Igor Petrenko was born on August 23, 1977 in Potsdam (East Germany). In 2000 Igor graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School and joined the Maly Theatre’s company. After a while, because of his busy filming schedule, he had to leave the Maly Theatre.

In 2001 Igor Petrenko made his film debut in the film «Pavlov’s Reflex», directed by Ildar Islamgulov. He has earned critical and public acclaim for his acting in the television series «Moscow Windows» (2001) directed by Alexander Arabin. Petrenko later earned acclaim for his work in the hit military drama «The Star» (2002), directed by Nikolay Lebedev. In 2003 for this role he won the Nika Award in the nomination «Discovery of the Year». For his acting skills, the actor was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of literature and art in 2002, awarded by the President of the Russian Federation, and in 2004 he was awarded the «Triumph» Award as the best young actor.

In 2013 Igor Petrenko played one of the world's most famous detectives Sherlock Holmes in the Russian television crime drama series based on the Sherlock Holmes detective stories by Arthur Conan Doyle that was aired in November 2013 on Rossiya 1 TV channel "Russia-1.

At the Maly Theatre - from June 1, 2000 to March 12, 2002, and from December 6, 2017.

FILMOGRAPHY

2000 «Simple Truths» - Sasha «Romeo»
2000 «Shakespeare's Passion» | Episode # 50
2001 «Cleopatra» | film 8
2001 «Moscow Windows» - Leonid Terekhov
2001 «The Conditioned Reflex»
2001 «The Black Room» (cinema almanac) - Mitya
2002 «Willys» - Igor
2002 «The Star» - Volodya Travkin
2003 «Knights of the Sea Star» - Igor
2003 «Carmen» - Sergey Nikitin
2003 «The Best City in the World» - Leonid Terekhov
2004 «A Driver for Vera» - Victor
2004 «Sins of the Fathers» - Kalistratov Ivan Fomich
2004 «Name Day» - Victor, artist
2004 «Cadets» - Dobrov, lieutenant, platoon commander, son of a general
2006 «Wolfhound of the Gray Dogs» - Luchezar
2006 «Pechorin. Hero of Our Time» - Pechorin
2007 «When you don’t expect her at all» (Ukraine) - Dmitry Klimov
2009 «Forbidden Reality»
2009 «Cream» - Ruslan Anatolyevich Bulavin
2009 «Taras Bulba» (Russia, Ukraine) - Andriy
2010 «We Are From The Future – 2» - Borman (Sergey Filatov)
2010 «The Retiree-2» - Victor Zimin
2010 «Robinson»
2011 «“Cedar ”pierces the sky» - Sergey Vladimirovich Lykov
2011 «Breakaway» - Alexey Mitrokhin (Igor Granin)
2011 «Lucky Pasha» - Pavel Golubev
2011 «Everyone Has A War» - Boris
2012 «Dreams of Plasticine» (Russia, Ukraine) - Boris
2013 «7 Main Wishes» - Anton Tsvetkov
2013 «Baker Street, 221b | Movie №1» - Sherlock Holmes
2013 «Bulag»
2013 «Dear» Igor Sokolov (Falcon)
2013 «Rock, paper, scissors | Movie №2» - Sherlock Holmes
2013 «Look back» (short)
2013 «Daddy For Rent» - Ilya Petrovich Solomatin
2013 «Paiatsy | Movie №3» - Sherlock Holmes
2013 «Tamarka» - Maxim Dubrovsky
2013 «Sherlock Holmes»
2014 «The Alchemist. Elixir of Faust» - Andrey Sergeevich Nevelsky
2014 «Cancel All Restrictions» - Alexander Morozov
2015 «Non-Judicial» - Andrey Voronov
2015 «The Last Janissaries» (Russia, Ukraine) - Ermolai
2015 «Born To Be a Star» - Pavel Shakhovsky
2015 «The Mystery of the Snow Queen» - Van
2016 «Viking» - Varyazhko, the retainer of Prince Yaropolk
2016 «You All Infuriate Me» - Nikita, ex-fiance
2016 «Black Cat» - Victor Karatov
2016 «Foster Daughter» - Maxim Avdeev
2017 «The Frontier» - Vladimir
2017 «The Sleepers» - Andrey Rodionov
2018 «Pilgrim»
2018 «Decision to Liquidate» - Egor
2018 «The Sleepers-2» - Andrey Rodionov