His mother is a pediatrician, his father a surgeon, his sister a translator. Honored Artist of the Republic of Mordovia (2014). After finishing school he entered the Saransk College of Culture, but dreamed of Moscow. He was admitted to the Shchukin Theatre School on his fourth attempt. In 1998 he graduated from the Shchukin Theatre School (E.

Knyazev's course). He performed at the Gogol Theatre and the Theatre under the direction of A. Dzhigarkhanyan (2001-2009). In 2009, after his debut on the stage of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre, he was accepted into the troupe of the Art Theatre.