Kirill Alekseevich Palukhin (; born 3 May 1969) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage, and television actor.
Palukhin was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia).
Palukhin was the only family member who had any relation to the arts: his father was a doctor and his mother was an economist. Polukhin worked in an acting studio owned by Zinovy Korogodsky.
In 1999, he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (course of Andrei Tolubeyev). In the same year, he joined the troupe of Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater.
Due to his appearance, Palukhin is mainly cast in antagonist roles.
Kirill Palukhin is married to an actress Svetlana Strogova and has a son, Innokenty (born in 1998).