Today a famous Russian actor and art director of the Theatre of Nations, Evgeny Mironov marks his 45th anniversary. 

      Evgeny Mironov is the People's Artist of Russia, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation, State Prize of the Russian Federation laureate, and the full list of his titles and awards is too long to be counted within that article.

      Yevgeni Vitalyevich Mironov was born on November 19, 1966 in Saratov. As a schoolboy he attended a drama circle and after finishing school he in 1982 he entered Saratov Drama College named after I. A. Slonov. Graduating from the college with excellence, Yevgeny went to Moscow, finished the MXAT School studio and became an actor of Oleg Tabakov’s theatre studio Tabakerka.

      Mironov debuted in cinema in 1988 with Aleksandr Kajdanovsky’s feature Zhena kerosinshchika (Kerosene Salesman's Wife (1988). His most well-known cinema works are roles in Lyubov (Love) (1991) and Ankor, eshchyo ankor! (Encore, Once More Encore!) (1992) by Valeri Todorovsky, Musulmanin (The Mussulman) (1995) by Vladimir Khotinenko, Revizor (The Inspector General) (1996) by Sergei Nazarov, Idiot (the Idiot) (2003) and Apostol (The Apostle) (2008).

      Today Evgeny Mironov is one of the most in-demand actors of Russia. He also continues his charity activity and heads the Association of small town's theatres. 

Sources: Mail.ru KP Image: mydvd

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