Ivan Urgant
| Ivan Urgant | |
|---|---|
 Urgant in Tbilisi | |
| Born |
April 16, 1978 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Years active | Since 1999 |
Ivan Andreevich Urgant (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант), (born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television personality, presenter, actor and musician. Since 2012, he has hosted Evening Urgant, Russia's first Western-style late-night talk show.
Biography
Urgant was born in Leningrad in a family of actors Andrei Urgant (son of actress Nina Urgant and Leo Milinder) and Valeria Kiseleva. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.
In the late 1990s, Ivan Urgant was a leader of Maxim Leonidov's soul project nicknamed Vnuuk (Russian: Внук - Grandson).[1]
Ivan also judged KVN games several times.
In 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014 Ivan Urgant was awarded TEFI.
On May 16, 2009 he presented the final of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with former Russian Eurovision participant Alsou.[2]
In 2012 Ivan released his first solo album called "Estrada" under the name Grisha Urgant.
Ivan Urgant with Alexander Tsekalo owns a restaurant "The Сад" (Russian: Сад - Garden) in Moscow.
TV shows
Urgant has hosted various TV shows, including:
- Petersburg Courier (Petersburg - Channel 5, 1999)
- Big Movie (MTV Russia, 2001)
- Cheerful Morning (MTV Russia, 2001–2002)
- Total Show (MTV Russia, 2002)
- Expresso (MTV Russia, 2002–2004)
- People's Artist (RTR, 2003–2004)
- Pyramid (RTR, 2004)
- Great Premiere (Channel One, 2005)
- Spring with Ivan Urgant (Channel One, 2006)
- Gusto (Channel One; 2006–present)
- Circus With Stars (Channel One, 2007)
- Stenka na stenku (Showdown) (Channel One, 2007–2008)
- Big Difference (Channel One, 2008–2012)
- Circus (Channel One, 2008)
- Single-storey America (Channel One, 2008)
- Prozhektorperiskhilton (Channel One, 2008–2012)
- Tour de France (Channel One, 2011)
- Evening Urgant (Channel One; 2012 - present)
- Their Italia (Channel One; 2012)
- The German Puzzle (Channel One; 2013)
References
- ↑ Неофициальный сайт группы «Секрет»
- ↑ "THE HOSTS OF MOSCOW 2009!". Eurovision.tv. 2009-05-07.
External links
- Official website (Russian)
- Ivan Urgant at Forbes
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