Mikhail Salin was born on December 28, 1980 in Saratov, USSR.
His effort to enter the Saratov Conservatory was failed: the selection committee referred to the fact that he was "too old for application – we need young people from school".

But the future actor didn't stop in his attempts to fulfill a childhood dream. He successfully entered and successfully graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute.
Mikhail believes that the path to art was thorn, but he sees this as part of destiny: "Quite recently, I accidentally discovered two significant dates on my passport pages. The first date of birth – December 28 – is the International Cinema Day, and the second – March 27 – the date of issue of the passport – is the World Theater Day."

Later, he decided to continue his studies – and entered the directing faculty of the Boris Shchukin Theater Institute, (art director of the class: People's Artist of Russia Sergey Ivanovich Yashin).
The approach to life:
"Learn, learn and learn again!"