Yevgeni Tsyganov

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 AS 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 Lets 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