Igor Emilievich Vernik (russian: И́горь Эми́льевич Ве́рник; born October 11, 1963) is a
Soviet
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and Russian film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host.
Biography
Igor was born in 1963 in family of Emil Vernik (1924 — 2021), director of the All-Union Radio, People's Artist of Russia and his wife Anna Vernik (1927 — 2009) is a lawyer by education, music school teacher. Twin brother Vadim, journalist and broadcaster.
In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio (course of Ivan Tarkhanov).
Since 1986 — actor of
Moscow Art Theatre School
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.
February 9, 2012, was officially registered as an authorized representative of
presidential candidate
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Mikhail Prokhorov
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Igor Vernik performed in the ballet ''
Nureyev'' during its premiere as the auctioneer (a vocal role).
Selected filmography
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Jaguar
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(1986) as Cava
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Frenzied Bus (1990) as Israeli MIA officer
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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 ...
(1994) as
Judas Iscariot
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Heads and Tails (1996) as Felix Barmakov
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8 ½ $ (1999) as Boba, Stepan's bodyguard
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Savages (2006) as Murzya
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Heat
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(2006) as employee of the film studio
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12 (2007) as silver eyewitness witness
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Daddy's Daughters
''Daddy's Daughters'' (russian: Папины дочки, Papiny Dochki) is a Russian TV series produced from 2007 to 2013. Made by "Kinokonstanta" (episodes 1 to 60) and "Kostafilm" (since episode 61) film companies, it is characterized by various ...
(2008) as cameo
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Love in the Big City 2 (2010) as director of dental clinic
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The White Guard
''The White Guard'' (russian: links=no, Белая гвардия) is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published in 1925 in literary journal ''Rossiya''. It was not reprinted in the Soviet Union until 1966.
Background
''The White Guard'' fir ...
(2012) as Shchur
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(2012) as producer
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Kitchen
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(2014) as German Mikhailovich Land
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Terrible Dad (2022) as Pototsky
Awards and honours
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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 ...
(1999)
[Награждён указом президента России No. 502 от 18 апреля 1999 года](_blank)
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Meritorious Artist
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 ...
of the
Chechen Republic
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(2013)
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People's Artist of the Russian Federation
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Наро́дный худо́жник Росси́йской Федера́ции).
The honorary title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" is given no earlier than five years after the h ...
(2016)
Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 31 марта 2016 года No. 142
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References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vernik, Igor
1963 births
Living people
Male actors from Moscow
Singers from Moscow
Soviet male film actors
Soviet male stage actors
Russian male film actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian male television actors
Russian television presenters
Russian radio personalities
Soviet male singers
People's Artists of Russia
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
Soviet Jews
Russian twins
Converts to Buddhism from Judaism
Russian Buddhists
Jewish Russian actors
Moscow Art Theatre School alumni