Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Нагиев, born April 4, 1967) is a Russian actor, TV-host, musician, showman and radio host. In 1991, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute Of Theater, Music And Cinematography.

Biography

Nagiyev was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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(now

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

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). In his young days, Dmitry Nagiyev has practiced

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(master of sports) under the leadership of Victor Gorlov and

Arkady Rotenberg Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg (russian: Аркадий Романович Ротенберг; born 15 December 1951) is a Russian billionaire businessman and oligarch. With his brother Boris Rotenberg, he was co-owner of the Stroygazmontazh ( ...

and

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. He received the title of Junior Champion of the USSR Championships in the 1980s. After school, he became a student at the

Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" (ETU, ETU "LETI", russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный электротехнический университет «ЛЭТИ» им. В.И. Ульян� ...

(Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering). While studying, he worked, then began was a part of black marketing. When he was arrested by law enforcement agencies with currency (in the Soviet times, illegal currency circulation was a criminal offense), then, in order to avoid criminal prosecution, he left for military service in the

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. As an athlete he was sent to a sports company, but there was no sambo section, so Nagiyev went to serve in the air defense forces near

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. After the army he entered the

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. He studied in the acting studio of Vladimir Petrov along with

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and Alexei Klimushkin. In September 1990, during a rehearsal of the graduation performance, Nagiyev had an attack, an ambulance urgently took him to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed

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; it took half a year to recover, but Nagiev’s “branded” squint remained for his whole life.

Career

In 1991, after graduating from the institute, he worked in Saint Petersburg at the "Vremya" Theatre, then, was the anchor on "Modern" radio and four times was recognized as the country's best radio host.Дмитрий Нагиев: «Я патриот, далекий от пьяных криков Россия, вперед!»
/ref> From 1993 to 2001, he performed songs and monologues in the program "Radio roulette" at the "Modern" radio to the music of

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. He was the host of the

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. In 1997, in the Saint Petersburg dance hall "Continent" he created an author's show, where he played contests, held theater lounges, as well as a comic auction with various artists. From 1996 to 2004, he worked a lot in a duet with his Modern radio’s colleague,

Sergey Rost Sergey Rost (russian: Сергей Рост, real name Sergey Anatolyevich Titivin (russian: Серге́й Анато́льевич Титивин); born March 3, 1965, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) is a Russian actor, screenwriter, television and radi ...

: together they starred in the comedy

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"Look Out! Modern!" (''Осторожно, модерн!''), "Full Modern!" (''Полный модерн!'' ), "Look Out! Modern! 2" (''Осторожно, модерн! 2''), were the hosts of the talk show "Once in the evening" (''Однажды вечером'') on

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and

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, and in the early 2000s they wrote jokes for some ''

KVN ''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...

'' teams. Also in 1997, they starred in the film "Purgatory" (''Чистилище'') by

Alexander Nevzorov Alexander Glebovich Nevzorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Гле́бович Невзо́ров; born on 3 August 1958) is a Russian (since 2022, also Ukrainian) television journalist, film director and a former member of the Russian State D ...

, where Nagiyev played his first main role in the movie - the Chechen field commander ''Dukuz Israpilov''. After Rost’s leaving, he continued to act in the

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"Beware, Zadov!" (''Осторожно, Задов!'') and "Zadov in Reality". From 2000 to 2008 he played in the detective sitcom "Kamenskaya". From 2012 to 2016 he played the role of the owner of the Claude Monet restaurant in the sitcom ''Kitchen'' (''Кухня''). From 2013 to 2016 he starred in the series "''

Two Fathers, Two Sons Two Fathers, Two Sons (russian: Два отца и два сына, Dva otsa i dva syna) is Russian television sitcom produced by the company Yellow, Black and White. The show is broadcast by the Russian television STS. Overview The series was ...

''" (''Два отца и два сына''). Since 2014, has been playing a major role in the television series "Fizruk". He hosted the programs "Telecompact", "The Burden of Money", the talk show ''Okna'', the final show of the project "Home" (''Дом'') on the TNT channel (2003). From 2005 to the present, Nagiyev is the host on

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. In 2005-2014 he led the sports and entertainment show "Big Race" (''Большие гонки''). Since October 2012, he has hosted

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project, and since February 2014,

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, and since September 2018 - the project The Voice Senior. Also in 2011, together with

Natalya Andrejchenko Natalya Eduardovna Andreychenko (russian: link=no, Ната́лья Эдуа́рдовна Андре́йченко; born May 3, 1956) is a Russian actress. Her most famous roles include the title character in ''Mary Poppins, Goodbye'' and Lyuba ...

