Kokshenov starred in more than 100 films, where, as a rule, he performed in the comic role[4] of stupid hulks and village simpletons.

[5] Since the early 1990s, he has directed more than a dozen films ("commercial" comedies based on modern material), the so-called cooperative cinema, in which he also played himself.

The original creative move of Kokshenov as a director is known - showing a close-up of the process of chewing food.

[6]In the early 2000s, he starred in commercials for a Moscow firm for the repair of household appliances in the guise of a "master on call".

[7] On 17 October 2017, he was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Moscow City Clinical Hospital No.

Due to the quarantine, the Kokshenov did not see his relatives live for the last two months of his life — they communicated only by video link.

On 3 June, in the clinic, Mikhail Kokshenov became ill with his heart and was placed in intensive care.