Igor Gennadyevich Gordin (; born 6 May 1965) is a

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and Russian actor of theater and cinema.

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(2004).Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 октября 2004 года № 1303
// kremlin.ru Laureate of the Golden Mask (2011).

Biography

Gordin was born in

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(now

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). Since the eighth grade of secondary school secretly from his parents he played at the Theater of Youth Creativity (TYUT) at the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers.Биография Игоря Гордина
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He graduated from the

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, specializing in nuclear physics, but did not quit the scene. I went to Moscow to get an acting education. In 1993 he graduated from the acting department of the Russian Institute of Theatrical Art –

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(course of Irina Sudakova). After graduation, GITIS worked a theatrical season at the Moscow State Academic Sovremennik Theatre. In 1994, he moved to the main roles in the Moscow Theater of Young Spectators, where he currently works.Игорь Гордин. Биография.
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Personal life

Gordin is married to actress and television host Yuliya Menshova, with whom he has two children: Andrey Gordin (born 1997) and Taisia Gordina (born 2003).

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (2004) as Igor Vladimirovich * '' Heavenly Court'' (2014) as Alex * ''

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'' (2018) as President of

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/ref> * '' Gold Diggers'' (2019) as Boris Markovich * '' Palmira '' (2022) as Major general * '' Peter I: The Last Tsar and the First Emperor'' (2022) as Menshikov

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gordin, Igor 1965 births Living people Male actors from Saint Petersburg Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Recipients of the Golden Mask