Yuri Nikolayevich Stoyanov (; born 10 July 1957) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, musician.

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation ...

(2001).

Biography

Stoyanov was born in

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, as a child he moved with his family to the village of Borodino. Mother is Russian, Yevgenia Leonidovna Stoyanova (born June 21, 1935), worked as deputy director for educational work, director of a pedagogical college and taught Ukrainian language and literature, honored worker of education of Ukraine. She lives in Odesa. Father — Bulgarian, Nikolai Georgievich Stoyanov worked as a gynecologist, died in 1993. In 1974 he entered the

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Mu ...

. After graduation in 1978, he played at the

Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (; literally ''Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater''), formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater () (1931–1992), often referred to as the Bolshoi Drama Theater and by the acronym BDT (), is a theater in Sa ...

, where he worked as an actor until 1995. Received nationwide fame after the release of the sketch show

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, which he created and led together with Ilya Oleynikov from 1993 to 2012. October 30, 2018, he joined the Council on

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by decree of the President of the Russian Federation.

Personal life

Stoyanov married thrice. Stoyanov has three daughters and two stepdaughters. Stoyanov has two sons from his first marriage.

Partial filmography

* '' Girl and Grand'' (1982) as Journalist (uncredited) * '' Silver Lily of the Valley'' (1990) as Pridorozhny * ''

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'' (2006) as

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* '' 12'' (2007) as 6th Juror * (2007) as Ignat Savich * ''

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'' (2007, TV Movie) as producer from USA * ''

Yeralash ''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Soviet and Russian children's comedy television show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''yeralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble ...

'' (2007, TV Series) as robber (voice) * '' Hitler Goes Kaput!'' (2008) as

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* ''

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'' (2012) as Viktor Pavlovich Chugainov, oil magnate * ''

The White Guard ''The White Guard'' () is a novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, first published in 1925 in the literary journal ''Rossiya''. It was not reprinted in the Soviet Union until 1966. Background ''The White Guard'' first appeared in serial form in the Sovi ...

'' (2012, TV Series) as General-mayor Blokhin * ''

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'' (2012) as King (voice) * ''Moscow Never Sleeps'' (2017) as Valeriy * ''Ten'' (2017) as Panov * ''

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'' (2018) as boss * '' Doctor Richter'' (2019) as Nekrasov (season 3) * ''Mistresses'' (2019) as Mikhail * ''

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'' (2021) as Dima * '' The Vampires of Midland'' (2021) as Svyatoslav Vernidubovich Krivich * '' The Faberge Egg'' (2022) as Aristarkh Gannibalovich Yozhikov * ''

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'' (2024, miniseries) as

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 190610 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until Death and state funeral of Leonid Brezhnev, his death in 1982 as w ...

References

External links

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