Yevgeny Tsyganov

Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (Russian: Евге́ний Эдуа́рдович Цыгано́в; born 15 March 1979) is a Russian film and theater actor.

Yevgeny Tsyganov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In the family of employees of the Moscow Research Institute. Yevgeny graduated from the music school. Piano class. As he began performing with the youth rock band "A.S." The future actor with friends often played at various clubs in and around Moscow. Four years spent at the Taganka Theater - children playing various roles, where he participated in productions created especially for young viewers.

In 1996 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, but studied there only one year, eventually decided to change his profession to film director. In 1997 he entered the directing department Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, from which he graduated in 2001, where he met Peter 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. His debut was very successful and soon the actor began to appear in various Russian films.

The actor got a prize at the film festival "Kinotavr" (2002, for his role in the film Let’s Make Love).

It is worth noting the fact that the movie Mermaid (2007), in which the actor played a major role, was nominated for Oscar in the category "Best Foreign Language Film".

Since 2005, Irina has been married to actress Irina Leonova. The couple has seven children. In 2015, the actor left the family. His wife at the time was in anticipation of the seventh child. Currently Tsyganov linked romantically involved with actress Yuliya Snigir.