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Igor Borisovich Sklyar (russian: Игорь Борисович Скляр; born 18 December 1957) is a Russian actor and singer. He has appeared in over 30 films since 1974. He starred in the 1994 film, '' The Year of the Dog'', which won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the
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Biography

Sklyar was born on 18 December 1957 in
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in a family of engineers. He studied at a music school and dreamed of becoming a musician. In 1975, after graduation, Igor applied to several creative universities in Moscow, but was not accepted. He entered the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography, the course of
Lev Dodin Lev Abramovich Dodin (russian: Лев Абрамович Додин, born 1944) is a modern Russian theater director, the leader of Saint Petersburg Maly Drama Theater. Biography Lev Dodin was born in Novokuznetsk in 1944. He first experienced ...
. After graduating from the university in 1979, Igor Sklyar became an actor of the Tomsk Youth Theater, where he worked until 1980. In 1980-1982 he served in the cavalry regiment at the
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, while acting in the cinema. From 1983 until 2000 Igor Sklyar was an actor of the Leningrad Maly Drama Theater under the direction of Lev Dodin. His roles included the village fool in ''Brothers and Sisters'' by Fedor Abramov, convict Fedka in ''The Devils'' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jack Simon in ''Lord of the Flies'' by William Golding, the murderer Roberto Zukko in the play of the same name. Since 2006, he worked in the entertaining theater of Nikita Sokolov "NIKART", in the same year he would be accepted into the troupe of the Theater Festival "Baltic House". On the stage of the "Baltic House" Igor Sklyar performed the role of Sasha in the play ''Bury Me Behind the Baseboard''. In 2011, on the same stage, the actor played one of the main roles in the production of ''
The Cabal of Hypocrites ''The Cabal of Hypocrites'' (russian: Кабала святош, translit=Kabala svyatosh) is a four-act play by Mikhail Bulgakov also known as ''Molière''. Written in 1929 for the Moscow Art Theatre, it was read by Bulgakov for Stanislavski a ...
''. Since 2015, Igor Sklyar has been cooperating with the Moscow Sovremennik Theater. In the 2017 season he played the role of Cyril Zander in the play ''With the Coming ...''. In film, Igor Sklyar made his debut as a schoolboy Nikolai Maslenka, in Vladimir Rogovoy's film ''Shipboy of the Northern Fleet'' (1973), but recognition came to the young artist in 1984 with the release of Karen Shakhnazarov's musical film ''
We Are from Jazz ''We Are from Jazz'' (russian: Мы из джаза, My iz dzhaza) is a 1983 Soviet comedy musical film by Karen Shahnazarov. Plot A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time (the film depicts the 1920s) ...
'', in which Sklyar performed the role of jazz musician Kostya Ivanov. Having performed ''Komarovo'', one of the first hits of
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, Igor Sklyar gained wide popularity. Having become famous as a pop singer, the actor ironically played this situation in the role of a pop star from Alexander Stefanovich's film ''Start First'' (1986). In Alexander Surikov's comedy ''Children of Monday'' (1998), the actor played an atypical image of a drunk businessman Mitya. In 2000, Igor Sklyar acted as Commissioner Yakovlev in the film Gleb Panfilov's '' The Romanovs: An Imperial Family''. Igor Sklyar starred in the films: ''Townspeople'' (1976), ''Only in the Music Hall'' (1980), ''Take Care of Women'' (1981), ''
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'' (1983), ''Hourglass'' (1984), ''Battalions Ask for Fire'' (1985), ''Maritsa'' (1985), ''The Feat of Odessa'' (1985), ''Start First'' (1986), ''The Victims Have No Claims'' (1986), ''The Journey of Monsieur Perrychon'' (1987), ''The Frenchman'' (1988), ''
The Prisoner of Château d'If ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'' or (russian: Узник замка Иф, Uznik zamka If) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. Plot The film is s ...
'' (1989), ''The Imitator'' (1990), ''Tartuffe'' (1992), '' The Year of the Dog'' (1994), ''The Investigators: Ten Years After'' (2002), ''Red Sky, Black Snow'' (2002), ''Ratatouille'' (2006), ''
Hooked on the Game ''Hooked on the Game'' (russian: На игре, Na igre) is a 2009 Russian action film directed by Pavel Sanayev, it is a science fiction adaptation of a comic book applied to video gamers. It is based on Alexander Chubaryan's novel ''Games into L ...
'' (2009), ''Robinson'' (2010), ''Courier from Paradise'' (2013), ''Dreams'' (2013), ''Hammer'' (2016), ''About the Faith'' (2016). In recent years Sklyar has been actively playing in TV series - ''
Moscow Saga ''Moscow Saga'' (russian: Московская сага, Moscovskaya Saga) is a Russian television series loosely based on the eponymous trilogy Vasily Aksyonov. The shooting took place in the winter and spring of 2004. It aired from 11 October t ...
'' (2004), ''The Chess Player'' (2004), ''
The Fall of the Empire ''The Fall of the Empire'' (russian: Гибель империи, Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005. It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence ...
'' (2005), ''
The First Circle ''In the First Circle'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, В круге первом, V kruge pervom; also published as ''The First Circle'') is a novel by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, released in 1968. A more complete version of the boo ...
'' (2006), ''The Summer of the Wolves'' (2011) (2011), ''Underground Transition'' (2012), ''
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
'' (2013), ''Farmer'' (2013), ''Outgoing Nature'' (2013), ''Teach me to live'' (2016), ''Family Album'' (2016), ''Excellence'' (2017).


