Nikolai Evgenievich Sorokin (; February 15, 1952 – March 26, 2013) was a Russian theatre and film actor, theatre director, educator, and People's Artist of Russia (1999). He was artistic director of the Rostov-on-Don academic drama theatre of a name Maxim Gorky and a deputy of the State Duma of the 3rd convocation.
Nikolai Sorokin was born on February 15, 1952, in the Hutor Cossack Vesyolovsky District of Rostov Region, Russian's territory.<br /> In 1975 he graduated from the Rostov art school (teacher of actor skill People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Bushnov) and went to work in the Rostov drama theatre.<br /> In 1984, Nikolai studied in Moscow, he graduated from the actor faculty of GITIS (teacher of actor skill People's Artist of the USSR Elina Bystritskaya).<br /> In 1996, Nikolai Sorokin was appointed artistic director of the Rostov academic drama theatre of a name Maxim Gorky.<br /> From 1999 to 2003 â Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the third convocation (vice-Chairperson of the committee on culture and tourism), a member of the political party United Russia.<br /> Since 2004, he was engaged in teaching activity. Professor of the Rostov branch of the St. Petersburg University of culture and arts, released two actors rate.<br /> Nikolai Sorokin has worked at the Rostov theatre of drama about forty years. As an actor has created a lot of different images, as a director staged many performances in his native Rostov theatre, also worked abroad.
Nikolai Sorokin died after a long illness on March 26, 2013.