Evgeniy Evstigneev

Biography

Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Yevstigneyev was a renowned Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre pedagogue, and one of the founders of the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1983 and received the USSR State Prize in 1974 for his outstanding contributions to theatre and cinema. Yevstigneyev began his acting career at the Sovremennik Theatre in 1957, where he established himself as a leading figure.