Gennadi Vengerov
Born
Gennadi Aronovich Vengerov

(1959-08-27)27 August 1959
Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR
Died22 April 2015(2015-04-22) (aged 55)
Dusseldorf, Germany
Occupation(s)actor, announcer
Years active1978–2015
Websitevengerov.net

Gennadi Aronovich Vengerov (Russian: Геннадий Аронович Венгеров; 27 August 1959 – 22 April 2015) was a Soviet, Russian and German film and theatre actor, narrator and voice-over artist.[1][2]

Biography

Vengerov was born on 27 August 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 Mikhail 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 Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. From 1995 to 2000 he has been an actor of Bochum Theatre.[3][4]

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.[5]

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).

He died on the morning of 22 April 2015 in Dusseldorf. In memory of the actor was dedicated to the program “Live broadcast with Boris Korchevnikov” (TV channel “Russia-1”) dated 23 April 2015.

Selected filmography

Roles in theatre

  1. 1980 — Ivan-Svitannik, Galina Korzhanevskaya. Director: Valeriy Mazynskiy — Ivan-Vechernik — Yakub Kolas Belarus National Academic Drama Theatre
  2. 1981 — Eternity Call, Hodar Dumbadze. Director: Valeriy Maslyuk — Chekist — Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre
  3. 1986 — Sense Plot/Cuff, Yuriy Olesha. Director: Mikhail Yefremov — Andrey Babichev — Sovremennik 2
  4. 1987 — The Seventh Labor of Hercules, Viktor Roschin. Director: Roman Heidze — Augeas/Crier — Sovremennik 2
  5. 1989 — Sunser, Isaak Babel.Director: Andrey Goncharov — Bobrynetz — Mayakovsky Theatre
  6. 1989 — Rumor, Afanasiy Salynskiy. Director: Andrey Goncharov — Pavel Fryazin — Mayakovsky Theatre
  7. 1989 — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard. Director: Yevgeniy Arye— Chamberlain — Mayakovsky Theatre
  8. 1991 — Die schöne Fremde, Klaus Pohl. Director: Dimitr Gotcheff — Pole — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  9. 1992 — Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus. Director: Herbert König — Bia — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  10. 1993 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare. Director: David Mukhtar-Samurai — Chamberlain — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
  11. 1995 — Fatherlessness, Anton Chekhov. Director: Leander Haussmann — Bugrov — Schauspielhaus Bochum
  12. 1995 — Brawling in Chioggia, Carlo Goldoni. Director: Leander Haussmann — Canocchia — Schauspielhaus Bochum
  13. 1996 — Germany 3,Heiner Müller. Director: Leander Haussmann — Stalin — Schauspielhaus Bochum
  14. 1996 — Diva, Dirk Dobrou. Director: Gil Mehmert — Wolfgang Becker — Schauspielhaus Bochum
  15. 1996 — The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare. Director: Leander Haussmann — Magister — Schauspielhaus Bochum
  16. 1997 — Dolphin Cry, Ivan Okhlobystin. Director: Mikhail Yefremov — Ivan — Sovremennik Theatre
  17. 2008 — MusicBox, AndreyPlatonov. Director: Mikhail Yefremov — agent of sovkhoz — Sovremennik Theatre
  18. 2009 — Das Leben des Siegfried, John von Düffel. Director: Gil Mehmert — Tuborg, king of Denmark — Nibelungenfestspiele Worms, Germany

References

  1. ^ Интервью Геннадия Венгерова // Radiozvuk.com
  2. ^ Мафиозо, опер, полиглот: актёр Геннадий Венгеров // Deutsche Welle
  3. ^ Геннадий Венгеров: «Слой потребителей настоящей культуры становится все тоньше»
  4. ^ Геннадию Венгерову нахамили фанаты
  5. ^ "Мужские истории с Геннадием Венгеровым". YouTube.

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