Andrey Burkovsky

Andrei Vladimirovich Burkovsky (Russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Бурко́вский; born November 14, 1983) is a Russian theater and film actor, former KVN player, champion of the Major League as a member of the Maximum team (2008). However, after becoming famous as a comedian he soon started taking on more serious roles in theater, on TV and in cinema.[1] Since 2014, he has been an actor of the Moscow Art Theatre[2][3] He is known for starring in Start original series The Mediator,[4] More.tv original series An Hour Before the Dawn[5] and in feature films Milk, Doctor Lisa and Tchaikovsky's Wife.

Andrey Burkovsky
Андрей Бурковский
Burkovsky - a participant in an amateur league hockey match in 2016
Born
Andrei Vladimirovich Burkovsky

(1983-11-14) 14 November 1983
Tomsk, RSFSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active2000–present

Life and career

Burkovsky was born on November 14, 1983, in Tomsk. His father is a businessman and mother a restaurant owner. He studied at the Academic Lyceum of the city of Tomsk, where he began to play in KVN, playing for the school team "Shards of Stars". In the summer of 2000, after graduating from school, he entered the Law Institute of Tomsk State University, graduating in 2005.[6]

In 2010, Burkovsky entered the Moscow Art Theatre School for the course of Igor Zolotovitsky and Sergei Zemtsov. He graduated in 2014.[7]

Andrey Burkovsky enjoys playing ice hockey in his spare time.[8]

Television

At the beginning of 2009, together with his KVN teammate Mikhail Bashkatov, he was invited to the cast of the sketch-comedy series “Give Youth!” (Russian: ДаЁшь молодЁжь) which aired originally on STS channel, where he played the metrosexual Danila Fox, the gopnik Rzhavy, the policeman Vyushkin and the young spouse Valera, as well as a number of other characters. The show lasted for 9 seasons.[9][10]

In 2012, Burkovsky got the role of Ilya in the sitcom Kitchen on the STS channel, where he appeared for the first two seasons.

Since March 2016, he has been the host of the “Not Fact” program on the Zvezda TV channel.[11]

On October 1, 2016, Ice Age ice skating competition show returned to Channel One, and among the participants was Andrey. His partner in the project was the famous figure skater Tatiana Navka.

In 2021 Burkovsky starred in the lead role of The Mediator, a Start original crime drama series about a manipulative negotiator Andrei Pavlov who saves hostages and people who attempt suicide. Two seasons have been released.[12][13]

In 2022 Burkovsky starred in Amore More - a dramedy series about poly-amorous relationships.[14]

Family
  • Father - Tomsk businessman Vladimir Grigorievich Burkovsky.
  • Mother - Burkovskaya Lyudmila Ivanovna, owner of the restaurants "Eternal Call" and "Hmel" in the city of Tomsk.
  • Brother - Alexander. On January 8, 2009, at the age of 23, he crashed at a ski resort in Sheregesh in the Kemerovo region (while skiing, he crashed into a tree at full speed, as a result of which he received multiple injuries which led to his death).[15]
    • Wife - Olga Burkovskaya (the wedding took place on August 29, 2008).[16][17]
    • Children: March 14, 2011 son Maxim was born. On June 5, 2013, daughter Alisa was born.

Controversy

In 2016, Andrey Burkovsky together with dancing partner Tatiana Navka drew ire from the public as they appeared in Ice Age - the Russian version of Dancing on Ice dressed as Holocaust concentration camp prisoners. Burkovsky and Navka said that the dance was inspired by the 1997 film Life Is Beautiful and was not meant to cause offense.[18][19][20]

Filmography

References
  1. "Звезды КВН, которые зарабатывают на серьезном кино" [KVN stars who work in serious film]. Hollywood Reporter Russia.
  2. "Moscow Art Theatre - Andrey Burkovsky". mxat.ru. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  3. "Андрей Бурковский объявил об уходе из МХТ имени Чехова". RIA Novosti (in Russian).
  4. "Андрей Бурковский – о манипуляциях, космосе и Западе" [Andrey Burkovsky - about manipulations, outer space and the West]. GQ.
  5. Sergei Efimov. "Легавые против честных воров: Константин Хабенский и Андрей Бурковский в детективе "За час до рассвета"". Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  6. "Андрей Бурковский - актер театра и кино". 7Days.
  7. "ВЫПУСКНИКИ: Актерский факультет - 2010-е" [Graduates: Acting course - 2010s]. Moscow Art Theatre School.
  8. "Артисты, играющие в хоккей" [Actors who play hockey]. Tele.ru.
  9. Anna Lukyanova. ""Даешь молодежь!" 11 лет спустя: где сейчас актеры популярного скетчкома" ["Give Youth!" 11 years after: where are the stars of the popular sketch series now]. Komsomolskaya Pravda.
  10. "«ДАЕШЬ МОЛОДЕЖЬ!»: ГДЕ СЕЙЧАС ЛЮБИМЫЕ ЗВЕЗДЫ СЕРИАЛА" ["Give Youth!": Where are the favorite stars of the show]. Grazia Magazine Russia.
  11. "Андрей Бурковский". Zvezda.
  12. "«Медиатор»: Почему новый сериал с Бурковским – настоящая бомба" ["The Mediator": Why the new series with Burkovsky - is a hit]. Hollywood Reporter Russia.
  13. "Андрей Бурковский, Юлия Пересильд, Дарья Мороз, Ирина Старшенбаум о проекте «Медиатор»" [Andrey Burkovsky, Yulia Peresild, Daria Moroz, Irina Starshenbaum discuss "The Mediator]. OK! Magazine Russia.
  14. "Андрей Бурковский, Юрий Чурсин, Яна Гладких и другие артисты в сериале AMORE MORE" [Andrey Burkovsky, Yuri Chursin, Yana Gladkih and other actors in the series AMORE MORE]. OK! Magazine.
  15. Anton Borisov. ""На похоронах был весь город": звезда "Кухни" о гибели брата" [The funeral was attended by the whole town: star of "Kitchen" about the demise of his brother]. Gazeta.ru.
  16. "АНДРЕЙ БУРКОВСКИЙ: "ЖЕНА И ДЕТИ — ЭТО МОЙ ТЫЛ"". 7Days.
  17. Kseniya Kuznetsova. "Андрей Бурковский с женой отмечают важную дату" [Andrey Burkovsky together with his wife celebrate their anniversary]. New Magazine.
  18. "Holocaust TV skating routine draws anger". BBC. 27 November 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  19. Staff, Our Foreign (30 November 2016). "Vladimir Putin spokesman's wife sparks outrage with 'Holocaust-on-ice' dance routine". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  20. Allen, Gavin (27 November 2016). "Russian Strictly Come Dancing's super-intense SS guard routine". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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