Yevgeny Sidikhin

Sidikhin was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg, Russia), in 1964. He studied martial arts and boxing since the 4th grade and was a five-time champion in the City of Leningrad. After high school he was accepted into the Leningrad State Institute of Theater, Music, and Cinematography. However, in his freshman year, he was drafted into the army. He served in Turkmenistan and in the military intelligence in Afghanistan. After completing his service, he returned to LGITMIK and graduated in 1989. He worked at the Lensovet Theater and the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater and had a brief career of a talk-show host at the Russian television channel NTV. He starred in his first film in 1991. Many of his roles take advantage of his martial arts skills and good looks; however, he always plays the emotional and human side of the character. Sidikhin's hobby is yacht sailing.

Yevgeny Sidikhin is married to actress Tatyana Borkovskaya and has three daughters: actress Polina Sidikhina, Aglaya Sidikhina (born 1998) and Anfisa Sidikhina (born 2007).

• 2000 – State Prize of Russia (for the film The Barracks)
• 2002 – Best Actor in a Foreign Film at the film festival Constellation for 27 Missing Kisses
• 2003 – Best Male Role in The Ark at the film festival Faces of Love in Moscow
• 2003 – Diploma for Performing Excellence at the film festival of Slavic and Eastern Orthodox Peoples Golden Knight (Zolotoy Vityaz) for the film Between Life and Death
• 2004 – Golden Eagle (Zolotoi Oryol) for the best male role in the TV series The Cab Driver

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