Igor Petrenko is a Russian theater and film actor.

Igor was born in Potsdam, where served his father - a Soviet military colonel, candidate of chemical sciences. Mother was a translator from English. When Igor was three years old, the family returned to Moscow. As a child, his main hobby was sports.

In 2000 Petrenko graduated from the Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theater School and was accepted into the troupe of the Malyy Theater in Moscow.

In 2001, he made his debut in the film Uslovnyy refleks (2001) directed by Ildar Islamgulov. The next acting experience - a role in the television series Moskovskye okna (2001) directed by Aleksandr Aravin - brought his first popularity. He became famous after the release of the military drama Zvezda (2002) directed by Nikolay Lebedev. Critics and audiences noticed his work in the feature film Karmen (2003) and in the film Vera'nın Şoförü (2004) directed by Pavel Chukhray.