He was artistic director of the Rostov-on-Don academic drama theatre of a name Maxim Gorky and a deputy of the State Duma of the 3rd convocation.
Nikolai Sorokin was born on February 15, 1952, in the Hutor Cossack Vesyolovsky District of Rostov Region, Russian's territory.
In 1996, Nikolai Sorokin was appointed artistic director of the Rostov academic drama theatre of a name Maxim Gorky.
From 1999 to 2003 — Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation (vice-Chairperson of the committee on culture and tourism), a member of the political party United Russia.
As an actor has created a lot of different images, as a director staged many performances in his native Rostov theatre, also worked abroad.