Aleksey Petrenko was born on March 26, 1938 in Chemer, Chernigov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and producer, known for
12 (2007),
Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976) and
Kollektsioner (2001). He was married to Azima Abdumaminova, Alla Petrenko and Galina Kozhukhova-Petrenko. He died on February 22, 2017 in Moscow, Russia.