Andrey Borisovich Rozhkov (genus. Ex-captain of the KVN team "Ural dumplings" and director of the creative project of the same name in the period 2016-2018.
In 2018, he launched the Vashi Dumplings project, with which he began performing separately from the previous team.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Rozhkov, which we will mention in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Andrei Rozhkov.
Biography of Rozhkov
Andrey Rozhkov was born on March 28, 1971 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg). He grew up and was brought up in a family that has nothing to do with show business.
During his school years, Rozhkov began going to sambo, making notable successes in this sport. As a result, he managed to pass the standard for a candidate for master of sports. After receiving the certificate, the young man entered the Ural Polytechnic Institute.
Andrey strove to master the profession of "engineer-welder", but he could not achieve his goal. According to the artist, the reason for this was the too violent life of the student construction brigade "Horizon", in which he was.
KVN
Rozhkov's creative biography began by chance. Once he and his friends performed at a humorous event in one of the sports camps. This event took place in 1993.
Even then, the team was attended by Dmitry Sokolov, Sergey Ershov and Dmitry Brekotkin, who in the near future will become the backbone of the KVN team "Ural dumplings". Somehow Andrei admitted that in his youth he dreamed of getting into the elite restaurant "Uralskie dumplings" - hence the name of the group.
It is worth noting that initially Sokolov was the captain of the Pelmeni, and only a couple of years later this honorary position was transferred to Rozhkov. There were good reasons for that, since Andrey was a good organizer and author of many numbers.
The guys had an excellent relationship, as a result of which they came to their first KVN festival already in 1995. Many people remember Rozhkov thanks to his reincarnation as grandmothers on stage. Until now, viewers especially like those numbers in which he plays mischievous grannies.
"Uralskie dumplings" showed a high level of play, which is why from 1995 to 2000 they participated in the Higher League of KVN. It was in 2000 that the team managed to win the championship and thus become the “Last Champion of the 20th Century”.
Three years later, the guys celebrated the team's 20th anniversary in the Kremlin Palace. An interesting fact is that not a single KVN team was awarded such an honor. Throughout this time, Andrey Rozhkov remained the captain of the Pelmeni.
TV
Over the years of his creative biography, Rozhkov took part in various television projects. In the program "Big Difference" he works as a screenwriter, in others - "Show News", "Yuzhnoye Butovo" and "Uralskie dumplings" - appears as an artist.
In addition, he repeatedly performed in the popular Comedy Club show paired with Alexander Revva. Also, in tandem with Revva Rozhkov, he conducted a humorous program "You are funny", which aired on TV at midnight.
It is interesting that this program was received ambiguously by critics and viewers. In particular, the complaints boiled down to an abundance of low-grade humor, profanity and jokes of a sexual theme. This led to the show only lasted 3 months.
In the period 2011-2013. Andrei has appeared in the TV shows "Valera-TV" and "Unreal history". In addition to Rozhkov, these programs were attended by many participants of the "Ural dumplings". At the beginning of 2017, the premiere of the comedy film Lucky Chance took place.
The main characters of the film were all the same ex-KVN players. It is curious that the box office of the film exceeded $ 2 million. In 2016, a significant event happened in Rozhkov's biography - he was elected director of the creative association "Uralskie dumplings". He held this position for just over a year.
Personal life
Andrey Rozhkov is married to a Tatar woman named Elvira. Before getting married, the young people met for about 6 years.
In this marriage, the couple had three sons: Semyon, Peter and Makar. An interesting fact is that Elvira gave birth to the second boy in her house. The husband acted as an obstetrician.
In his free time, Rozhkov is fond of football, sailing, kiting and various kinds of extreme sports. He often attends various TV programs as a guest, where he shares interesting facts from his own biography.
Andrey Rozhkov today
In 2018, Rozhkov and Myasnikov left Uralskiye Pelmeni, creating a project called Your Pelmeni. The guys started performing separately from the band, but continuing to participate in the TV show. Andrey pays great attention to charity.
In recent years, Rozhkov has overseen the work of the Verba charity organization and the theater for children with cerebral palsy. At the same time, the man provides assistance to children's sports movements.
During the 2018 presidential elections, the comedian was one of Vladimir Putin's confidants. Today he has his own YouTube channel and an official Instagram page, which has over 150,000 subscribers. By the way, in one of the last videos, he appeared with a Sphynx cat.
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