A smiling imposing man, an optimist and a joker - this is all about him, about Andrei Urgant, a hereditary theater and film actor, a favorite of millions of Russians. What do we know about his biography, the vicissitudes of life, the formation of a career? Quite a little when comparing all this information with the demand and popularity of Andrei Urgant.
Andrei Urgant always speaks about his biography, career and personal life with irony, assures that all his successes were influenced by the mixing of three bloods - Estonian, Russian and Jewish. So who is he - Andrey Urgant?
Biography of the actor and presenter Andrey Urgant
Andrei Lvovich Urgant was born in November 1956 in Leningrad, into an acting family. We all know his mother, Urgant Nina, from the legendary film “Belorussky Railway Station”, and his father, Lev Milinder, devoted his whole life to serving in the troupe of the Akimov Theater.
Andrei's parents divorced when he was still very young. Due to his employment, the boy's mother had to send him to a boarding school, where he was brought up before entering school.
In parallel with his general education, Andrei mastered the basics of art, attending a drama club. Stepfather - the famous choreographer Laskari Kirill, he insisted on the all-round development of the boy, introduced him to the classics of literature, music, took him to sports - Andrei was engaged in rowing, ran, threw a spear.
Love for parodying, singing, playing music led Andrey to the acting department of the legendary LGITMiK. Agamirzyan became his mentor, who noted and tried to develop the talent of a comedy actor in his pupil as much as possible.
Career and work of actor Andrey Urgant
In 1977, Andrei Urgant began his career in the troupe of the Leningrad Komissarzhevskaya Theater, where he worked for 2 years, before being called up for military service in the Soviet Army. After the service, Andrei Lvovich entered the Lenin Komsomol Theater, but after 7 years he still made a choice in favor of cinema and television.
This acting path - cinema and television - brought Andrei Urgant much wider fame and popularity than theater. But Andrey Lvovich finds time in his busy work schedule for theatrical skits.
His filmography includes such famous films as
- "The last case of Boiled",
- "Love-carrot"
- "Racket",
- "I cancel death"
- "Russian transit" and others.
Film partners and critics note not only Urgant's unique talent, but also his ease of communication, willingness to help, seek and find compromises, the ability to improvise, which is good for the images of his characters and the quality of films with his participation in general.
Andrey Lvovich's creative work contains many examples of dubbing that is unique in terms of talent - in foreign films “My beloved Martian”, “Gone in 60 seconds”, “Master of the Seas. At the End of the Earth”and many others.
In addition, Andrei Urgant also succeeded as a presenter of television programs in various directions on the central TV channels and channels of his native St. Petersburg. In his creative "piggy bank" there are works of this plan in the projects "Twelve", "Thank God you came", "Egoist", "Song for your table". Andrey Lvovich is a member of the jury in the “Master of Laughter” competition, and he is quite tough and demanding.
The son of Andrei Urgant Ivan, a rather successful TV presenter and comedian of Russian TV, considers his father the best mentor, claims that it is his example that is a kind of engine in promoting his career.
Personal life of actor Andrei Lvovich Urgant
There have already been three official marriages in his life, and recently the press has been circulating rumors about the fourth marriage of Andrei Lvovich. He himself does not comment on these rumors in any way, or laughs it off.
Urgant's first wife was his classmate Valeria Kiseleva. The couple did not live together for long, despite the birth of a son. When Ivan was only 2 years old, his parents broke up. Whether the marriage was official is unknown to this day.
The second wife of Andrei Urgant, exactly the official, singer and actress Alena Svintsova. In a marriage with her, the actor had a daughter, Masha. But this family also eventually fell apart, although not as "loudly" as the first union of Andrei Lvovich.
The third wife, again civil or official, is unknown, this is Vera Yatsevich. The relationship was short-term, there were no children. The couple did not comment on their relationship, rarely appeared in public, and then broke up altogether.
The fourth close relationship between Andrei Urgant and a woman is the most discussed in the press. The actor's partner, Elena Romanova, is much younger than him - more than 30 years, and evil tongues are happy to discuss this connection.
Andrei Lvovich himself enjoys life, his children and relatives do not blame him for his late happiness and love, do not spread "news" and do not give comments about the upcoming wedding. More precisely, they do not confirm or deny the rumors, as do Lena and Andrei themselves.
What is Andrey Lvovich Urgant doing now
Even after 60 years, this unique actor continues to act in films, performs at corporate parties, and hosts television programs. All that has changed in his life after 2016, when Andrei Lvovich celebrated his anniversary, a guitar appeared, on which he plays in the evenings in a circle of loved ones.
Another "update" in the life of the actor is charity. He claims that with age he began to see life differently, and good deeds are needed not even by those whom he helps, but by himself. Andrey Urgant took part in the Life Line Foundation marathon, organizing evenings in this direction in the Bolshoi Gostiny Dvor of his native St. Petersburg.
