He has a wife — actress Yevgeniya Simonova, a daughter — Mariya Eshpai and stepdaughter — actress Zoya Kaidanovskaya (daughter of Yevgeniya Simonova and her first husband — actor Aleksandr Kaidanovsky).
In 1984 she received the State Prize for her contribution to several early 1980s Mayakovsky Theatre productions, including the Life of Klim Samgin (after Maxim Gorky's novel).