Gennadi Vengerov
Gennadi Vengerov | |
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Born |
Gennadi Aronovich Vengerov 27 August 1959 Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR |
Died | 22 April 2015 55) | (aged
Occupation | Actor, announcer |
Years active | 1978–2015 |
Website |
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Gennadi Vengerov (August 27, 1959 – April 22, 2015) was a Soviet, Russian and German film and theatre actor, narrator and voice over talent.
Biography
He was born on August 27, 1959 in Vitebsk (Belarus). After graduating from the Technical School for Architecture and Construction and a short-term employment as a construction engineer, he started his creative career as an announcer of the Vitebsk Regional Radio. Не performed at the People’s Theatre in Vitebsk. In 1980 he was invited to be an actor at the professional scene to the Yakub Kolas Belarus National Academic Drama Theatre.
Following his military service in the Soviet Army in 1983 he entered the School-Studio (Institute of Higher Education) at the Moscow Art Theatre for the course by professors Viktor Monyukov and Vladimir Bogomolov. In 1986, on his 4th course year, together with his course mate Michail Yefremov - they established «Sovremennik-2» theatre. In 1989 he was invited to the troop of Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre.
Gennadi Vengerov continued his career in Germany in 1990 as an announcer of Deutsche Welle Radio and an actor of Dusseldorf Theatre. From 1995-2000 he has been an actor of Bochum Theatre.
Since 2004 he has been actively filming in Russian cinema and TV projects, participated in theatrical productions in Moscow, as voice over talent he made audio records for documentaries, fictional films and advertisements. He is the brand voice of the Russian News Broadcasting Station - RSN and the Russian brand voice Euronews international channel. In 2009 he narrated TV-Show "Men’s Stories with Gennadi Vengerov" on the Russian REN TV channel.[1]
During his career Gennadi Vengerov starred in more than 140 movies in Russia, United States, England, Austria and Germany. At various times he worked with Jude Law, James Cromwell, Sean Bean, Til Schweiger, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Mario Adorf, Colm Meaney, Franka Potente, Jan Josef Liefers, Klaus Löwitsch and other famous actors. He is widely known and recognized in Russia for the roles of blacksmith Vulkan (The Fighter series) and Major Volkov (Hour of Volkov series) and among German audience for the role businessman Viktor Strelnikov (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten).
Filmography
- 2014 — Blast from the Past — Georgich
- 2014 — Department — Komarov
- 2014 — ED — Miro
- 2014 — I Go to Save People — Lieutenant Colonel Baratov
- 2014 — Borgia — Gabriel de Guzmann
- 2013 — Kathedralen der Kultur — Narration (voice over)
- 2013 — The Way of the Leader: Iron Mountain — Narration (voice over)
- 2013 — The Way of the Leader: Fire River — Narration (voice over)
- 2013 — A Man without Past — Colonel Petrov
- 2013 — Gulchatay-2 — Alisher
- 2013 — Adi — Aloiz
- 2013 — HB Show — Igor Sergeyevich
- 2013 — Double blues – Colonel Ivan Yuriyevich Sosnovskiy
- 2013 — Widows — Arkadiy Markovich
- 2013 — Heads or Tails — Therapist
- 2012 — Poka — Sergej Michajlowitsch Paschkin
- 2012 — Unreal Story 2 — Tatarian Idris
- 2012 — Der Sarg — Marcel
- 2012 — Soldiers of Fortune — Colonel Lupo
- 2012 — Der Schlussmacher — Vater Sokolow
- 2012 — Das Vermächtnis der Wanderhure — Terbent Khan
- 2012 — Baron Münchhausen — Vladimor
- 2011 — Theo — Narration (Voice over)
- 2011 — Policemen Comrades — Dmitriy Veshnyakov (Boys episode)
- 2011 — Investigating Committee — Colonel Salamov (Black Colonel episode)
- 2011 — Police Speaking — Eduard Burov
- 2011 — Unreal Story — Gruppenführer Stoltz, Tatarian Idris
- 2011 — Gulchatay — Bay Alisher
