Nikolay Fomenko

Nikolay Fomenko is a Russian actor, musician, showman, TV and radio host, race car driver. He has managed to show his multifaceted talent in various fields in equal measure. This is the creation of the popular "Secret" group, and work on the best theater venues in St. Petersburg, and brilliant performances on "Russian Radio", and filming in the films "Twelve Chairs", "Apostle", and even the management of its own car company "Marussia Motors".

Today, the artist is taking on new heights - Fomenko headed the Moscow branch of the "Party of Growth".

Nikolai Vladimirovich Fomenko was born in Leningrad in 1962 into an intelligent family. The boy's father was the famous physicist-meteorologist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fomenko. The scientist was even included in the Cambridge Encyclopedia in the list of outstanding people of the 20th century. The mother of the future artist was a ballerina in her youth, she taught at the Vaganova School. Later, due to a meniscus injury, she began working as a civil engineer. Nikolai is often credited with Jewish nationality, but the actor does not comment on this rumor in any way.

Nikolai was a creative child. The boy went to a music school (violin class), attended the Theater of Youth Creativity, was fond of alpine skiing (received the title of Master of Sports).

During his school years, the young man was a real rebel. They even refused to give Nikolai a certificate - at the graduation party, he sang 2 songs in English. This was strictly prohibited at the time. The certificate was issued, but Vladimir Fomenko took it.

The guy had a real talent as a musician, so his parents insisted on an appropriate education. But Nikolai chose drama school, despite the fact that he had a speech defect (he did not pronounce the letter "r"). With such a problem, it is difficult to enter a theater university, but Fomenko succeeded.

The short (height 176 cm), burly Nikolai impressed the commission with his wit and talented performance of the fable "The Frog and the Bull". Later, getting rid of burriness, Fomenko graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema in 1983, where he studied in the workshop of Igor Gorbachev.

In 1981, Nikolai met with Maxim Leonidov and Dmitry Rubin, which greatly influenced the biography of the musician and the history of Russian music. Thanks to her, the popular Soviet rock group "Secret" appeared. Already the first album of the team "You and Me", released in 1984, brought the musicians all-Union fame. The audience enthusiastically accepted the first hits of the performers "Thousand Plates" and "She Doesn't Understand".

Artists become participants in the airs of the TV programs "Discs are spinning", "Morning mail" and "Musical ring". The "Secret" group is one of the first to release clips for their compositions. The second collection, "The Secret Beat Quartet", becomes double platinum, and the songs "Hello", "Your dad was right", "Sarah Barabu", "My love on the fifth floor", included in it, became mega hits. In 1987, Petersburgers got the main roles in the 2-part musical film How to Become a Star.

Fomenko was a bass player, vocalist, as well as the author and composer of the songs "She Doesn't Understand", "The Last Hour of December" and others. After Maxim Leonidov immigrated to Israel, Nikolai took the place of the frontman of the rock band.

From the beginning of the 90s, problems began in the musical collective, as a result, "Secret" fell apart. Former bandmates tried to revive the team in 2007 and 2013, but nothing came of it. The musicians periodically perform together and even recorded a new album "All this is love", but there is no talk of full and constant tours and performances.

According to the press, Nikolai Fomenko was not particularly interested in participating in the team, the actor was carried away by other projects. Nevertheless, Fomenko's voice sounds in the musical compositions of other creative groups. So, together with the members of the Keramika group, the artist performed the hit "Bulbs".

In 2017, the musicians came together again to conduct an anniversary tour in honor of the 35th anniversary of the creation of the Secret group, which took place in the capitals of Russia, Belarus and the cities of Germany.

In 1983, Fomenko was invited to work at the prestigious Alexandria Theater. The actor played both comic and dramatic roles equally well. As the theater director and former mentor Igor Gorbachev said, "the guy has a talent from God."

