Alexey Igorevich Sheynin (Russian: Алексей Игоревич Шейнин; born December 18, 1947, Leningrad[1]) is a Soviet and Russian drama theater and film actor.
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 Sheynin as Alexander III of Russia | |
| Born | Alexey Igorevich Sheynin December 18, 1947 |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1968 — present |
Biography
editBorn in Leningrad on December 18, 1947, Alexey Sheynin graduated in 1968 from the theater studio at the Leningrad Youth Theater (under the tutelage of Zinovy Korogodsky).[2] He worked at the Leningrad Comedy Theater and has been with the Yermolova Theatre since 1970. He also graduated from the Institute of Culture, specializing in directing.
Sheynin is a teacher at GITIS and also teaches at the Russian Theater Institute.
Personal life
editHis first wife was actress Nelly Pshennaya, with whom he had a daughter named Yeugenia. Yeugenia died from cancer in 2015. His second wife, Annie, is a two-time French champion in show jumping.[3]