Evgeny Mironov was born in Saratov in 1966. While still a schoolboy, he worked in the drama circle of his school and studied accordion at a music school.
In 1982, he entered the Saratov Drama School (Саратовское театральное училище) in the class of Valentina Ermakova, where he was already considered one of the most gifted.
In 1986, he came to Moscow, where he met Oleg Tabakov (Олег Табаков), who took him into his class at the studio of the Moscow Art Academic Theatre (МХАТ). After completing his studies, he entered the Tabakov Studio (also called Tabakerka) as an actor, where he played several leading roles. He also played in Aeschylus' Oresteia at the Russian Army Theatre, directed by Peter Stein. Today Mironov is one of the most important figures in Russian theatre.
During his career he played the best roles in the theatre repertoire: Treplev in Chekhov's The Mute Girl, Ivan Karamazov, Hamlet (also directed by Peter Stein) and many other roles.
He made his film debut in 1988 in Alexander Kaidanovski's (Александр Кайдановский) film The Oil Merchant's Wife, several other roles followed.
His first major success in an auteur film was the role of Sasha in Valeri Todorovsky's (Валерий Тодоровский) film Love. For this role Mironov received the title of best actor of 1992. Another great success was the role of Nikolai, a soldier returned from Afghanistan, in Vladimir Khotinenko's film The Muslim. In Denis Evstigneev's Mama, despite the presence of other great Russian actors such as Nonna Mordjukova or Oleg Menshikov, Mironov's performance in a supporting role is remarkable. In 2003 Mironov brilliantly played the role of Prince Myshkin in Dostoevsky's The Idiot, adapted for television by Vladimir Bortko (Владимир Бортко) and shown on the Rossiya channel.