Dmitry Yurievich Nazarov (russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Наза́ров; born 4 July 1957) is а Soviet and Russian actor, television presenter and poet.

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

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He is an actor, known for ''

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'' (2009), ''

Largo Winch II ''Largo Winch II'' (released internationally as ''The Burma Conspiracy'') is a 2011 French action thriller film based on the Belgian comic book ''Largo Winch''. It was released in France and Belgium on 16 February 2011. It is the sequel to the 2008 ...

'' (2011) and '' Yeltsin: Three Days in August'' (2011).

Early life

Dmitry Nazarov was born in

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. In his youth he worked as a

pastry chef A pastry chef or pâtissier (; the French female version of the word is pâtissière ), is a station chef in a professional kitchen, skilled in the making of pastries, desserts, breads and other baked goods. They are employed in large hotels, bi ...

at the bakery. In 1980 he graduated from the

Mikhail Shchepkin Higher Theatre School The Mikhail Semyonovich Shchepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute) is a drama school associated with the Maly Theatre (Moscow), State Academic Maly Theatre in Moscow. It was established in 1809 by decree of Alexander I of Russia. History Sin ...

(course Viktor Korshunov). In 1980 to 1995 he worked at the Maly Theater, then in the theater "Sphere" and the Theatre of the Russian Army, and since 2002 - in the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater.

Career

Between 2002 and 2008 Nazarov hosted the cooking show ''Culinary Duel'' on

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. Host of the TVC inventor competition program ''Think Tank'' from the year 2009. In the mystical series ''

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'' he played chief investigator Khromov, who specializes in mysterious crimes. Since 2012, Nazarov has played the lead role of

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Viktor Barinov on the Russian comedy TV series ''

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''. In 2013, he became the host of the

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show ''The Hunger Games''. In 2014 he became a presenter of show ''Recipe for a Million'' on the

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channel. On September 5, 2015 has once again become the host of program ''Culinary Duel'' on the

channel. Since the start of

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Nazarov has criticized the war online. In January 2023, it was reported that Nazarov and his wife were fired by the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater for his anti-war views.

Awards and honours

In May 1993, he was awarded the honorary title of

Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

. Winner of the

Crystal Turandot Award The Crystal Turandot Awards are Russian theatre awards created in 1991. They are awarded at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, where the winner receives a crystal figurine of Princess Turandot, the main character of ''Turandot'', a play first staged ...

for Best Actor in the 1997/1998 season, for Satin in the play TSATRA "The Lower Depths", Winner of the "Seagull" for the best actor of the season, "Mask of Zorro" (2005 play "The Forest"), the Icarus animation award in 2017. In March 2000, he was awarded the honorary title of

. He received the

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...

in 2008.

Personal life

He has one daughter with his first wife Natalia, one son and one daughter with his second wife, Russian actress Olga Vasilyeva.

Selected filmography

References

External links

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