Fomenko's theatrical career developed rapidly, he played in the Leningrad Drama Theater named after Pushkin, "Satyrikon", "Theater on Liteiny". The most striking performances of the actor are "The Threepenny Opera" based on the play by Bertolt Brecht, "The Academy of Laughter", "Locust" and others. Also, at the invitation of Lyudmila Gurchenko, Nikolai played the main role in her musical.

The artist came to television with the "Secret" group. In 1984, the popular TV program "Discs Are Spinning" was released, the TV presenter of which was Maxim Leonidov, and the scriptwriter was Fomenko. It is thanks to the group (the authors of the idea) that the "Morning Mail" program appeared. The first episodes of the program were hosted by Nikolai Fomenko.

After a while, the actor was invited to work at NTV, where he created a number of author's programs: "Russian nails", "Interception", "Empire of Passion", which brought him popularity and love of the audience. The actor has established himself as an excellent TV presenter and began to work a lot on various TV channels. Nikolai has more than 30 author's television programs, which he both created and hosted on his own.

In 1998, Nikolai was awarded TEFI and awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia. Fomenko received 3 awards "Ovation" for television products "Oba-na", "Russian nails", "Empire of Passion".

In the same year, the man acted as a commentator. From 1998 to 2001 and from 2002 to 2003 he commented on the sports show "Wrestling Titans" on TNT.

In 2016, the showman began to broadcast another program - "Saltykov-Shchedrin Show" on NTV.

The actor began working on the radio in 1995, when he was invited to the Russian Radio station. He hosted the author's programs "Good Morning Vietnam" and "Golden Gramophone". After the arrival of Fomenko, the ratings of "Russian Radio" instantly increased. He himself wrote funny, sharp jokes that were constantly played in between songs and programs.

Radio listeners fell in love with the presenter for his original sense of humor and unique charisma.

The showman has a recognized sense of humor, which is why even today fragments of his programs and texts often diverge into quotes. There are entire collections of Fomenko's aphorisms on the Web, but most often the authors of the collections are not sure whether all the jokes belong to the artist personally or some of them are anecdotes that imitate his style.

One of the showman's most famous hobbies is car racing, he began to engage in them in 1994. Fomenko took part in the preparation of the "Race for survival" project and at the same time took lessons from professional racers. After 3 years, Nikolai received the first medal for victory in road-ring auto racing. In the future, there were many more victories and awards. The actor received the title of champion of Russia, as well as several international prizes.

In 2004, the showman showed himself in journalism. Fomenko became the chief editor of "Autopilot" and was in charge of the automobile magazine until 2008.

In 2007, Fomenko voiced the popular computer races Need For Speed: ProStreet, and also began working on the Russian-language version of the Top Gear television program. In the same year he founded his own automobile company "Marussia Motors" ("Marussia Motors"), which was engaged in the production of sports cars under the brand "Marussia".

In 2011, Nikolai Fomenko was appointed Director of the Formula 1 Department.

In April 2014, the Marussia Motors project was closed. The reason for the closure was the bankruptcy of the company: according to media reports, only 4 cars were sold, the production of serial cars has not begun, and all the prototypes produced were donated to “privileged clients” or, as journalists suspect, friends of Fomenko and the co-chairs of Marusya.

The actor began his film career in the early 80s. At that time he had only cameo roles in the films "Speed" and "Anecdotes". Fomenko got his first serious role in the film "Kazan Orphan" in 1997.

One of the most famous films in the actor's career is "Moon Pope". The main female role was performed by Chulpan Khamatova. Nikolai's other iconic work is the Apostle TV series, where he played the main role. It is interesting that it was for the famous showman that the script for the youth TV series "Fizruk" was created, in which Dmitry Nagiyev played the main role.

Fomenko continues to constantly appear on screens and in the theater. In 2015, the actor played in the new theatrical project of Leonid Yarmolnik "And again with the coming" in the Moscow Theater of Russian Song. In the same year, Nikolai Fomenko became a TV presenter of the program of the First Channel "Park".

