Igor Gennadyevich Gordin (russian: И́горь Генна́дьевич Го́рдин; born 6 May 1965) is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

and Russian actor of theater and cinema.

Honored 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 ...

(2004).Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 октября 2004 года № 1303
// kremlin.ru Laureate of the Golden Mask (2011).

Biography

Gordin 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 ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

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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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). Since the eighth grade of secondary school secretly from his parents he played at the Theater of Youth Creativity (TYUT) at the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers.Биография Игоря Гордина
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Komsomolskaya Pravda He graduated from the

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, abbreviated as SPbPU (also, formerly "Saint Petersburg State Technical University", abbreviated as SPbSTU), is a Russian technical university located in Saint Petersburg. Other former names i ...

, specializing in nuclear physics, but did not quit the scene. I went to Moscow to get an acting education. In 1993 he graduated from the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theatrical Art –

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

(course of Irina Sudakova). After graduation, GITIS worked a theatrical season at the Moscow State Academic

Sovremennik Theatre Moscow Sovremennik Theatre (russian: Московский театр «Современник») is a theatre company in Moscow founded in 1956. "Sovremennik" means "Contemporary".

. In 1994, he moved to the main roles in the Moscow Theater of Young Spectators, where he currently works.Игорь Гордин. Биография.
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Personal life

Gordin is married to actress and television host

Yuliya Menshova Yuliya Vladimirovna Menshova (russian: Ю́лия Влади́мировна Меньшо́ва; born July 28, 1969) is a Russian actress and TV show host. She is the winner of the Russian national television award TEFI in the Talk-show (1999 ...

, with whom he has two children: Andrey Gordin (born 1997) and Taisia Gordina (born 2003).

Selected filmography

* ''

Children of the Arbat ''Children of the Arbat'' (russian: Дети Арбата) is a semi-autobiographical historical novel by Anatoly Rybakov set during the era of Stalin. Premise It recounts the era in the Soviet Union of the build-up to the Congress of the Vict ...

'' (2004) as Igor Vladimirovich * '' Heavenly Court'' (2014) as Alex * ''

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'' (2018) as President of

FC Spartak Moscow FC Spartak Moscow (russian: Футбольный клуб «Спартак» Москва, Futbolʹnyy klub «Spartak» Moskva, ) is a Russian professional football club based in Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships (second only to Dyn ...

Забьём! Какие фильмы снимаются к чемпионату мира по футболу 2018 года
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'' (2019) as Boris Markovich * '' Palmira '' (2022) as Major general * '' Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor'' (2022) as Menshikov

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordin, Igor 1965 births Living people Male actors from Saint Petersburg Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors