Igor Emilievich Vernik (genus. People's Artist of Russia.
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Wernick, which we will tell about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Igor Vernik.
Biography of Wernick
Igor Vernik was born on October 11, 1963 in Moscow. He grew up in an intelligent and creative family. His father, Emil Grigorievich, was the director of the All-Union Radio, and his mother, Anna Pavlovna, taught at a music school. He has a twin brother Vadim and a half-brother on the mother's side Rostislav Dubinsky.
Igor's artistic abilities began to manifest itself in early childhood. He graduated from a music school, piano, and also had good vocal abilities.
Having received a certificate, Wernick submitted documents at once to 3 universities: the Schepkinsky School, GITIS and the Moscow Art Theater School. An interesting fact is that he managed to successfully pass the exams in all educational institutions. As a result, he decided to get an acting education at the Moscow Art Theater.
During his student years, Igor Vernik repeatedly appeared on the stage, skillfully portraying various characters. The teachers liked his graduation work so much that he was immediately invited to the troupe of the famous theater named after Chekhov.
Theater and television
Wernick showed himself excellently in various roles. He has established himself not only as a talented actor, but also as a successful showman, TV presenter, producer and musician.
The artist to this day actively plays in productions, and also participates in many television projects. In the 90s he was the host of the programs: "Rec Time", "As simple as shelling pears" and "Nightlife in the cities of the world"
In the next decade, the man hosted such programs as "Saturday Night with a Star", "Good Morning", "Mood" and many others. After that, he was entrusted with leading the rating television programs "One to One", "Saturday Evening" and "2 Wernick 2".
With all this, Igor Vernik was a member of the refereeing team of the Higher League of KVN (1994-2013). In 2013, he was a member of the jury of the popular reality show I Want to VIA Gro. It is worth noting that the hosts of the last program were Vera Brezhneva and Vladimir Zelensky.
By that time, the man had already been awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. It is curious that in 16 years he will become a People's Artist.
Films
On the big screen, Wernick appeared immediately after graduating from the Studio School. In 1986 he starred in two films - "White Horse" and "Jaguar". In the 90s, he took part in the filming of 12 films, the most popular of which were "Limita", "At the corner, at the Patriarch's" and "Chekhov and Co."
In the next decade, viewers saw Igor in 38 films! In 2011, he got the leading role in the film Bombila, where he was transformed into an entrepreneur Balabanov. The following year, he starred in the fairytale comedy "That still Carlson", playing the father of the Kid.
It should be noted that Igor Vernik's calling card is his smile. Thanks to this, he manages to win over people and charge them with positive.
In recent years, the most successful projects with Wernik's participation are: "Champions", "Kitchen" and "Fizruk" and "Take a hit, baby". It is curious that, in addition to popular artists, including Mikhail Porechenkov and Olga Buzova, the world famous boxer Roy Jones Jr. starred in the latter work.
Over the years of his creative biography, Wernick starred in about 100 films! In addition, he has voiced several animated films. In 2018, the premiere of the animated film "Incredibles 2" took place, where Lucius Best spoke in his voice.
In 2008, Igor became one of the co-founders of the ARTIST Charitable Foundation for the Support of Artists. After 4 years, he was among the proxies of Mikhail Prokhorov in the 2012 presidential elections.
Personal life
Over the years of his personal biography, Igor Vernik has been married twice. His first wife was Margarita, a graduate of the Institute of Foreign Languages. However, after a year, the couple realized that they were not suitable for each other, as a result of which they decided to leave.
In 1999, the artist remarried the journalist Maria Yaroslavovna. The couple lived together for about 10 years, after which they decided to divorce. In this union, the boy Gregory was born. It is worth noting that their son stayed with his father.
In the media and on TV, news often appears about Wernick's novels with various celebrities. Journalists "married" him to Tatyana Drubich, Keti Topuria, Dasha Astafyeva, Lera Kudryavtseva and Albina Nazimova.
In 2011, Igor Emilievich began caring for a model named Daria Styrova, but the matter never came to a wedding. Then he became interested in actress Yevgenia Khrapovitskaya, however, how their relationship will end is still unknown.
Igor Vernik today
Now the man still often appears in films, plays in the theater, and also leads television projects. Together with his brother Vadim, the program "2 Wernick 2", in 2018, won the TEFI prize.
In 2020, Wernick appeared in two films - "Halley's Comet" and "47". It is curious that the last film is dedicated to the biography of Viktor Tsoi, or rather the last love of the legendary rock musician. Tsoi himself will not be in the picture: the heroes will be on the bus carrying the artist's coffin from Jurmala to St. Petersburg.
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