and Stepan Urgant, he led the

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"Mother in Act" on the Perets TV channel. In 2004, he wrote and performed the song "I Her Hoey" (''Я её хой'') with the group " Russkiy Razmer" and Professor Lebedinsky (a parody of the song "

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'' by

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), which lasted for several weeks in the top of the program"Golden Gramophone Award" on

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. Together with "Russkiy Razmer" and with Sergey Rogozhin, he recorded the song "My Butterfly". In 2010 and 2011, with his ex-wife Alice Sher, he hosted the Peter FM radio award ceremony. From 2012 to 2016, he was the permanent host of the annual Golden Gramophone ceremony in a duet with

Ivan Urgant Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант; born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. His best known roles in film are Boris in the ''Yolki'' series and as Dani ...

. Since December 20, 2012, he became the new voice of the "

Joke", replacing Vadim Galygin. Since 2013, participates in the advertising campaign of the Russian mobile operator MTS. In 2014, he starred in an ad for the drug Miramistin. In 2015, he became the advertising person of "The Eurasia" restaurant chain in Saint Petersburg. Often takes part in the jury of the High League of

. Starred in the movies, and voicing the cartoons. In 2018, for the first time in 20 years, he played a dramatic role -

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in the film

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Sarik Andreasyan Sarik Garnikovich Andreasyan (russian: Сарик Гарникович Андреасян; hy, Սարիկ Գառնիկի Անդրեասյան; born 1984) is a Russian-Armenian director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films and com ...

''"When I received the script, the first question I asked Sarik was:"Are you sure that I am?" The cliches and roles are stuck, and short-sighted or not very brave directors are afraid to invite an artist with a comedy past"''

Discography

* 1998: “Flight to Nowhere” (with Anna Samokhina and the ''Trubniy zov'' group) * 2006: “Silver” (with the group "Razmer Project")

Shooting in clips

* ''"Your train is gone"'' with Elena Vilyuchinskaya (1998) * ""Snowstorm"" with Elena Vasilyeva (2007) * ''"My Moscow Love"'' with Arina and the group "Razmer Project" (2012) * ''"Love will find you"'' with

Polina Gagarina Polina Sergeyevna Gagarina ( rus, Поли́на Серге́евна Гага́рина, p=pɐˈlʲinə sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvnə ɡɐˈɡarʲɪnə; born 27 March 1987) is a Russian singer and songwriter. She Russia in the Eurovision Song Contes ...

(2016)

Theatre

* ''"Cutie"'' is a musical based on the film ''

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'', directed by Lev Rakhlin - ''the main role'' * ''"Kysya"'' (director Lev Rakhlin) - ''the main role'' - ''the cat Martyn'', ''aka Kysya'' * ''"Eroticon"'' (director Lev Rakhlin) - ''6 characters'' * ''"Territory"'' (plot - war in Chechnya) (director Rakhlin) - ''the main role''

Filmography

* 1990: The Executioner * 1995:

Bullet to Beijing ''Bullet to Beijing'' is a 1995 made-for-television film that continues the adventures of the fictional spy Harry Palmer, who appeared in the 1960s films ''The Ipcress File'', ''Funeral in Berlin'' and ''Billion Dollar Brain'', based on books b ...

* 1996 / 1998: Look Out! Modern! * 1997: Purgatory * 2000: Kamenskaya * 2000: Nadezhda's House * 2001: Look Out! Modern 2 * 2001: Mole * 2002 / 2005: Okna * 2002: The Destructive Power * 2002: Mole 2 * 2002: Camera! Action! * 2003: Kamenskaya 3 * 2003: Russian Special Forces * 2003: The Game Without Rules * 2003: Upside Down * 2004: Russian Special Forces 2 * 2004:

Yeralash ''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Russian children's comedy TV show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''eralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from ...

* 2005: Ali Baba * 2005: Kamenskaya 4 * 2005:

The Master and Margarita ''The Master and Margarita'' (russian: Мастер и Маргарита) is a novel by Soviet writer Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐf ...

(TV) * 2005: Hunting Wapiti * 2005: The Fight Without Rules * 2005: Balzac Age, Or All The Men Are Bastards * 2005: The New Year Killer * 2006: Weaknesses Of A Strong Woman * 2006: Sonya The Golden Hand * 2007: On The Way To The Heart * 2007:

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* 2007: Paradox * 2007: The Fatal Likeness * 2007: The Rock-Climber And The Last Of The 7th Lullaby * 2008:

The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin ''The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin'' (russian: Возвращение мушкетёров, или Сокровища кардинала Мазарини, translit=Vozvrashchenie mushketyorov, ili Sokrovishcha kard ...

