Alexander Evgenievich Tsekalo (born. Founder and general producer of the "Production company" Wednesday "".
There are many interesting facts in the biography of Tsekalo, which we will talk about in this article.
So, before you is a short biography of Alexander Tsekalo.
Biography of Tsekalo
Alexander Tsekalo was born on March 22, 1961 in Kiev. He grew up and was brought up in a family of heat power engineers.
The showman's father, Yevgeny Borisovich, was Ukrainian by nationality, and his mother, Elena Leonidovna, was Jewish. In addition to Alexander, his parents had a boy, Victor, who would become a famous actor in the future.
Childhood and youth
Alexander's artistic abilities began to manifest itself in childhood, when he mastered the piano and guitar. At school, he created a group "It", and also participated in amateur performances.
At the age of 14, Tsekalo wanted to buy an electric guitar in order not only to play it, but also to please the girls. For about 2 months he worked as a postman, thanks to which he managed to save money for a musical instrument and an amplifier.
In 1978 Alexander Tsekalo graduated from school with an English bias. After that, he continued his studies at the Leningrad Technological Institute, at the correspondence department of the faculty of the paper industry.
In parallel with this, Alexander worked in Kiev as a fitter-adjuster, and also worked as an illuminator in the capital's Variety Theater.
The guy wanted to become famous, so he was looking for different ways to realize himself as an artist. In his free time from study and work, he was fond of music and played in a homemade theater.
Music
At the age of 18, Tsekalo founded the artistic quartet "Hat", whose performances were noticed by the teachers of the local circus school. An interesting fact is that all 4 guys agreed to immediately enroll in the 2nd year.
After graduating from college in 1985, the children were sent to the Odessa Philharmonic. In the same year, Alexander met his future wife Lolita Milyavskaya, with whom he later formed the cabaret duet "Academy".
Soon, young people went to Moscow in search of a better life. Initially, they did not arouse interest among the local public, but Alexander and Lolita continued to strive to get on TV.
At first, the duo performed in metropolitan restaurants and clubs. Later, their performances, filled with humor and positive, began to attract the attention of more and more people.
In 1988, a significant event took place in the creative biography of Tsekalo and Milyavskaya. They were first shown on television. At that time, such hits as "If you want, but you are silent", "When my husband went for beer" and "Moskau" were already written.
For the performance of the songs "I am offended" and "Tu-Tu-Tu" extraordinary musicians were awarded the Golden Gramophone prize.
For about 15 years, "Academy" has toured Russian and foreign cities. During this time, the artists released 7 albums, each of which featured hits.
In 2000, the duo broke up, but Tsekalo and Milyavskaya remained friends.
TV
After the breakup of the group, Alexander Tsekalo took up a solo career. He began to host various television programs, and was also a film producer of the popular musicals "12 Chairs" and "Nord-Ost".
In 2006, Alexander was entrusted with leading the "Two Stars" rating program. After that he was the host of such famous projects as "Big Difference", "Minute of Fame", "ProjectorParisHilton" and many other works.
Tsekalo's partners on the TV sites were Ivan Urgant, Nonna Grishaeva, Lolita Milyavskaya and other Russian stars.
In 2007, Alexander became the general producer and deputy director of Channel One. And although the next year he was removed from these posts, he continued to broadcast on "First".
One of the most successful projects was ProjectorParisHilton, where Svetlakov, Martirosyan and Urgant were his partners. In this composition, the famous quartet amused its compatriots for many years, discussing a variety of topics.
Tsekalo has repeatedly created performances for the Kinotavr festival and organized concerts of popular artists. As of today, he has dozens of television projects on his account, for which he has won many prestigious awards, including TEFI and Golden Gramophone.
Films
Alexander Tsekalo starred in several art films. In the 90s, he played minor characters in the films "Shadow, or Maybe Everything Will Be All Right", "Is It Good to Sleep with Another Man's Wife?" and "Not all are at home."
In 2000, Tsekalo got a significant role in the comedy "Silver Lily of the Valley". At the same time, he voiced foreign cartoons. The giraffe Melman spoke in his voice in Madagascar, Reggie Bellafonte in Catch the Wave! and Red in Angry Birds in the Movies.
Alexander himself admits that he considers himself a rather mediocre actor. Most of all he enjoys creating and producing projects.
The showman was the producer of such popular films as Radio Day, What Men Talk About, the trilogy Gogol, Locust, Trotsky and others.
In addition, he has acted as a producer, actor and author of ideas for dozens of television programs, including "Big Difference", "Mind Games", "Wall Machine" and other works.
Personal life
Over the years of his biography, Alexander Tsekalo was married 4 times. His first chosen one was Alena Shiferman, the lead singer of the Shlyapa group. This marriage lasted only about a year.
After that, Tsekalo married Lolita Milyavskaya, with whom he lived for 10 years. The couple had a girl named Eva. Young people broke up in 2000, simultaneously with the collapse of the "Academy".
For some time, Alexander cohabited with Yana Samoilova. Then he had affairs with various girls with whom he appeared at public events.
In 2008, it became known about the wedding of the showman with the sister of the singer Vera Brezhneva, Victoria Galushka. In this union, the couple had a boy Mikhail and a girl Alexandra. After 10 years of marriage, the couple decided to leave.
In 2018, Tsekalo began courting Darina Ervin. A year later, the lovers legalized their relationship in the United States.
Alexander Tsekalo today
Alexander Evgenievich is still engaged in the release of rating projects. In 2019, he was the producer of the detective serial Kop. The following year, he produced the television series "About Faith" and "Trigger".
Tsekalo often appears in programs as a guest, and also leads various projects. In one of the interviews, he admitted that he is "an atheist who respects all religious confessions."
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