Dmitri Wladimirowitsch Nagiev
Dmitri Wladimirowitsch Nagijew ( Russian Дми́трий Влади́мирович Наги́ев ; born April 4, 1967 in Leningrad , USSR ) is a Russian actor, musician, showman and television and radio presenter.
Origin and youth
The paternal grandfather Nikolai (born as Gulam) Nagijew fled as a child with his family after the First World War from Iran to Ashgabat in what was then the Turkestan ASSR (today in Turkmenistan ). Parents died early, so Nikolai only got his Slavic Azerbaijani surname in an orphanage, which comes from the people who brought him there. Nikolai married Gertruda Sopke, who came from a Russian-German - Latvian family.
Father Vladimir played in a Red Army theater in Ashgabat until he was 17, but eventually began to work for the LOMO company in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg ). The mother Lyudmila Sakharovna worked as a foreign language teacher.
Dmitri Nagiyev was involved in sambo in his youth and even became junior champion of the USSR in the 1980s.
From 1984 to 1989 he studied electrical engineering in Leningrad . As a student he had difficulties with the state because he was involved in speculation about goods, which was a criminal offense in the Soviet Union.
In 1989/90 he did his two years of compulsory military service in the Soviet Army . Nagiyev often describes his army days as tough. There were multiple physical fights, so he came home with a broken nose and broken ribs.
Promotion and career
In 1990/91 Dmitri Nagijew completed his acting training at the St. Petersburg State Academy for Theater Arts. He then made his debut as a theater actor and radio presenter, where he was named “best radio presenter in the country” four times. On the side, Nagijew worked as a deejay in various clubs and moderated beauty pageants.
In 1997 Dmitri Vladimirovich made his debut as a film actor. In the war film "Purgatory" (Russian Чистилище) he played the role of the Chechen rebel leader Dukus Israpilow.
A short time later, Nagiyev made his breakthrough in show business. He moderated programs such as “Telekompakt”, “One Evening”, “Time of Money” or the talk show “Window”. Dmitri Nagijew was also present as a presenter in comedy series such as “Caution, modern!” Or in sports programs such as “The Great Race”.
In 2003 Nagiyev hosted the finale of "Dom-1" on TNT , the Russian counterpart to Big Brother . He also moderated the final in 2004, but this time together with Xenija Sobchak .
His other show projects included “On Saturday Evening” (2005), “Prom in the Kremlin” (2006), “The Big Bet” (2006/2007), “Struggle of the Supernatural” on Ukrainian television (2009), “Minute of Glory” "Together with Filipp Kirkorow (2010) and" Zwei Stars "(2011/2012). Since 2012 he has hosted the singing casting show "Voice".
Since 2012 he has played a leading role in the popular comedy series “Küche” (Кухня), where he plays himself, as the owner of a renowned French restaurant in Moscow called “Claude Monet”.
Between 2013 and 2014, Nagiyev was the advertising character of the mobile operator MTS.
Since April 2014 he can be seen in the also popular comedy series Der Gymlehrer (Физрук) in the role of sports teacher Oleg Evgenyevich Fomin.
Private
Dmitri Nagiev was married to the radio presenter Alla Anatolyevna Schelischewa. The marriage resulted in their son Kirill Nagijew (* 1989), who is now a young actor.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagiev, Dmitri Vladimirovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Наги́ев, Дми́трий Влади́мирович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad , USSR |