Yevgeni Tsyganov

Also Known As: Evgeniy Tsyganov, Евгений Цыганов, Evgeniy Cyganov, Евгений Эдуардович Цыганов, Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov

Biography: Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (Russian: Евгений Эдуардович Цыганов; born 15 March 1979; Moscow) is a Russian stage and film actor, director, screenwriter and composer. 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. From 1993 until 1997 he performed with the youth rock band A.S. Afterwards he created a new group with his friends, Grenki, and played with friends at various clubs in and around Moscow. The band released one album and by 2004 disbanded, but again 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. His debut was very successful and soon the actor began to appear in various Russian films. He got a prize at the film festival Kinotavr (2002, 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.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Moscow, USSR (Russia)

Birthday: March 15, 1979

Adult: No

Gender: Male

Popularity:

1.40%

Known For:

The Master and Margarita
Happy Ending
Ellipsis
The Event
Star Pile
About Love. Adults Only
And There Was No Better Brother
Dialogues
Newsmakers
Piter FM
Hoffmann's Fairy Tales
The Blonde
Dreaming of Space
Nina
Red Pearls of Love
Let's Make Love
Fortress of War
Mermaid
Inadequate People
1993
I'm Going to Change My Name
Brothel Lights
The Mastermind
The Icon of a Season
I am Sergey Obraztsov
Battle for Sevastopol
Territory
The Stroll
Road to Home
A Shot Into the Silence
The Incident in the Country of Multi-Pulti
The Land of OZ
About Love
Paradise
White Lilacs
Drunk Company
Blockbuster
Akado
Entropy
A Rough Draft
8
The Soul Conductor
Russian Death
Dangerous Area
Family
The Man Who Surprised Everyone
Fighter's Night
Ailing Angel
Almost Wednesday
Inadequate People 2
Tenderness
Stray
The Ninth
The Time of Women
A Portrait Of A Stranger
Piter By
The End of the Season
Tsoi
Luck
Odessa
UFO
How Nadya Went to Get Vodka
Plus One
Crazy
Medea
Not Like Dad 2: Granddad