Born on the Volga-Baltic Canal, and spent all his childhood in the Far East in the city of Shimanovsk. In 1982 he graduated from the Irkutsk Theater School. In 1984, after serving in the army, he immediately entered the 3rd year of GITIS, the course of Oleg Tabakov. At the end, in 1986, he was accepted into the troupe of the Oleg Tabakov Theater. TV presenter of the program "Country Hour" on the channel Russia-1. Honored Artist of Russia (1995).