* 2008:

The Best Movie ''The Best Movie'' (russian: Самый лучший фильм, ''Samy luchshiy film'') is a 2008 Russian comedy film from TNT and Comedy Club Russia, spoofing such famous Russian films as '' Night Watch'' and '' Day Watch'', ''The 9th Company'' ...

* 2008: Happy Together (TV) * 2008: The Traffic Police etc. * 2008: The Women's League * 2009: The Simpletons: Episode One * 2009:

The Best Movie 2 ''The Best Movie 2'' (russian: Самый лучший фильм 2, Samiy luchshiy film 2) is a 2009 Russian comedy film, comedy from Monumental Pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and Comedy Club Production, continuation of 2008 ''The Best Mo ...

* 2009: Katya * 2009: The City Of Seductions * 2009: The Last Wagon * 2009: If Ifs And Ans Were Pots And Pans * 2009: Savva Morozov * 2009: The Russian Cross * 2010: The Husband Of My Widow * 2010: Robinzon The Woman * 2010: The Frozen Despatches * 2010: The Capital Of Sin * 2011: Two Pistols * 2011: To Run * 2011: The Rules Of The Masquerade * 2011: Mayakovsky. Two Days * 2011: The International Airlines Pilot * 2011: Kamenskaya 6 * 2012 / 2016:

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(TV) * 2012: The Jah's Territory * 2012: The Guaranteed Male * 2012:

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* 2013: What Men Up To * 2013: The Courier From The Paradise * 2013: The Polar Trip * 2013 / 2016:

(TV) * 2014: ''The Shell-Shocked '' * 2014 / 2017: ''The PE teacher'' * 2014: ''

The Kitchen in Paris ''The Kitchen in Paris'' (; ) is a 2014 Russian comedy, a first feature film directed by Dmitriy Dyachenko of the television channel by STS and company by Yellow, Black and White-Group. It is a continuation of the third season of the television se ...

'' * 2015: ''The Cage '' * 2015: ''Horoscope for good luck '' * 2015: ''Only with the left hand'' * 2015: ''

The Very Best Day The Very Best Day (russian: Самый лучший день, Samyy luchshiy den) is a Russian comedy film directed by Zhora Kryzhovnikov. It is the highest-grossing Russian film of 2015, which raised more than $10.5 million at the box office. Plot ...

'' * 2016: '' Smeshariki. The legend of the Golden dragon'' * 2017: '' Kitchen. The Last Battle'' * 2017: ''

Yolki 6 ''Yolki 6'' (russian: Ёлки новые, Yolki novye, meaning ''Christmas Trees New''), is a 2017 Russian comedy film, the sequel to ''Yolki 5''. Starring Ivan Urgant, Sergey Svetlakov, Dmitry Nagiyev, Elena Yakovleva, and Yulia Aleksandrova. ...

'' * 2018: ''

'' * 2018: '' Fur-trees Last'' * 2019 / 2020: '' Kitchen. War For The Hotel'' (TV) * 2020: Save Kolya * 2020: ''

Goodbye America ''Goodbye America'' is a 1997 action drama directed by Thierry Notz. The film examines how the closing of the U.S. naval base at Subic Bay, Philippines affected the Filipinos and the Americans who had served there.Don't Heal Me'' * 2021: '' Chikatilo'' * 2021: ''

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'' * 2022: '' Swingers'' * 2022: Papy ''(Upcoming)'' * 2022: '' Moy papa - vozhd'' ''(Upcoming)'' * 2022: 12 Chairs ''(Upcoming)''

Personal life

* The ex-wife (from 1986 to 2010) - Alla Nagieva (nee Shchelischeva) (born June 18, 1966), is known as Alice Sher. Radio and television host, writer, journalist. * Son - Kirill Dmitrievich Nagiyev (born August 31, 1989), an actor at the theater and cinema, a TV host. In 2022 - Actor and TV presenter Dmitry Nagiyev became a grandfather. He blurted this out in an interview, talking about his only son, Cyril. The showman noted that the heir does not really want to work with him on the frame. – Now in the movie “The Hunter” he refused to play my son, he does not want parallels and the appearance of us together in the frame. Perhaps this is correct. I, as a dad, would be happy: once again my son is under supervision. And the son is already a father himself,” the artist told Caravan of Stories magazine. Together with his older sister and her husband, they keep a stable near St. Petersburg, redeeming horses intended for slaughter. He is a fan of the St. Petersburg Zenit. In 2016, he became the richest Russian actor according to the Forbes magazine. His annual income amounted to $ 3.2 million. He called himself “the sexual revolution leader”.

