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,