Yevgeny Tsyganov

Yevgeny Eduardovich Tsyganov (; 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.

As of 2024, he is referred to as the main actor of Russian cinema.

In April 2025, Tsyganov won Silver Saint George for Best Actor Prize at the 47th Moscow International Film Festival for his performance in the film Family Happiness.

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 Year Title Role Notes 2001 Collector Ilya 2002 Let's Make Love Postnikov 2003 The Stroll Petya 2004 Children of the Arbat Sasha Pankratov 2005 Dreaming of Space Gherman 2006 Hunter Vladimir 2006 Piter FM Maksim 2007 Branch of Lilac Sergei Rachmaninoff 2007 Mermaid Aleksandr 'Sasha' Viktorovich 2008 Plus One puppet cameo 2009 Newsmakers Herman 2010 Fortress of War Lieutenant Pochernikov 2010 Inadequate People psychologist Pavel Kozlov 2011 Brothel Lights Valera 2013 The Thaw Viktor Khrustalyov TV series 2015 Battle for Sevastopol Leonid 2015 Territory Andrei Gurin 2015 About Love Boris 2015 Garden of Eden Zilov 2015 The Land of Oz driver 2016 Sophia Ivan III TV series 2017 Blockbuster Khlebnikov 2017 You All Infuriate Me Gennady Chernykh TV series 2017 About Love. For Adults Only passer 2018 A Rough Draft Anton 2018 The Man Who Surprised Everyone Yegor Korshunov 2018 The Soul Conductor Kalkov 2019 Dead Lake Maksim Pokrovskiy 2020 Inadequate People 2 psychologist Pavel Kozlov 2021 Medea 2023 1993 Viktor 2024 The Master and Margarita the Master 2025 Batya 2: Ded 2025 Scenes of Friendly Ties