Yevgeny Knyazev
Yevgeny Vladimirovich Knyazev, PAR is a Russian stage and film actor and drama teacher. He has served as a rector of the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute since 2003.
Biography
Yevgeny Knyazev was born in the suburb of Tula, the settlement of Skuratovo, into a working-class family.He graduated from the Tula Polytechnic Institute in 1977 with a degree in mining engineering. During his studies, he began acting in the institute's amateur theater and later in the "Dialog" People's Theater at the Tula Trade Unions Palace of Culture. In 1978, he enrolled in the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. Upon graduation in 1982, he was accepted into the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre. During his work at the theater, he has performed in more than twenty plays.
He made his film debut in 1983.
Since the mid-1990s, he has performed in commercial theater productions and at various theaters.
Since 1994, he has been teaching at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute. As an artistic director, he has graduated two acting classes. He currently heads a special course for the Moscow Operetta Theatre.
Public activity
Knyazev is a member of the public council of the Russian Jewish Congress.In March 2014, he signed a letter of support for the Russian annexation of Crimea.
During the 2018 Moscow mayoral election, he was a of mayoral candidate Sergey Sobyanin.
In 2022, Knyazev supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
During the 2024 Russian presidential election, he was a of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin.