Igor Romanovich Lifanov (russian: И́горь Рома́нович Лифа́нов; born 25 December 1965) is Russian actor of theater, cinema and TV.
Biography
Igor Lifanov born December 25, 1965, in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, in the city of
Mykolayiv
Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...
.
He lived in the city of Mykolayiv, where he graduated from school, then served in the Navy in the Far East.
He entered the
Saint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
The Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (russian: Российский государственный институт сценических искусств), formerly known as St Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy, formerly Leningrad State ...
, from which he graduated in 1992, diploma work ''
An Ardent Heart
''An Ardent Heart'' (russian: Горячее сердце, translit=Goryacheye serdtse; also translated as ''Burning Heart'') is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky written in 1858 and first published in the January 1869 issue of ''Otechestvennye Zapis ...
'', after which he was invited to
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (russian: Большой драматический театр имени Г. А. Товстоногова; literally ''Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater''), formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater (russian: ...
. In 2003, he left the theater.
Personal life
His first marriage with Elena Pavlikova was at the institute and ended after 3 months. A second marriage to actress
Tatyana Aptikeeva lasted 13 years, but also ended in divorce. That marriage produced a daughter, Anastasia. He married Elena Kosenko in September 2011, after being in a relationship for 9 years.
They have a daughter.
Filmography
*1991: ''Labeled'' as underground man
*1997: ''
Brother
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-famil ...
'' as bandit on the kitchen
*1998: ''
Streets of Broken Lights
''Streets of Broken Lights'' (russian: Улицы разбитых фонарей, Ulitsy razbitykh fonarey) is a Russian criminal drama-detective TV series anthology about police work in Saint-Petersburg. The pilot episode, known as ''Menty'' ( ...
'' (TV Series) as Slavin
*1999-2000: ''National Security Agent 1-2'' (TV Series) as Sasha Lufar
*2000: ''
Deadly Force'' (TV Series) as Anokhin
*2001: ''
The Romanovs: An Imperial Family'' (TV Series) as
Sergey Mstislavsky
Sergey Dmitrievich Mstislavsky (Сергей Дмитриевич Мстиславский, born Maslovsky; November 4, 1876, Moscow - April 22, 1943, Irkutsk, USSR) was a Russian Soviet writer, dramatist, publicist, anthropologist, editor and pol ...
*2002: ''Letters to Elsa'' as Aleksei
*2002: ''
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz are special forces in numerous post-Soviet states. (The term is borrowed from rus, спецназ, p=spʲɪtsˈnas; abbreviation for or 'Special Purpose Military Units'; or .)
Historically, the term ''spetsnaz'' referred to the So ...
'' (TV Mini-Series) as Khrustalyov
*2003: ''District'' (TV Series) as felon
*2004: ''Huntsman'' as Vasily Klintsov
*2004: ''
Night Watch
Night Watch or Nightwatch may refer to:
Books
* ''The Night Watch'', a 1977 memoir by Central Intelligence Agency officer David Atlee Phillips
Novels
* ''Night Watch'', a 1972 novel by American screenwriter Lucille Fletcher
* ''Night Watch'', a 1 ...
'' (2004) as Parrot (uncredited)
*2005: ''The Last Battle of Major Pugachev'' as Pugachev
*2006: ''Hunting for Red Deer'' as Kalyagin
*2006: ''
Day Watch'' as Parrot
*2006: ''Fucked up'' as Valentin
*2006: ''
Break-through'' as Capt. Fyodor Stozharov
*2006: ''Paradise'' as Nikolay Zvyagin
*2007: ''Full Breath'' as Stepan
*2007: ''The Guide'' as Pavel Shnyrev
*2009: ''Trap for the Killer'' as Alexander Melnikov
*2009: ''The Taming of the Shrew'' as Mikhalych
*2009: ''
Attack on Leningrad
''Attack on Leningrad'', or just ''Leningrad'', is a 2009 war film written and directed by Aleksandr Buravsky, set during the Siege of Leningrad.
Plot
In 1941 Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union and their troops besieged the city of Len ...
'' as Gorkin
*2009: ''Wild'' as captain Alexander Dichenko
*2009: ''True Love'' as Vasily
*2010: ''Justice Wolves'' as Young Investigator
*2012: ''Nowhere Man'' (Short) as Sergey Kutepov
*2014: ''Dangerous Love'' as Ivan Zolotaryov
*2014: ''Bull and Spindle'' as Bull
*2020: ''Something for Nothing'' (Short) as Ray Hicks
References
External links
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Igor Lifanov actor: photos, awards and reviews
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1965 births
Living people
Russian male film actors
Actors from Mykolaiv
Russian male television actors
Russian male stage actors