Andrey Panin

Panin was rocketed to fame by the hit television detective show "Kamenskaya." In 2000, he had lead roles in both Valery Akhadov"s "Don"t Offend the Women" and Pavel Lugin"s "Wedding," as well as Alexander Atanesyan"s action thriller "24 Hours." He won the best actor prize at the Golden Ram film festival for his part in "Wedding." Panin made his first screen appearance in the movie "Straightway," but it was his performances in Maxim Pezhemsky"s "Mama, Don"t Cry" and Denis Yevstigneev"s "Mama" that brought the actor renown.

Before becoming a screen regular, he was a stage actor at the Minusinsky theater, where he worked after graduating from the Culture Institute in Kemerovo. Although he had initially planned to attend the Culinary Institute, Panin went on to further his education as an actor, graduating from Moscow"s legendary MKhAT in 1991 and taking up residence at the MKhAT Chekhov theater with his wife, Natalya Rogozhina. His stage work includes "Three Sisters" (Soleny), "The Miserly Knight," "Marriage," "Deadly Number," and a private production of "Winter." Panin often acts in Oleg Tabakov"s productions.