Extreme sports attract people who are prone to risk taking and thrills. Igor Yurash took up parachuting at a mature age. He had a theater institute and several completed projects in cinema behind him.
Childhood and youth
The acting profession is associated not only with pleasant moments of fame, but also with the risk of injury. Dangerous stunts are performed by specially trained people who are called stuntmen. Igor Vasilievich Yurash basically did not use the services of understudies on the set. For this, the actor had real reasons. Firstly, he was distinguished by good physical health and a good reaction. Secondly, he completed a training course for stunt directors at the Mosfilm film studio. He generously shared the acquired knowledge and skills with young colleagues.
The future world champion in parachuting was born on June 21, 1969 in an ordinary Soviet family. Parents lived in the village of Chunsky, which is located in the north-west of the Irkutsk region. My father worked on the railroad. The mother worked as a nurse at a local clinic. Igor grew up an active and inquisitive child. I studied well at school, I didn’t have enough stars from the sky. After the eighth grade I entered the vocational school. Within the walls of the school, he began to actively engage in amateur performances. He regularly attended the drama studio classes at the Victory Palace of Culture.
Creativity and sports
After college, unexpectedly for friends and relatives, he left for the Urals to get an acting education at the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute. After the first year, he transferred to the famous Moscow GITIS. Yurash graduated from the institute in 1991. The confusion in the country did not contribute to the development of Russian cinema. At the same time, the young actor was approved for the role in the film "Migrants". Then Igor worked in the film "Chicken". In the film "Dear Ep" Yurash played the main role. After the release of the action movie "The Crusader", the acting career went, as they say, uphill.
Igor not only acted in films. He was invited to various programs and programs on television. For more than a year he hosted the humorous program "Weak!" On the first channel. In 2003, Yurash performed his first parachute jump. Then he underwent training on the accelerated American system. Then the fun began. Igor took part in various international competitions. He was invited several times for an internship in the United States. In 2004, he was among 12 Russian paratroopers who participated in the celebration of the next anniversary of the Queen of Thailand.
Recognition and privacy
Igor Yurash is a three-time world record holder and two-time Russian champion in parachute jumping. Sports did not prevent the actor from acting in regular films. He clearly planned his time and was in time everywhere.
The personal life of an actor and an athlete has developed well. He lived in a legal marriage. The husband and wife raised and raised two sons. A tragic event interrupted the life of Igor Yurash - he died during another jump in May 2013.
