He started acting in films while still a schoolboy. Graduated from VGIK (course of Tatyana Lioznova and Lev Kulidzhanov) in 1979. After graduating from VGIK, he actively acted in films. Sometimes a year there were 4 films with his participation. Over the years of creative activity, he has starred in more than 50 films. From the early 1980s, he was engaged in dubbing foreign films, and in the early 1990s this became his main profession.