ya yi imani cewa yana samun isa ya bude kansa a gaban masu sauraro kuma ya sami kansa a kan mataki. Bugu da} ari, ya nuna godiya ga} ungiyarsa da abokansa. Filatov shine mutumin da yake sanya kullun na kyauta fiye da burinsu. Bugu da ƙari, tare da shi yayi aiki da ban mamaki da kuma kyakkyawan mutane da Filatova zasu iya fahimta sosai. Ya taka leda a mataki guda tare da Vladimir Vysotsky, Valery Zolotukhin, Alla Demidova, Boris Khmelnitsky.
Amma, ba shakka, Filatov sananne ne ga masu sauraro ba kawai don wasan kwaikwayo ba. Ya taka rawar gani mai yawa a cinema. Dukanmu mun san "Mancinda aka manta da sauti" da kuma "Crew". Baya ga wadannan zane-zane, a cikin tarihin mai daukar hoto akwai sauran fina-finai masu ban sha'awa da suka zama babban gudunmawa ga finafinan Soviet. Filatov kansa yana da masaniya a cinema kuma ya ƙaunaci nau'o'i da nau'i-nau'i, yayin da yake ba da fifiko kawai ga hoto mai zurfi da zurfin hoto. Yawancin duk Filatov ya yi wa Fellini sujada. Ya kasance a kan wannan daraktan cewa ya yi daidai lokacin da ya tsara nasa hotuna bisa ga rubutunsa. Filatov dan wasan kwaikwayo ne, darektan kuma mawaki. Ya karbi matsayi na kasa, amma a lokaci guda ya raunana lafiyarsa. A wani lokaci, Leonid yana aiki da koda, kuma wannan shine ya raunana lafiyarsa. Saboda haka, lokacin da yake asibiti tare da ciwon kwalliya, likitoci sun kasa ceton wasan. Filatov ya wuce shekara hamsin da shida.