[2] He was born in the city of Tula, August 25, 1961, into the family of Valentina (1941–2004) and Lev Krylov (1938–1984).

His mother was killed by robbers in July 2004, together with his stepfather Alexey Dmitrievich Tarkhanov (1926–2004).

In 1992, Krylov appeared in the role of Ostap Bender in the movie Vasily Pichul's Idiot Dreams.

In 1994, he carried out the project "Angel 421" in which Krylov acted as an intermediary between the sponsor and the representative of Russia (Masha Katz – Youddiph) at the 39th Eurovision contest in Dublin, offsetting the sponsor costs in the amount of $100,000 from his personal funds[5] and recorded an album of songs based on poems by Alexander Dobronravov and Victor Pelenyagre.

In 2008, the leadership of the Sochi Winter Theater proposed to create a theatrical performance based on the movie The Diamond Arm.