- 2011 — Ruhm — Askisian Officer
- 2011 — Tatort: Kein Entkommen — Radovan Jurkich
- 2011 — Quarter — Sergey Semenov
- 2010 — Traumfabrik — Ernesto
- 2010 — Hotel Lux — Upit
- 2010 — Wunder Punkt — Witek
- 2010 — Nick of Time — Mikhalych (Legal Murder episode)
- 2010 — Date — Moloch
- 2010 — Juggler-2 — Pavel Voronov
- 2010 — Traffic Cops — Prokhor Yasenev (Last Song episode)
- 2010 — Beyond Law — Andrey Scherbakov
- 2010 — Alibi for Two — Smolov
- 2010 — Mother under the Contract — Christoph
- 2010 — So oder so! — Eduard
- 2009 — Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend — Vater Vostok, Onkel Vostok
- 2009 — Hold-up — Cop
- 2009 — Churchill: Death in Humidor — Pasha Silkov
- 2009 — The Inhabited Island. Skirmish — Narration (Voice Over)
- 2009 — Danni Lowinski, TV-series — Blumenhändler
- 2009 — The Last Secret of Mater, TV-series — PetrIvanovich Lomov
- 2008 — Clouds above Hills — Admiral Alekseyev
- 2008 — The Inhabited Island — Narration (Voice Over)
- 2008 — Criminal Video-2 — Ivan Sergeyev
- 2008 — To the Sea! — Narration (Voice Over)
- 2008 — Im Angesicht des Verbrechens, TV-series — Major
- 2008 — Jazo — Boss
- 2008 — The Sea Wolf — Turner
- 2007 — The Fighter: Birth of the Legend — Blacksmith Vulkan
- 2007 — One Family — Khan
- 2007 — Hour of Volkov — Major Volkov
- 2006 — Who's the Boss — Restaurant owner
- 2006 — Holy Cause — Modest Morozovskiy
- 2006 — Maltese Cross — Terminator
- 2006 — Mustang (not finished) — Councelor
- 2006 — Schimanski: Tod in der Siedlung — Jannis
- 2005 — You is Me, TV-series — Zimmer
- 2005 — The Blind 2 — Pavel (Tiger Footprint episode)
- 2005 — Girls — Boris Ortenberg
- 2005 — Tmunot Matzkhikot — Alik
- 2005 — Die Camper: Frau am Steuer — Sergej
- 2005 — LadyLand: Der Parkplatz — Tracker Karl
- 2005 — Good Times, Bad Times, TV series — Viktor Strelnikov
- 2004 — Goldene Zeiten — Sergey
- 2004 — Ohne Worte — Trainer
- 2004 — The Fighter — Blacksmith Vulkan
- 2004 — Swan Heaven — Nikolay Yegorovich
- 2003 — Die Blindgänger — Bärtiger Russe
- 2003 — Moscow Heat — Senator Shishov
- 2003 — Unter Brüdern: Späte Rache — Boris
- 2002 — Crazy race — Tsintatses
- 2002 — Tatort: Filmriss — Axel Barold
- 2002 — Ein Fall für Zwei: Bremsversagen — Stefan Lerch
- 2002 — Alles Atze: 12 Uhr Mittags — «Mila» Millanowski
- 2001 — Enemy at the Gates — Foreman
- 2001 — Das Amt: Echte Kerle — Igor Topolev
- 2001 — Erkan & Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis — Möllner
- 2001 — Edel & Starck: Hokus-Pokus-Exitus — Onkel Melis
- 2001 — Zwei Engel auf Streifen: Oblomovs — Maxim Oblomov
- 2000 — Anatomy — Präparator
- 2000 — Der Clown. Der Elster — Tschernik
- 2000 — Mr. Boss — Marat Bayramov
- 2000 — Im Namen des Gesetzes. Blutige Spur — Peter Bock
- 2000 — Helicops. Zwei Himmelstürmer — Romano
- 1999 — Mayday. Überfall auf höher See — Bootsmann Shelikov
- 1999 — Die Blendung — Ralf Eger
- 1999 — Jahrestage — Major Jenukidze
- 1999 — Zwei Brüder. Tod im See — Juri Jaschwili
- 1999 — Der letzte Zeuge. Der vierte Mann, TV-series — Boris
- 1999 — Klinikum Berlin: Mitte Leben heißt kämpfen — Trainer
- 1998 — Geliebter Gegner — Mikhail Krimov
- 1998 — Stan Becker. Echte Freunde — Oleg
- 1998 — Balko: Balko Rettet die Welt, TV-series — Khaled
- 1998 — Der Fahnder: Auf Messers Schneide, TV-series — Carlo
- 1997 — OP Ruft Dr. Bruckner. Antennen im Kopf, TV-series — ArtjomTarassov
- 1997 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Bazooka-Bande, TV-series — Stevic
- 1997 — Park Hotel Stern. Letzter Frühling, TV-series — Demidov
- 1997 — Der kleine Mogler — Zirkusdirektor
- 1996 — Dumm gelaufen — Manfred «Manner»
- 1996 — Bockerer II — General Alexandrov
- 1996 — Ein Fall für Zwei: Das Paar — Stan Czermak
- 1996 — Balko: Gelegenheit Macht Diebe — Mehnert
- 1996 — Die Wache: Duft des Bösen — Myschkin
- 1995 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Blutige Beute — Mischa
