Kirill Pirogov is a famous Russian theater and film actor. He is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, holder of a large number of titles and awards.
Biography
The father of the future actor worked as a sales representative, was involved in the transportation of construction equipment and machinery. By virtue of the profession, I often had to live abroad. During one of such business trips, on September 4, 1973, Kirill was born in the Iranian capital Tehran.
After the birth of their son, the family moved to Budapest and spent four years there. They returned to Moscow only when it was time for Kirill to go to school. The upbringing of the boy was entirely and entirely occupied by his mother. Kirill was very talented, he studied at a school with in-depth study of the English language, graduated from a music school in the piano class, and at the same time he was engaged in fencing and gradually mastered the theatrical art in the studio of Sergei Kazarnovsky.
Career
Kirill Pirogov, despite his bright roles in films, is more of a theatrical actor. He started his career with an incredible event. He was able to get into the Moscow theater under the patronage of Peter Fomenko himself, while he did not study at GITIS. Pirogov became the first actor whom Fomenko received "from the outside." Kirill has established himself very well as an artist and still plays in the “Peter Fomenko Workshop”.
The film debut of the famous actor took place in 1995. Director Georgy Danelia saw the guy's talent and invited him to the main role in his film "Heads and Tails". Despite a bright start to a career in cinema, real success came only five years later. Thanks to the work of the famous director Aleksey Balabanov in the film "Brother-2", in which he played a supporting role. In 2001, there was another iconic role in the film by Sergei Bodrov Jr. "Sisters", in this picture Pirogov played one of the bandits.
In 2004, he starred in the television series The Red Capella, and in 2005 he again worked under the direction of Balabanov, this time it was the experimental black comedy "Zhmurki". In 2018, the actor was invited to the English-American television series McMafia to play the role of one of the members of the Russian mafia.
In addition to working in the theater and filming in films, Kirill Pirogov takes part in the recording of audiobooks and radio performances. His voice can be heard in Dante's Divine Comedy by AURAVOX.
Personal life
Kirill Pirogov is quite old-fashioned, he practically does not use social networks, does not post photos and does not talk about his personal life. He prefers not to attend noisy parties and entertainment events. Little is known about the famous actor's private life, but some sources point to a romantic relationship between the actor and his colleague Galina Tyunina. Kirill himself does not comment on these rumors in any way.
