He was born on December 10, 1971, in the village of Baikadam, Sarysu District, Zhambyl Region. He graduated from Baikadam Secondary School and the Ilyas music school in the town of Saudakent. In 1989, he enrolled in the acting faculty of the Almaty State Institute of Theatre and Cinema, graduating with honors in 1993 with a degree in "Actor of Dramatic Theatre and Cinema" (under the guidance of People's Artist of Kazakhstan, Professor Tungyshbay Jamankulov). Since 1993, he has been a member of the troupe at the Kazakh State Academic Drama Theatre named after Mukhtar Auezov.