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Ivan Urgant
Ива́н У́ргант
Urgant hosting the Scarlet Sails in St Petersburg, 2019
Born
Ivan Andreevich Urgant

(1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 46)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian, Israeli
Other names
  • Vnuuk
  • Grisha Urgant
Alma materSaint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
Occupations
  • Television host
  • comedian
  • actor
Years active1999-present
TelevisionEvening Urgant
Spouses
Karina Avdeeva
​
(divorced)​
Natalia Kiknadze
​
(m. 2007)​

Ivan Andreevich Urgant (Template:Lang-ru; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer.[1] His best known roles in film are Boris in the Yolki series and as Danila in Lucky Trouble. Between 2012 and 2022 he has hosted Evening Urgant, a late-night talk show, which was suspended in February 2022 after Urgant made an Instagram post which read "Fear and pain. NO WAR." against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine [2]. According to the 2008 and 2011 surveys, Urgant is Russia's most popular TV presenter.[3] He is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Friends Charitable Foundation.[4][5]

Biography

Early life

Ivan Urgant was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR into a family of actors, the son of Andrei Urgant and Valeriya Kiseleva. His paternal grandparents were actors Nina Urgant and Lev Milinder. His Estonian surname Urgant comes from Nina's father, Nikolai Andreyevich Urgant, a NKVD Major from Luga and a son of Räpina-born Hindrik Urgand.[6][7] About a year after Ivan's birth the family separated. After his parents broke up, he lived with his mother and stepfather - Leningrad actor Dmitri Ladygin.[8]

Ivan studied at the Leningrad Children's Music School No. 18, at the Gymnasium at the State Russian Museum. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.[9] After receiving his acting education, Ivan did not engage in theater as the main profession. He worked as a waiter, bartender, and then as a host in nightly shows in clubs. In 2018, it was reported he had taken Israeli citizenship.[10]

Career

In 1999, Urgant managed to get a job at the St. Petersburg radio stations. In addition, he appeared on television, was the host of the program Petersburg Courier on Channel 5. Later, he was moved to Moscow and continued his career on the radio - first on Russian Radio, and then on "Hit-FM."

In May 2001, Ivan first appeared on Moscow television, on the television channel MTV Russia.[11] He received an invitation to a casting at a time when Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov were looking for a couple of hosts to team up with on the show Cheerful Morning.[11] Since 2002, after the departure of the original team of VJs of "MTV Russia", he began to host the programs Total Show[12] and Expresso.[13]

From 2003 to 2005 he was involved in a number of TV projects on the Russia-1: he was the host of TV show People's Artist and Pyramid.[3] He has been working on Channel One since 2005.[13][14] At the moment, Ivan is a TV presenter in the programs Gusto, Evening Urgant and Prozhektorperiskhilton.[15] Also he often conducts award ceremonies.

Starting from 2006, Urgant has appeared with Vladimir Posner in the travel documentary series titled Travels of Pozner and Urgant.[16]

In 2007, 2009, 2010 (2), 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016, Urgant was awarded TEFI.[17]

On 16 May 2009, he presented the finale of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with former Russian Eurovision participant Alsou.[18] In December 2017, Urgant was one of the hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Team Draw Show, with Gary Lineker and Maria Komandnaya.[19]

Other ventures

From 2011, Urgant owns a restaurant The Sad (Template:Lang-ru; "Garden") together with Alexander Tsekalo in Moscow.[20] He has been a board member and co-owner of the elite real estate agency "W1Evans" since 2016.[20][21]

Filmography

Films

Television

Urgant has hosted various TV shows, including:

Music

Ivan Urgant plays guitar, piano and drums.[22] In the late 1990s he acted under the pseudonym Vnuk (Template:Lang-ru - Grandson). In 2011 Ivan renewed his own singing career and now is acting under the pseudonym Grisha Urgant.[23]

Discography

  • 1999 — "Star"
  • 2012 — "Estrada"

Theatrical experience

Savva Vasilkov in the play of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre "Mad Money".[24]

References

  1. ^ "Иван Ургант". Russia-1.
  2. ^ Eurovision Belgium • Netherlands 25.02.22, twitter.com
  3. ^ a b "Биография Ивана Урганта". RIA Novosti. 2013-04-16.
  4. ^ Friends Foundation
  5. ^ Ivan Urgant, Alena Doletskaya, Ksenia Rappoport and others at a charity event
  6. ^ ""Наша Нинка–артистка!"". Vesti Segodnya.
  7. ^ "Hindrik Urgand". Geni.com.
  8. ^ "Отчим Ивана Урганта Дмитрий Ладыгин: Наша семья жила бедно, пока Ваня не стал звездой". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  9. ^ "Тотальный ураган". Argumenty i Fakty. 2002-07-25.
  10. ^ Ivan Urgant repatriated to Israel 10.06.18, Vesty.co.il
  11. ^ a b "Иван Ургант: "На MTV я был бесплатным сотрудником". "А помнишь, какой ты был, когда с поезда сошел? А помнишь, как мы тебя на MTV испытывали? А помнишь?.." Иван Ургант и Ольга Шелест точно знают: давняя, верная дружба между мужчиной и женщиной — это абсолютно нормально!". 7 days. 2013-01-27.
  12. ^ "Памяти российского MTV : 20 главных эпизодов в истории канала от «Владивостока 2000» до сериала «Половинки» — Музыка — Журнал — Афиша". Retrieved 2013-04-05.
  13. ^ a b "Ургант, Иван. Телеведущий, музыкант". Lenta.ru.
  14. ^ "Иван Ургант поплатился за шуточки. У ведущего больше нет своей программы на Первом канале. Зато он съездил в Африку и ничем не заразился". Komsomolskaya Pravda. 2005-11-24.
  15. ^ "О проекте — Вечерний Ургант — Первый канал". 1tv.ru. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  16. ^ "Путешествия Познера и Урганта". Channel One Russia.
  17. ^ "В погоне за Ургантом. Кто из петербуржцев завоевывал ТЭФИ?". Argumenty i Fakty.
  18. ^ "THE HOSTS OF MOSCOW 2009!". Eurovision.tv.
  19. ^ "Ivan Urgant to host Final Draw Show". FIFA. 29 November 2017. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  20. ^ a b "Иван Ургант стал совладельцем агентства элитной недвижимости". RBC Information Systems.
  21. ^ "Иван Ургант оказался совладельцем агентства элитной недвижимости". Forbes.
  22. ^ "Ivan Urgant. Biography". muz-tv.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-26.
  23. ^ "Grisha Urgant". radioshanson.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-05-23.
  24. ^ "The play "Mad money" on the website of the Moscow Pushkin Drama Theatre". teatrpushkin.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-04-19. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

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