He studied at the Leningrad Institute of Railway Transport Engineers. He served in the navy. In 1992 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK) (specialty: actor, director of theater and cinema). In the 1990s he was a DJ at Radio Modern under the pseudonym Arkady Arnautsky. Later he was a DJ at Radio Nostalgie. Together with Yegor Druzhinin he directed the theater and dance company of the Valhalla restaurant in St.

Petersburg. Personal life: married, raising two sons. He performed in the play "Kysya". In 2002-2005 he was a director-producer of TNT television programs: "Okna", "Bremya deneg" and "Dom". In 2008 and 2010 he appeared in the prank program "Marshrutka" on Channel Five (it was originally supposed to air on REN TV).