Nagiyev was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia).

In his young days, Dmitry Nagiyev has practiced Sambo, Judo (master of sports)[1] under the leadership of Victor Gorlov and Arkady Rotenberg[2] and gymnastics.

[3] After school, he became a student at the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering).

[4] As an athlete he was sent to a sports company, but there was no sambo section, so Nagiyev went to serve in the air defense forces near Vologda.

[1] In September 1990, during a rehearsal of the graduation performance, Nagiyev had an attack, an ambulance urgently took him to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed facial paralysis; it took half a year to recover, but Nagiev’s “branded” squint remained for his whole life.

[9] In 1997, in the Saint Petersburg dance hall "Continent" he created an author's show, where he played contests, held theater lounges, as well as a comic auction with various artists.

From 1996 to 2004, he worked a lot in a duet with his Modern radio’s colleague, Sergey Rost: together they starred in the comedy sitcom "Look Out!

2), were the hosts of the talk show "Once in the evening" (Однажды вечером) on STS[8] and TNT, and in the early 2000s they wrote jokes for some KVN teams.

[10] Also in 1997, they starred in the film "Purgatory" (Чистилище) by Alexander Nevzorov, where Nagiyev played his first main role in the movie - the Chechen field commander Dukuz Israpilov.

Also in 2011, together with Natalya Andrejchenko and Stepan Urgant, he led the reality show "Mother in Act" on the Perets TV channel.

[14] In 2004, he wrote and performed the song "I Her Hoey" (Я её хой) with the group "Russkiy Razmer" and Professor Lebedinsky (a parody of the song "Dragostea Din Tei by O-Zone), which lasted for several weeks in the top of the program"Golden Gramophone Award" on Russkoye Radio.

The cliches and roles are stuck, and short-sighted or not very brave directors are afraid to invite an artist with a comedy past"[18]In February 2023, he refused to host the Muz-TV awards, saying "The time will come when we will work to reward the truly best musicians.

[53] In 1996, he headed the youth department of the election headquarters of the candidate for governor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, travelling around the city with him and the first deputy chairman of the government of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin, distributing buckwheat, stew and other products to the people.

[55] In April 2023, it was reported that Nagiyev emigrated to Turkey due to his antagonistic views to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.