Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (8.04.2013). In 1978-1985 he worked at the Theater-Studio "Na Krasnoy Presne" under V. Spesivtsev. In 1989 he graduated from GITIS (course of A.A. Goncharov and M.A. Zakharov). In 1987-1990 he played in the performances of the Mayakovsky Theater "Truth is good, but happiness is better", "Passion for Mitrofan", "Sunset". In 1989 he was accepted into the troupe of the Lenkom Theater.