Igor Vernik

Russian actor (born 1963)

Игорь Верник

Vernik at a film launch in February 2012

Born

Igor Emilievich Vernik

(1963-10-11) October 11, 1963 (age 60)

Moscow, RSFSR, USSR

CitizenshipSoviet Union
RussiaOccupation(s)Actor, broadcaster, radio host, TV producer, singerYears active1984—presentChildren1Websitevernik.ru

Igor Emilievich Vernik (Russian: И́горь Эми́льевич Ве́рник; born October 11, 1963) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio (course of Ivan Tarkhanov).

Since 1986 — actor of Moscow Art Theatre School.

From 2000 to 2001, he led the program The Seventh Sense on Channel One Russia.

February 9, 2012, was officially registered as an authorized representative of presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov.^[4]

Igor Vernik performed in the ballet Nureyev during its premiere as the auctioneer (a vocal role).^[5]

He appeared in the first season of ice show contest Ice Age.

Selected filmography

Jaguar (1986) as Cava
Frenzied Bus (1990) as Israeli MIA officer
The Master and Margarita (1994) as Judas Iscariot
Heads and Tails (1996) as Felix Barmakov
8 ½ $ (1999) as Boba, Stepan's bodyguard
Savages (2006) as Murzya
Heat (2006) as employee of the film studio
12 (2007) as a witness in golden glasses
Daddy's Daughters (2008) as cameo
Love in the Big City 2 (2010) as director of dental clinic
The White Guard (2012) as Shchur
Moms (2012) as producer
Kitchen (2014) as Herman Mikhailovich Land
Terrible Dad (2022) as Pototsky
Clipmakers (2023) as himself
The Master and Margarita (2024) as George Bengalsky

Awards and honours

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)^[6]
Meritorious Artist of the Chechen Republic (2013)^[7]
People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2016)^[8]

References

^ Биография Игоря Верника // RIA Novosti
^ "Игорь Верник: «Компромат храню у брата»". 7Дней.ру.
^ "Новое поколение: Григорий Верник о родителях и поступлении в театральный". peopletalk.ru.
^ "Постановление ЦИК РФ". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
^ "Nureyev - Cast". Bolshoi Theatre.
^ Награждён указом президента России No. 502 от 18 апреля 1999 года Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "В Грозном наградили победителей VIII Международного конкурса журналистов". Archived from the original on 2013-05-17. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 31.03.2016 № 142 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов". publication.pravo.gov.ru.