Ivan Urgant
| Ivan Urgant | |
|---|---|
Urgant in Tbilisi
|
|
| Born |
April 16, 1978 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Alma mater | Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy |
| Years active | Since 1999 |
Ivan Andreevich Urgant (Russian: Ива́н Андре́евич У́ргант), (born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter, actor, musician and producer. Since 2012 he has hosted Evening Urgant, a late-night talk show.
Ivan Urgant was born in Leningrad in a family of actors Andrey Urgant (son of actors Nina Urgant and Lev Milinder) and Valeriya Kiseleva. He graduated from Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy.
In 2007, 2009, 2010 (2), 2011, 2014, 2015 and 2016 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.
Ivan also judged KVN games several times.
From 2011 he owns a restaurant "The Sad" (Russian: Сад - Garden) together with Alexander Tsekalo in Moscow.
From 2015 he is a Chairman of a Trustee Council of the "Friends" Foundation.
From 2016 - a board member and co-owner of the elite real estate agency "W1Evans".
Urgant has hosted various TV shows, including:
Ivan Urgant plays guitar, piano and drums. In the late 90's he acted under the pseudonym Vnuk (Russian: Внук - Grandson). In 2011 Ivan renewed his own singing career and now is acting under the pseudonym Grisha Urgant.
...
Wikipedia