He was born on January 2, 1936. In 1939, after the death of the repressed father Peter Merkuriev, Evgeny and three more brothers and sisters were adopted by his uncle, brother of his father, famous artist Vasily Merkuriev. In 1961, E.P. Merkuriev graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (LGITMIK), the class of Professor B.V. Zon. After graduation, he was sent to the Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka Theater, then worked in the Leningrad Theater of Youth, the Regional
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He was born on January 2, 1936.
In 1939, after the death of the repressed father Peter Merkuriev, Evgeny and three more brothers and sisters were adopted by his uncle, brother of his father, famous artist Vasily Merkuriev.
In 1961, E.P. Merkuriev graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (LGITMIK), the class of Professor B.V. Zon.
After graduation, he was sent to the Petropavlovsk-on-Kamchatka Theater, then worked in the Leningrad Theater of Youth, the Regional Drama and Comedy Theater, the Small Drama Theater, the Youth Theater on the Fontanka. In the 70s, the artist worked at the Theatre on Litein for three years - from 1971 to 1974.
In February 1987, E.P. Merkuriev was invited to the troupe of the Drama Theater "On Litein".
He was engaged in performances "Hamlet", "The Great Catherine", "The Farmer Girl", "The Ghoul", "The Forest", "Faith, Hope, Love (Carambole)".
He starred in the films “Happy Days”, “Kamenskaya”, “Everything must be paid”, “Kamenskaya -2”, “Stolen Dream”, “Savage”, “Woman in a game without rules”, “Three colors of love”, “Convoy PQ-17”, “Sleuths”, “NLS Agency”, “Bandit Petersburg”, “I will decide everything myself”, “Master and Margarita”, “Polumgla”.
Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art in 1999 - for performances of the Russian State Academic Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin (Alexandrisky) "P.S. Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler, his author and their beloved Julia" (cadences on the themes of works by V.A. Mozart and E.T.A. Hoffman) and the State Drama Theater at Litein "Forest" on the play by A. Ostrovsky.
Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1996).
People's Artist of Russia (2006).
He died tragically on March 27, 2007.