Honors

People's Artist of Russia (2013), winner of the Best Actor's Debut Prize at the Mosfilm Festival "Youth" (1984, "We are from Jazz"), laureate of the Best Actor Award at the Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr in Sochi (1994).


Personal life

Igor Sklyar is married to Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Natalia Akimova. They have a son, Vasily, born in 1991.


Selected filmography


Film

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Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet ''Sea Cadet of Northern Fleet'' (russian: Юнга Северного флота, Yunga Severnogo Flota) is a 1973 Soviet World War II film directed by Vladimir Rogovoy. Plot The film takes place during the war. The film tells about four Soviet ...
(Юнга Северного флота, 1973) * ''
Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20th ...
'' (Анна, Павлова, 1983) as
Serge Lifar Serge Lifar ( ua, Сергій Михайлович Лифар, ''Serhіy Mуkhailovуch Lуfar'') ( 15 December 1986) was a Ukrainian ballet dancer and choreographer, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century. No ...
* ''
We Are from Jazz ''We Are from Jazz'' (russian: Мы из джаза, My iz dzhaza) is a 1983 Soviet comedy musical film by Karen Shahnazarov. Plot A student is expelled from music school because he loves jazz, and jazz at that time (the film depicts the 1920s) ...
'' (Мы из джаза, 1984) as Konstantin Ivanov * ''
The Prisoner of Château d'If ''The Prisoner of Château d'If'' or (russian: Узник замка Иф, Uznik zamka If) is a 1988 Soviet drama film directed by Georgi Yungvald-Khilkevich based on the novel '' The Count of Monte Cristo'' by Alexandre Dumas. Plot The film is s ...
'' (Узник замка Иф, 1988) as Benedetto * '' The Year of the Dog'' (Год собаки, 1994) as Sergej * '' The Romanovs: An Imperial Family'' (Романовы. Венценосная семья, 2000) as
Vasily Yakovlev Vasily Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 16 September 1938) was a Russian (of Latvian ancestry) Old Bolshevik revolutionary and politician. He participated in the October Revolution of 19 ...
* ''
Hooked on the Game ''Hooked on the Game'' (russian: На игре, Na igre) is a 2009 Russian action film directed by Pavel Sanayev, it is a science fiction adaptation of a comic book applied to video gamers. It is based on Alexander Chubaryan's novel ''Games into L ...
'' (На игре, 2009) as Sergey Zaritsyn


Television

* ''
Moscow Saga ''Moscow Saga'' (russian: Московская сага, Moscovskaya Saga) is a Russian television series loosely based on the eponymous trilogy Vasily Aksyonov. The shooting took place in the winter and spring of 2004. It aired from 11 October t ...
'' (Московская сага, 2004) as Mikhail Frunze * ''
The First Circle ''In the First Circle'' (russian: link=no, italics=yes, В круге первом, V kruge pervom; also published as ''The First Circle'') is a novel by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, released in 1968. A more complete version of the boo ...
'' (В круге первом, 2006) as Illarion Gerasimovich * ''
The Fall of the Empire ''The Fall of the Empire'' (russian: Гибель империи, Gibel' imperii) is a Russian TV miniseries in ten episodes directed by Vladimir Khotinenko, broadcast in March 2005. It is set in World War I, following Russian counterintelligence ...
'' (Гибель империи, 2005) as Ricks * ''A Second Before...'' ( Секунда до..., 2007) as Lera's husband * ''
Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...
'' (Шерлок Холмс, 2013) as Thaddeus Sholto


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sklyar, Igor 1957 births Living people Musicians from Kursk Russian male film actors Russian people of Ukrainian descent Soviet male film actors Soviet male singers People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation 20th-century Russian male singers 20th-century Russian singers 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors