Igor Yankovsky Explained

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 (Russian: 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.

Biography

He graduated from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute in 1974. From 1974 to 1992 he served in the .[2]

Since 1992 he has been working in the advertising business. He is an academician of the Russian Academy of Advertising.

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.[3]

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. http://postkomsg.ru/node/78 Ростислав Янковский. Биография
  2. http://mbronnaya.theatre.ru/history/ История театра на Малой Бронной
  3. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/sov/5074/bio Биография актёра