Anatoliy Kuznetsov is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1979).

He studied at the vocal department of the music school. In 1951 he entered two theatrical universities at once, but did not choose the Shchukin school, but the School-Studio named after V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko at the Moscow Art Theater, which he graduated in 1955 (course of A. Karev). For the first time on the screen, Anatoliy Kuznetsov appeared in the film "Dangerous Trails": as a third-year student, he played the young scientist Nikolay Zheludev. In 1958 he became an actor in the Theater Studio. Actively acted in films in the second half of the 1950s.

The role of the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov, who glorified the actor, was played by him in 1969 in the film of Vladimir Motyl "The White Sun of the Desert". The film gained immense popularity among the audience, and the Red Army soldier Fyodor Sukhov, performed by Anatoliy Kuznetsov, became a cult figure in the Soviet Union.

In total, over his career, Kuznetsov played more than a hundred film roles.