People's Artist of Russia
In 1974 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (class of Professor Tatyana Soynikova).
Until 1978 he worked at the Theater for Young Spectators. A.A. Bryantseva. Played in 15 performances. From 1978 to 2008 - artist of the Alexandrinsky Theater.
Over the years of work at the Alexandrinsky Theater, he has performed in more than thirty performances. For many years he worked on the radio, participated in radio performances, read poems, prose, dubbed foreign films. At various times he collaborated with the Mariinsky Theatre, the Variety Theatre, the Academic Philharmonic and the Chapel.
In 1985 he received the honorary title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR, in 2001 - People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
From 2008 to 2017, he has been the director of the GUK GMP "St. Isaac's Cathedral". From 2018 to the present, permanent TV presenter of the Culture-Russia TV channel in more than 200 films of the projects "Other Romanovs" and "Nevsky Kovcheg". Professor of the St.Petersburg University of the Humanities and Social Sciences Author of five monographs on cultural studies and museum pedagogy, laureate of the International Roerich Prize.
Member of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation. In 2003, 2011, and 2018, he was appointed Advisor to the Governor on Cultural Issues. Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAA), and in 2024 he was elected Honorary Professor of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory.
The author of the idea and presenter of the series of documentaries "The Road to the Temple" about the Cathedrals of St. Petersburg. Permanent author of publications in St. Petersburg magazines. Author of the monographs "Museum and Personality", "Pedagogical Culturology of Museum Activities", "Art Pedagogy".
Starred in films:
1982 - "Red Bells", directed by Sergei Bondarchuk (Russia/Italy);
1982 - "According to the Criminal Investigation Department", director Valery Mikhailovsky;
1984 - "Foreword to the Battle", directed by Nikolai Stanbula;
1992 - "Ladder of Light", directed by Gerard Michael McCarthy (Russia/Ireland);
1993 - "Roman of the Emperor", directed by Diamara Nizhnikovskaya);
1993 - "White Horse", directed by Geliy Ryabov;
2003 - "Do not quarrel, girls", directed by Igor Nikolaev;
2005 - "Spiral Staircase", director Dmitry Parmenov;
2005 - "The Master and Margarita", directed by Vladimir Bortko.