In 2017, Fomenko played the role of a psychiatrist of the main character in the comedy series "You all piss me off!" and was transformed into the main character of the comedy "Find a Husband for Daria Klimova". Also with the participation of the actor came out the melodrama "Blue Rose".

The actor has been officially married 4 times. His first wife was Elena Lebedeva, the daughter of the famous actor Rem Lebedev and actress Lyudmila Krasikova. The couple lived together for 5 years, their daughter Katya was born. She is now a famous Russian journalist. She works under the name Ekaterina Grishkovets (her husband's surname). A daughter from her first marriage has already presented Nikolai with two beautiful granddaughters - Aglaya and Masha.

The second wife of the actor was the soloist of the army dance ensemble - Lyudmila Goncharuk. They say that it was because of her that the first marriage broke up. The dancer and the actor lived together for 10 years, but eventually divorced. The couple did not have children.

For the third time, Fomenko took down the aisle actress Maria Golubkina, daughter of Larisa Golubkina and documentary film director Nikolai Shcherbinsky-Arseniev. When Nikolai was little, he liked Larisa Golubkina. And, ironically, her daughter became the artist's third wife.

For a long time, the Golubkina-Fomenko couple was considered the most beautiful in the world of show business. Photos of the couple regularly hit the front pages of the tabloids. In marriage, they had two children: son Ivan and daughter Nastya, but the personal life of the artists did not work out. They broke up 13 years after the wedding. The reason for the divorce was not announced.

The fourth wife of the actor was Natalya Kutobaeva, who at first worked as the press secretary of the governor of St. Petersburg. Since 2011, she has been the head of the press service of the Federation Council. She loves extreme sports (she is fond of windsurfing), shares her husband's hobby - auto racing. In 2009, the couple had a son, Vasily.

Despite the rumors that are often spread by the media, the lovers are happy and live together.

Now Nikolai's creative life is as diverse and active as all these years. With the participation of the artist, the films "On the Edge" and "Difficulties of Survival" are being prepared for release. The main role of crime boss Fomenko will play in the action movie "Drive". The film will focus on stuntman Anton (Vladimir Epifantsev), who is forced to start a dangerous game with law enforcement agencies and the mafia.

Since February 2018, weekly radio fans have been enjoying communication with the showman on the air of the Fomenko on Humor FM program. Nikolay still pleases listeners with original jokes and humorous remarks.

On his Instagram page, the artist announced the performance of the Secret group, entitled “Big Concert for Two Capitals,” which will take place in the fall of 2019. In Moscow, the musicians will perform at the Crocus City Hall concert hall, and in St. Petersburg, at the Jubilee Sports Complex. Now the participants of "Secret" are in the process of preparing the creation of a musical film dedicated to the work of the group. The project was directed by Grigory Konstantinopolsky, and the musical material was arranged by Anton Belyaev.

In the same year, the artist began his political career. In the presidential elections, he acted as a confidant of candidate Boris Titov, and since October he headed the Moscow branch of the Party of Rosta. Aleksandr Lyubimov, who took over as federal secretary of the organization, also entered there. In an interview, Fomenko criticizes the latest initiatives of the government, be it optimization in the healthcare sector or pension reform.

1983 - "Speed" 1997 - "Kazan Orphan" 1999 - "Moon Pope" 1999 - "Sky in Diamonds" 2000 - "Old Nags" 2005 - "Twelve Chairs" 2007 - "Gloss" 2008 - "Apostle" 2010 - "Man from Boulevard des Capucines "2016 -" Blue Rose "2017 -" You all piss me off! " 2017 - "Find a husband for Daria Klimova"

1984 - "You and me" 1987 - "Secret" 1988 - "Heart of the Northern Mountains" 1989 - "Leningrad Time" 1990 - "Step by Step" 1991 - "The Orchestra on the Way" 1994 - "Don't worry" 1996 - "Blues de Moscou "1997 -" Five "2014 -" All this is love "

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