Master of Sports in judo, was a member of the Moscow youth team. Served three years as a diver in the reconnaissance unit of the Navy on the Baltic Sea. Graduated from the B.V. Shchukin Theater School (class of E. Stavskaya). After graduating from the school, he was an actor at the Klimenko Theater Laboratory.

In 1994 he was accepted into the troupe of the K.S. Stanislavsky Theater. Collaborates with the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater. His film debut was in Vladimir Mirzoev's film "My First Teacher" (1997).