Starting from the age of nine, he spent four years playing various roles at the Taganka Theatre, where he participated in productions created especially for young viewers.

[4][5] In 1993-97 Tsyganov performed with the youth rock band A.S. Then he created a new group with his friends, Grenki, and played at various clubs in and around Moscow.

[2] In 1996 he entered the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, but studied there for only one year and eventually decided to change his major to film direction.

In 1997 he entered the directing department Russian Institute of Theatre Arts, from which he graduated in 2001, where he met Pyotr Fomenko, who some time later invited Yevgeny to work together on some joint projects.

The movie Mermaid (2007), in which he played a major role, was selected as the Russian entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, but was not nominated.