Lineage

* Nagiyev's paternal grandfather, Nikolai (Gulam) Nagiyev, after the

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, fled from

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Ashgabat Ashgabat or Asgabat ( tk, Aşgabat, ; fa, عشق‌آباد, translit='Ešqābād, formerly named Poltoratsk ( rus, Полтора́цк, p=pəltɐˈratsk) between 1919 and 1927), is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan. It lies ...

with his

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parents. On the way, his parents died of starvation, and the boy ended up in a Turkmen orphanage, where he was given the name Nagiyev in honor of the people who brought him there ( Turk. it means ''Savior of the world''), and the new name Nikolai. He was fluent in

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and

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, but spoke

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, died of

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when Dmitry Nagiyev was nine years old. Dmitry often quotes his grandfather in his television programs and attributes to him funny quotes when he jokes. * Gertruda Tsopke, Nagiyev's paternal grandmother, was a ballerina in the

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of the

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, after the wedding she moved to Ashgabat. She was half German, half Latvian. Her ancestors were from Baltic states and their first name were Leie and the Germans with the surname Tsopke; after the death of her husband she moved to her son in Leningrad. * Father - Vladimir Nikolaevich Nagiyev, a failed actor: has lived in Ashgabat, he played in the Red Army theater by the age of 17, but he was not accepted into a theater institute. Subsequently, he worked at the

Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie LOMO (russian: Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie, Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association) is a manufacturer of medical and motion-picture lens ...

. In Leningrad, he met his first wife Lyudmila Zakharovna. After the divorce, he moved with his mother to a room on Yaroslavsky Prospekt. * Maternal grandfather - the first secretary of the Petrograd district committee of the

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. During the

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he participated in the battle on the

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, was wounded: a bullet ploughed through his chest and was only 3-4 centimeters from the heart, after being wounded he returned to the front. In his programs, Dmitry often mentions grandfather Zakhar, quoting his phrases (or attributing his own to him). * Maternal grandmother - Lyudmila Ivanovna, sang in the

Kirov Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre ( rus, Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music th ...

. * Mother - Lyudmila Zakharovna Nagiyeva (1938 - October 30, 2015) - philologist, teacher, assistant professor at the Department of Foreign Languages at the Military Academy of Communications (Saint Petersburg). * The younger brother is Evgeny Vladimirovich Nagiyev (born July 1, 1971), an entrepreneur, the owner of a car wash and of a chain of mini-hotels, worked as a

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instructor, coached his older brother, starred in the TV sitcom "The Mole" ( ru, ''Крот''), is fond of racing, worked as a head of the security guard for a large night disco. * Aunt - Nadezhda Zakharovna, sang in the

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’s choir. Dmitry calls himself a “Russian Orthodox”.

Social Position

Dmitry Nagiyev - Chairman of the Board of the ''Dmitry Nagiyev Charitable Foundation "Anna"''. In 1996, he headed the youth department of the election headquarters of the candidate for governor of St. Petersburg,

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, travelling around the city with him and the first deputy chairman of the government of St. Petersburg,

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, distributing buckwheat, stew and other products to the people. According to Nagiyev, in Russia the ruling terms should be limited: ''"There is a written term, how many times you can go to power. So I don’t think that you need to go into power as much as you want"''. Nagiyev condemns contemporaries who use the slogans "To Berlin" and "We can repeat" in their speech, offering to drag Russia into a war similar to the

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. In April 2023, it was reported that Nagiyev emigrated to

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due to his antagonistic views to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Books

* Alice Sher — "I was Nagiyev’s wife" * Alice Sher — "How to never get married. Harmful advices to ex-wife of Dmitry Nagiyev"

External links

Official website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagiyev, Dmitry 1967 births Living people Male actors from Saint Petersburg Russian male film actors Russian male television actors 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Russian television presenters Russian television talk show hosts Russian radio personalities Russian people of German descent Russian people of Latvian descent Russian State Institute of Performing Arts alumni Russian people of Arab descent Russian people of Iranian descent Russian Orthodox Christians from Russia Russian activists against the Russian invasion of Ukraine