He graduated from LGITMiK (St. Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy) in 1996 (class of V. Filshtinsky).
From 1995 to 1996, he worked at the Experimental Theatre "Perekrestok" and as a host on regional television in the music and news programs department. In 1996, he worked at the Satirikon Theatre in Moscow, where he performed in productions of "The Threepenny Opera" and "Cyrano de Bergerac".
That same year, he returned to St. Petersburg and joined the troupe of the Lensoviet Theatre, where he played leading roles in productions by director Y. Butusov: Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" by S. Beckett, Simpleton Karl in "Woyzeck" by G. Büchner, and Caligula in "Caligula" by A. Camus. He performed in productions by V. Pazi: "King, Queen, Knave" by V. Nabokov (Mannequin, Waiter, Medic), "Brother Rabbit in the Wild West" by E. Gaidai (Brother Opossum), and "You Never Can Tell" by B. Shaw (Valentine). In the entreprise production "The Death of Tarelkin" based on A. Sukhovo-Kobylin's play, he played Varravin (directed by Y. Butusov).
In 2003, he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre. He played Alexei Turbin in "The White Guard" by M. Bulgakov (directed by S. Zhenovach, 2004), Claudius in "Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare (directed by Y. Butusov, 2005), and Macheath in "The Threepenny Opera" by B. Brecht (directed by K. Serebrennikov, 2009). He plays the Double Bass Player in "The Double Bass" by P. Süskind (directed by G. Cherepanov, 2014).
At the Tabakov Theatre, he played Trigorin in Chekhov's "The Seagull" (directed by K. Bogomolov, 2011).
At the Sovremennik Theatre, he plays the lead role in the production "Don't Leave Your Planet" based on A. de Saint-Exupéry's novella "The Little Prince" (directed by V. Kramer, 2016).
In collaboration with Yuri Bashmet and the chamber ensemble "Moscow Soloists", he created a literary-musical program based on Camus' play "Caligula" and string quartets by Schubert and Mahler ("Death and the Maiden"). As a reader, together with soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre and the state symphony orchestra "New Russia", he participates in "Eugene Onegin" – Y. Bashmet's authorial version inspired by Pushkin's novel and Tchaikovsky's opera.
In 2008, he founded his own charitable foundation, which organizes assistance for children with oncological and other severe brain diseases. In 2010, he began implementing the project "Creative Development Studios of the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation": children's creative studios were opened in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Perm, Ufa, Nizhny Tagil, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Voronezh on the basis of general education schools. This project was followed by the "Feathering" festival and the charitable theatre project "The Generation of Mowgli" (in 2014, the project was awarded the Stanislavsky Prize).
In 2019, he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of charitable activities.
Laureate of theatre awards: the Independent Actor Prize named after V. I. Strzhelchik for ensemble acting in "Waiting for Godot" (1999); the "Seagull" theatre prize (for Claudius in the Moscow Art Theatre production of "Hamlet", nomination "Best Performer of a Negative Role", 2005); the International Stanislavsky Prize (for theatrical work in the Moscow Art Theatre productions of "Duck Hunt", "The White Guard", and "Hamlet", 2007); the Oleg Tabakov Prize – "For a contemporary, talented interpretation of Shakespeare's Claudius" in the Moscow Art Theatre's "Hamlet" (2006) and "For overcoming stereotypes and bringing a living human feeling to the image of Trigorin" in "The Seagull" at the Tabakov Theatre (2012); the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper theatre prize for his leading role in the Moscow Art Theatre production of "The Double Bass" (2014).
Laureate of film awards and festivals: Prize of the Gatchina Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in the nomination "Best Actor" (for the role of Andrei in the film "Woman's Property", 2000); the "Long Live Russian Cinema!" festival (Best Actor prize for the role of Sasha Guryev in the film "In Motion", 2003; Special Jury Prize "Best Role of the Year" for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in the film "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2014); the "Golden Ram" Russian Film Press Prize (for the role of Edik in the film "Poor Relatives", 2006); the "Golden Eagle" Film Prize (for the role of Green in the film "The State Counsellor", nomination "Best Supporting Actor", 2006; for the role of Alexander Kolchak in the film "Admiral", nomination "Best Actor", 2008; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); recipient of the Kinotavr Festival prize for Best Actor (for the role of Edik in "Poor Relatives", 2005; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2013; for the role of Arthur in the film "Collector", 2016); the Nika Film Prize (for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); recipient of the Kinotavr Festival prize for Best Actor (for the role of Edik in "Poor Relatives", 2005; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2013; for the role of Arthur in the film "Collector", 2016); the Nika Film Prize (for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); the Association of Film and Television Producers Award in the nomination "Best Actor of the Year" (for the role of Rodion Meglin in the television series "The Method", 2016); the TEFI Television Prize (for the role of Rodion Meglin in the television series "The Method", nomination "Best Actor in a Television Film/Series", 2016).
From 1995 to 1996, he worked at the Experimental Theatre "Perekrestok" and as a host on regional television in the music and news programs department. In 1996, he worked at the Satirikon Theatre in Moscow, where he performed in productions of "The Threepenny Opera" and "Cyrano de Bergerac".
