Dimitri Isayev was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) in the former Soviet Union into a family with strong connections to the performing arts through his parents' involvement with the Bolshoi Theater. sayev held a number of jobs prior to entering the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academyfrom which he subsequently graduated in 1996.He has been married three times and twice divorced Isayev's first wife was Asya Shibarova, a classmate and now an actress.The marriage ended amicably. （with two children from his first marriage, Sophia and Pauline. ） His second wife was the prima ballerina Inna Ginkevich. He is currently married to Oksana Horn, a former ballet dancer, and resides in St. Petersburg In school Dmitri Isayev was keen on sports, but chose the violin after all. He studied in the Rimski-Korsakoff musical school. Since being 14 years-old he played violin in Yuri Tomashevsky's "Comedian's Refuge" theatre. Isayev entered the theatre school on the second try. In 1996 he graduated from the Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy. After that he worked in the "Comedian's Refuge" theatre and Komissarjevsky Theatre. At the same time, he worked as a fitness trainer, masseur, even shop director, took part in various projects related to dances and songs, were an assistant director for dubbing-in and cinema scoring. His first role as a film actor - little Mozart playing violin.
