Born in Moscow in an ordinary (not acting) family. He studied at school number 516 in the south-west of Moscow. He was a "not the best" student, always sitting on the back desk. Teachers often complained about him. In 1976-1979 he studied at the "Children's Puppet Theater" at the Dynamo plant, then - at the "ZIL Theater Theater Studio". It is incomprehensible how he got on the set of Yeralash, how he caught the eye of Pavel Arsyonov and got the role of Kolya Gerasimov... In 1988 he graduated from high school, worked as a loader before the army…