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Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (Russian: Евгений Эдуардович Цыганов; born 15 March 1979) is a Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and composer.




Early life


Yevgeny Tsyganov was born in Moscow in the family of employees of the Moscow Research Institute.
Yevgeny graduated from the music school in the piano performance class. Starting from the age of nine, he spent four years playing various roles at the Taganka Theatre, where he participated in productions created especially for young viewers.




Career


In 1993-97 Tsyganov performed with the youth rock band A.S. Then he created a new group with his friends, Grenki, and played at various clubs in and around Moscow. The band released one album and was disbanded by 2004, reunited in 2009.
In 1996 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, but studied there for only one year and eventually decided to change his major to film direction.
In 1997 he entered the directing department Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, from which he graduated in 2001, where he met Pyotr Fomenko, who some time later invited Yevgeny to work together on some joint projects.
In 2000, Tsyganov played a role in the play One Absolutely Happy Village and a year later joined Pyotr Fomenko Studio Theater.
In 2001, Yevgeny played a title role in the film Collector (2001) by Yuri Grymov, which was his first film role. The debut was very successful and kick-started his cinema career. Already in 2002, Tsyganov was awarded at the film festival Kinotavr for his role in the film Let’s Make Love.
The movie Mermaid (2007), in which he played a major role, was selected as the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, but was not nominated.
In the following years he built up an impressive portfolio in Russian cinema, yet remained active in the theatre.
In 2022, he won the Golden Mask as Best Actor for his performance in Dmitry Krymov's Mozart. Don Juan. The General Rehearsal in Fomenko Workshop Theatre.
As of 2024, he is referred to as the main actor of Russian cinema.




Personal life


Yevgeny married actress Irina Leonova in 2005. The couple has seven children. In 2015, the actor left the family. His wife at the time was expecting their seventh child. In 2019 Tsyganov married actress Yuliya Snigir. On 9 March 2016, their son Fedor was born.




Selected filmography






References






External links


Yevgeny Tsyganov at IMDb
Евгений Цыганов на ruskino.ru

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• Daftar Pahlawan Uni Soviet (T)
• Dead Lake (serial TV)
• Pyotr Fomenko
• Yuliya Snigir
• Battle for Sevastopol
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• The Master and Margarita (2024 film)
• Yuliya Snigir
• Piter FM
• Territory (2015 film)
• A Rough Draft
• Battle for Sevastopol
• The Thaw (TV series)
• Sophia (TV series)