- 1995 — Der Letzte Kurier — Bunin
- 1995 — Männerpension — Atom Otto
- 1995 — The Writing on the Wall / Operation «Schmetterling» — General Timoshkin
- 1995 — Rache ist süss — Alex
- 1995 — Der Fahnder: Bobby Gilles — Herbert Kraske
- 1995 — Der Mörder und die Hure — Piotr
- 1995 — Ein flotter Dreier. Zweier mit Steuermann — Boris
- 1995 — Mona M. So Nicht, Frau Staatsanwalt — Oleg Petjuschkin
- 1995 — Die Drei. Jetzt oder Nie! — Wladimir
- 1994 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Babuschka — Smoking
- 1994 — Ein Bayer auf Rügen: Zwei gegen die Mafia — Fedor Begulow
- 1994 — Lutz und Hardy: Hardy, der Held — Holub
- 1994 — Der Schattenmann — Heinz
- 1994 — Der Stadtindianer. Tödliche Herzen — Bubi
- 1994 — Westerdeich — Hassan
- 1993 — Berlin Break. In den Fängen des KGB — GregorIwanowitch
- 1993 — Tatort: Ein Wodka zu viel — Nikita Gurganov
- 1993 — Mein Mann ist mein Hobby — Iwan
- 1993 — Brandheiss. Verkehr macht frei — Boris Kasanski
- 1993 — Maus und Katz — Lubomir Stykov
- 1993 — Der Fahnder: Amigos — Slawik
- 1992 — Ein Mann für jede Tonart — Hepp
- 1992 — Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte — Kommissar NKWD
- 1991 — Manta Der Film — SaschaPanewski
- 1989 — Deja Vu — Attendant Petrovich
- 1989 — Cursed Days in Russia Again — Major Babakhanov
- 1988 — Lovkach and Khippoza — Boxer
- 1988 — Step — Boris
- 1987 — Story about Nothing — Sheya
Roles in theatre
- 2009 — Das Leben des Siegfried, John von Düffel. Director: Gil Mehmert — Tuborg, king of Denmark — Nibelungenfestspiele Worms, Germany
- 2008 — MusicBox, AndreyPlatonov. Director: Michail Yefremov — Agent of sovkhoz — Moscow Theatre Sovremennik
- 1997 — Dolphin Cry, Ivan Okhlobystin. Director: Michail Yefremov — Ivan — Moscow Theatre Sovremennik
- 1996 — The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare. Director: Leander Haussmann — Magister — Schauspielhaus Bochum
- 1996 — Diva, Dirk Dobrou. Director: Gil Mehmert — Wolfgang Becker — Schauspielhaus Bochum
- 1996 — Germany 3,Heiner Müller. Director: Leander Haussmann — Stalin — Schauspielhaus Bochum
- 1995 — Brawling in Chioggia, Carlo Goldoni. Director: Leander Haussmann — Canocchia — Schauspielhaus Bochum
- 1995 — Fatherlessness, Anton Chekhov. Director: Leander Haussmann — Bugrov — Schauspielhaus Bochum
- 1993 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare. Director: David Mukhtar-Samurai — Chamberlain — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
- 1992 — Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus. Director: Herbert König — Bia — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
- 1991 — Die schöne Fremde, Klaus Pohl. Director: Dimitr Gotcheff — Pole — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
- 1989 — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,Tom Stoppard. Director: Yevgeniy Arye— Chamberlain — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
- 1989 — Rumor, Afanasiy Salynskiy. Director: Andrey Goncharov — Pavel Fryazin — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
- 1989 — Sunser, Isaak Babel.Director: AndreyGoncharov — Bobrynetz — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
- 1987 — The Seventh Labor of Hercules, Viktor Roschin. Director: Roman Heidze — Augeas/Crier — Sovremennik-2
- 1986 — Sense Plot/Cuff, Yuriy Olesha. Director: Mikhail Yefremov — Andrey Babichev — Sovremennik-2
- 1981 — Eternity Call, Hodar Dumbadze. Director: Valeriy Maslyuk — Chekist — the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre
- 1980 — Ivan-Svitannik, Galina Korzhanevskaya. Director: Valeriy Mazynskiy — Ivan-Vechernik — the Yakub Kolas Belarus National Academic Drama Theatre
Russian press
- Геннадий Венгеров: «Слой потребителей настоящей культуры становится все тоньше»
- Интервью Геннадия Венгерова
- Актер Геннадий Венгеров о том как играть военных и «оборотней в погонах»
- Мафиозо, опер, полиглот: актер Геннадий Венгеров