Graduated with an MFA in Acting from Kiev State University in 1984 and has worked as an actor in Russia, Georgia, and Ukraine. Since 1999, he has received multiple acting and directing credits, as well as awards, at the Fringe of Marin Festival in California. In 1994, he appeared on the TV series Nash Bridges as the chief of the Russian Mafia. Since 2015, he has worked at the Shelton Theater in San Francisco as an actor—playing William Curtis in Abundance by Beth Henley—and as a director, staging Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet. In 2014, he co-founded the nonprofit Creative Association ARK in San Francisco, where he directs, acts, and produces plays in both Russian and English.