That same year, he returned to St. Petersburg and joined the troupe of the Lensoviet Theatre, where he played leading roles in productions by director Y. Butusov: Estragon in "Waiting for Godot" by S. Beckett, Simpleton Karl in "Woyzeck" by G. Büchner, and Caligula in "Caligula" by A. Camus. He performed in productions by V. Pazi: "King, Queen, Knave" by V. Nabokov (Mannequin, Waiter, Medic), "Brother Rabbit in the Wild West" by E. Gaidai (Brother Opossum), and "You Never Can Tell" by B. Shaw (Valentine). In the entreprise production "The Death of Tarelkin" based on A. Sukhovo-Kobylin's play, he played Varravin (directed by Y. Butusov).
In 2003, he was accepted into the troupe of the Moscow Art Theatre. He played Alexei Turbin in "The White Guard" by M. Bulgakov (directed by S. Zhenovach, 2004), Claudius in "Hamlet" by W. Shakespeare (directed by Y. Butusov, 2005), and Macheath in "The Threepenny Opera" by B. Brecht (directed by K. Serebrennikov, 2009). He plays the Double Bass Player in "The Double Bass" by P. Süskind (directed by G. Cherepanov, 2014).
At the Tabakov Theatre, he played Trigorin in Chekhov's "The Seagull" (directed by K. Bogomolov, 2011).
At the Sovremennik Theatre, he plays the lead role in the production "Don't Leave Your Planet" based on A. de Saint-Exupéry's novella "The Little Prince" (directed by V. Kramer, 2016).
In collaboration with Yuri Bashmet and the chamber ensemble "Moscow Soloists", he created a literary-musical program based on Camus' play "Caligula" and string quartets by Schubert and Mahler ("Death and the Maiden"). As a reader, together with soloists of the Mariinsky Theatre and the state symphony orchestra "New Russia", he participates in "Eugene Onegin" – Y. Bashmet's authorial version inspired by Pushkin's novel and Tchaikovsky's opera.
In 2008, he founded his own charitable foundation, which organizes assistance for children with oncological and other severe brain diseases. In 2010, he began implementing the project "Creative Development Studios of the Konstantin Khabensky Charitable Foundation": children's creative studios were opened in Yekaterinburg, Kazan, Perm, Ufa, Nizhny Tagil, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Voronezh on the basis of general education schools. This project was followed by the "Feathering" festival and the charitable theatre project "The Generation of Mowgli" (in 2014, the project was awarded the Stanislavsky Prize).
In 2019, he was awarded the State Prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of charitable activities.
Laureate of theatre awards: the Independent Actor Prize named after V. I. Strzhelchik for ensemble acting in "Waiting for Godot" (1999); the "Seagull" theatre prize (for Claudius in the Moscow Art Theatre production of "Hamlet", nomination "Best Performer of a Negative Role", 2005); the International Stanislavsky Prize (for theatrical work in the Moscow Art Theatre productions of "Duck Hunt", "The White Guard", and "Hamlet", 2007); the Oleg Tabakov Prize – "For a contemporary, talented interpretation of Shakespeare's Claudius" in the Moscow Art Theatre's "Hamlet" (2006) and "For overcoming stereotypes and bringing a living human feeling to the image of Trigorin" in "The Seagull" at the Tabakov Theatre (2012); the Moscow Komsomolets newspaper theatre prize for his leading role in the Moscow Art Theatre production of "The Double Bass" (2014).
Laureate of film awards and festivals: Prize of the Gatchina Film Festival "Literature and Cinema" in the nomination "Best Actor" (for the role of Andrei in the film "Woman's Property", 2000); the "Long Live Russian Cinema!" festival (Best Actor prize for the role of Sasha Guryev in the film "In Motion", 2003; Special Jury Prize "Best Role of the Year" for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in the film "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2014); the "Golden Ram" Russian Film Press Prize (for the role of Edik in the film "Poor Relatives", 2006); the "Golden Eagle" Film Prize (for the role of Green in the film "The State Counsellor", nomination "Best Supporting Actor", 2006; for the role of Alexander Kolchak in the film "Admiral", nomination "Best Actor", 2008; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); recipient of the Kinotavr Festival prize for Best Actor (for the role of Edik in "Poor Relatives", 2005; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2013; for the role of Arthur in the film "Collector", 2016); the Nika Film Prize (for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); recipient of the Kinotavr Festival prize for Best Actor (for the role of Edik in "Poor Relatives", 2005; for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", 2013; for the role of Arthur in the film "Collector", 2016); the Nika Film Prize (for the role of Viktor Sluzhkin in "The Geographer Drank His Globe Away", nomination "Best Actor", 2014); the Association of Film and Television Producers Award in the nomination "Best Actor of the Year" (for the role of Rodion Meglin in the television series "The Method", 2016); the TEFI Television Prize (for the role of Rodion Meglin in the television series "The Method", nomination "Best Actor in a Television Film/Series", 2016).
