Viktor Grigoryevich Il'ichev, anabadwira ku Leningrad pa February 5, 1946. Ali mwana, Viktor anaphunzira pa studio ya ana ku Theatre. Leningrad City Council. Mu 1967 adamaliza maphunziro awo ku mtsogoleri wa zisudzo Georgy Tovstonogov ku Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinema ndipo adali mmodzi mwa ophunzira opambana a mtsogoleri wotchuka. M'chaka chomwecho adakhala woyimba a Leninsky Theatre yotchedwa Leningrad City Council, ndipo adagwira ntchito ku Theatre. Komissarzhevskaya. Ilyichev ali ndi masewero angapo ochititsa chidwi pa mndandandanda wake: Alyosha (Horse ya Przewalski), de Jussac (The Three Musketeers).
Atamaliza maphunziro awo, mu 1968 Victor pamasewero madzulo ku WTO pa Nevsky Prospekt anakumana ndi achinyamata omwe anamaliza sukulu ya Vaganovsk School Svetlana, omwe anakwatirana nawo chaka chimodzi ndikukhala pamodzi kuti akhale ndi moyo.
Ntchito ya filimu ya Viktor Grigoryevich inayamba pa nthawi ya maphunziro ake mu 1966, ndipo adawerenga mu filimuyi "Mlongo Wakulire." Kuchokera m'chaka cha 1977, amagwira ntchito pa sewero la Lenfilm. Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti mpaka pano ali ndi mafilimu 13 ndipo gawo lalikulu mu filimuyi "Moyo Waumwini wa Kuzyaev Valentine" motsogoleredwa ndi Ilya Averbakh ndi Igor Maslennikov, filimuyi imatengedwa ndi anthu ambiri kuti akhale ntchito yabwino kwambiri. Chiwonetsero chonse cha filimuyi ndi zojambula 81. Anagwira ntchito zambiri ku studio ku Moscow, Odessa, Leningrad ndi mizinda ina, anakhala wojambula wotchuka wa RSFSR, akhoza kutchedwa wojambula wa dziko ndi chiwerengero cha kuzindikira ndi kutchuka popanda chikumbumtima. Zina mwa mafilimu a Ilyichev kumeneko ndi otchuka kwambiri komanso omwe amawakonda kwambiri ku Russia, monga "Galu ku Manger" (1977, udindo wa mtumiki Fabio); "Khulupirira kuti kupasuka" (1983, kusewera ndi Rufus); "Victor Glushakov - bwenzi la Apaches" (1983, mu gawo la Gennady Stepanovich); "Genius" (1991, yovumbulutsidwa ndi Makar); "The Chronicle of Dive Bomber" (1967, mu udindo wa Osadchy); "Fraka for the Shoal" (1979, Georgy Myakishev's syglal); "Woyang'anira GAI" (1982, udindo wa Andrianov); "Green Van" (1983, adasewera Fedka Byka).
Mu 1995, chifukwa cha mavuto a zachuma ndi zoopsa zina za ku Russia, Viktor Grigoryevich anakhala ndi moyo wake pamodzi ndi mkazi wake Svetlana Osiyeva, yemwe kale anali ndi mpira wotchedwa Mariinsky Theatre ndi mwana wake Michael ku US (Boca Raton, Florida). Mkazi wa Victor anapita kukaitana ku sukulu ya ballet. Mu States, Victor anakumana ndi zosowa zake monga woyimba: sanaitanidwe ku Russia, ndipo zinali zosatheka kuti apite ku Hollywood popanda chidziwitso cha chinenerochi. Komabe, woimbayo sanataya mtima, sanayambe kusinthana ndi maudindo osiyanasiyana ndi kupeza ntchito yosagwirizana ndi chidziwitso. Zaka khumi zitatha, Ilyichev adayitanidwa ndi mkulu wa Anatoly Eyramdzhan kuti ayambe kuyendera mafilimu atatu ochepa kwambiri a bajeti - "Brave Reflex", "Ukwati mu maola 24" ndi "Popanda Kuswa Chilamulo", filimuyi inali yomaliza mu filimu ya Viktor Grigorievich mu 2004. Monga Eyramdzhan mwiniwake adanena, "Ndinakhutitsidwa nazo, adachita masewera olimbitsa thupi", koma malipiro a mafilimu amenewa anali ndalama zochepa - 2000-3000. Pamene Ilyicheva adayitsidwanso kuwombera chaka chimodzi ndi Anatoly Eyramdzhan, woimbayo adafunsa kuti apereke ntchito yake pang'ono ndipo anakanidwa, ndipo sanawonekere mu filimuyo "Mphatso ya Chilengedwe".
Mu 2010, woimbayo anapeza khansa, matendawa anali osasamala. Anayesedwa kuti apite kuchipatala ku yunivesite ya Miami, kumene ntchito zambiri zinkachitika. Pambuyo pake madokotala anapeza metastases, mankhwalawa anali chabe, kuchiritsa Victor Ilyichev mwatsoka analephera. Anamwalira pa October 8, 2010, ali ndi zaka 65 m'tawuni yaing'ono ya Boca Raton kum'mwera chakum'maŵa kwa Florida.