Igor Yankovsky | |
Birthname: | Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1951 |
Birth Place: | Leninabad, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1973–presents |
Igor Rostislavovich Yankovsky (ru|И́горь Ростисла́вович Янко́вский; born April 29, 1951, Leninabad, Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian actor and a TV presenter. He is a son of Rostislav Yankovsky,[1] and a nephew of Oleg Yankovsky.[2] [3]
He graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1992 he served in the .[4]
Since 1992 he has been working in the advertising business.[5] He is an academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising.[6]
From September 17 to November 26, 2001 he led the game show Alchnost (similar to the American Greed) on the NTV channel.
He holds a degree of a Candidate of political sciences.[7]