Yuri Sardarov, aka Yuriy Sardarov, (born January 28, 1988) is an American actor and producer. He has done extensive work in the theater.
He starred on
NBC
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's ''
Chicago Fire'' until season 8.
Early life
Yuri Sardarov is half-
Georgian
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** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group
** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians
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and half-
Armenian
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* Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent
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; he moved to the United States at age two as a refugee.
His parents and grandparents were musicians.
Sardarov was named after his grandfather, with whom he is very close, and they have matching
Cyrillic
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tattoos.
Because his grandfather was named "Yuri," Sardarov began to spell his name with an extra "y" at the end to differentiate himself.
He has a brother, Nick, who is eleven years younger.
Sardarov attended
Glenbrook North High School
Glenbrook North High School (also known as GBN) is a public high school in Northbrook, Illinois, a north suburb of Chicago, United States. It was established in 1953 and is part of the Northfield Township High School District 225.
In 2022, it ...
, near
Chicago
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, starting his junior year.
[ He graduated in 2006. In 2010 he graduated with a BFA in Theatre Performance at the ]University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance
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where he was in a fraternity.[
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Personal life
He divides his time between Los Angeles
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and Chicago. During filming for ''Chicago Fire'', he lived with his costars Joe Minoso
Joe Miñoso (born September 25, 1978) is an American theater and television actor. He currently stars in NBC's '' Chicago Fire''.
Early life
He saw his first girlfriend in a school play at Lincoln High School where she took him backstage and h ...
and Charlie Barnett.The Second City
The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise and is the oldest ongoing improvisational theater troupe to be continually based in Chicago, with training programs and live theatres in Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre op ...
during his free time in Chicago.
Filmography
Television
Films
Shorts
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
American people of Georgian (country) descent
American people of Armenian descent
Soviet emigrants to the United States
Male actors from Chicago
University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance alumni
American male television actors
21st-century American male actors
Place of birth missing (living people)
Glenbrook North High School alumni