[2] Anton Dolin is a son of a Soviet poet Veronika Dolina and professor of physics Vladimir Vorobyov.

In 2000, he graduated from the doctoral program of Gorky Institute of World Literature, writing a dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Philological Sciences on "The history of the Soviet fairy-tale novel", which he did not end up defending.

[8] In 2013-2014, he was one of the hosts of the project on the Mayak station and the "Kinopoisk" website — "Top 10 Movies About..." (together with Evgeny Stakhovsky and Vera Kuzmina).

In 2012 Dolin joined the staff of the Evening Urgant late-night show as a host of the film review section.

[15] He is the co-host of Galina Yuzefovich's podcast Book bazaar (Russian: Книжный базар, Knizhny bazar) since 2021.

[18] Maternal great-grandfather – Alexander Osipovich Dolin (1897, Vad-Rashkov – 1969, Moscow) – neurologist and neurophysiologist, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor.

[19] Wife – Natalia Khlyustova, formerly sales director of Walt Disney Studios Sony Pictures Releasing (WDSSPR).

[25] However, the acrimonious polemic between Dolin and Navalny over the dual citizenship of journalist Sergei Brilev was widely publicised.

[32] Dolin chose following movies for the Sight & Sound's 2012 survey on the greatest films in history:[33] Anton Dolin calls Manoel de Oliveira his favourite film director and Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Luigi Nono his favourite composers.

[35] Twice, Dolin won the Russian Guild of Film Critics award for his books Lars von Trier.