Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Нагиев, born April 4, 1967) is a Russian actor, TV-host, musician, showman and radio host. In 1991, graduated from the Leningrad State Institute Of Theater, Music And Cinematography.
Dmitry Nagiyev
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Nagiyev on the show The Voice in 2018
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| Born | Dmitry Vladimirovich Nagiyev (1967-04-04) 4 April 1967 (age 57) |
| Nationality | Russian |
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| Years active | 1990–present |
Nagiyev was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). In his young days, Dmitry Nagiyev has practiced Sambo, Judo (master of sports)[1] under the leadership of Victor Gorlov and Arkady Rotenberg[2] and gymnastics. He received the title of Junior Champion of the USSR Championships in the 1980s.[3]
After school, he became a student at the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University (Faculty of Automation and Computer Engineering). While studying, he worked, then began was a part of black marketing. When he was arrested by law enforcement agencies with currency (in the Soviet times, illegal currency circulation was a criminal offense), then, in order to avoid criminal prosecution, he left for military service in the Soviet army.[4] As an athlete he was sent to a sports company, but there was no sambo section, so Nagiyev went to serve in the air defense forces near Vologda.
After the army he entered the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts .[5] He studied in the acting studio of Vladimir Petrov along with Igor Lifanov and Alexei Klimushkin.[1] In September 1990, during a rehearsal of the graduation performance, Nagiyev had an attack, an ambulance urgently took him to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed facial paralysis; it took half a year to recover, but Nagiev’s “branded” squint remained for his whole life.[6]
In April 2023, it was reported that Nagiyev had emigrated from Russia.[7]
In 1991, after graduating from the institute, he worked in Saint Petersburg at the "Vremya" Theatre, then, was the anchor on "Modern" radio and four times was recognized as the country's best radio host.[8] From 1993 to 2001, he performed songs and monologues in the program "Radio roulette" at the "Modern" radio to the music of Beethoven. He was the host of the beauty contests.[9] In 1997, in the Saint Petersburg dance hall "Continent" he created an author's show, where he played contests, held theater lounges, as well as a comic auction with various artists.
From 1996 to 2004, he worked a lot in a duet with his Modern radio’s colleague, Sergey Rost: together they starred in the comedy sitcom "Look Out! Modern!" (Осторожно, модерн!), "Full Modern!" (Полный модерн! ), "Look Out! Modern! 2" (Осторожно, модерн! 2), were the hosts of the talk show "Once in the evening" (Однажды вечером) on STS[8] and TNT, and in the early 2000s they wrote jokes for some KVN teams.[10] Also in 1997, they starred in the film "Purgatory" (Чистилище) by Alexander Nevzorov, where Nagiyev played his first main role in the movie - the Chechen field commander Dukuz Israpilov.
After Rost’s leaving, he continued to act in the spin-offs "Beware, Zadov!" (Осторожно, Задов!) and "Zadov in Reality". From 2000 to 2008 he played in the detective sitcom Kamenskaya (TV series).[8] From 2012 to 2016 he played the role of the owner of the Claude Monet restaurant in the sitcom Kitchen (Кухня). From 2013 to 2016 he starred in the series "Two Fathers, Two Sons" (Два отца и два сына). Since 2014, has been playing a major role in the television series "Fizruk".
He hosted the programs "Telecompact", "The Burden of Money", the talk show Okna, the final show of the project "Home" (Дом) on the TNT channel (2003).[11] From 2005 to the present, Nagiyev is the host on Channel One Russia.[12] In 2005-2014 he led the sports and entertainment show "Big Race" (Большие гонки).[13] Since October 2012, he has hosted The Voice project, and since February 2014, The Voice Kids, and since September 2018 - the project The Voice Senior. Also in 2011, together with Natalya Andrejchenko and Stepan Urgant, he led the reality show "Mother in Act" on the Perets TV channel.[14]
In 2004, he wrote and performed the song "I Her Hoey" (Я её хой) with the group "Russkiy Razmer" and Professor Lebedinsky (a parody of the song "Dragostea Din TeibyO-Zone), which lasted for several weeks in the top of the program"Golden Gramophone Award" on Russkoye Radio. Together with "Russkiy Razmer" and with Sergey Rogozhin, he recorded the song "My Butterfly".
In 2010 and 2011, with his ex-wife Alice Sher, he hosted the Peter FM radio award ceremony. From 2012 to 2016, he was the permanent host of the annual Golden Gramophone ceremony in a duet with Ivan Urgant. Since December 20, 2012, he became the new voice of the "Russkoye Radio Joke", replacing Vadim Galygin.[15]
Since 2013, participates in the advertising campaign of the Russian mobile operator MTS.[16] In 2014, he starred in an ad for the drug Miramistin.[17] In 2015, he became the advertising person of "The Eurasia" restaurant chain in Saint Petersburg.
Often takes part in the jury of the High League of KVN. Starred in the movies, and voicing the cartoons.
In 2018, for the first time in 20 years, he played a dramatic role - Vitaly Kaloyev in the film UnforgivenbySarik Andreasyan:
"When I received the script, the first question I asked Sarik was:"Are you sure that I am?" The cliches and roles are stuck, and short-sighted or not very brave directors are afraid to invite an artist with a comedy past"[18]
In February 2023, he refused to host the Muz-TV awards, saying "The time will come when we will work to reward the truly best musicians."[19]
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 Alice Sher with Kirill Nagiyev |
In 2022 - Actor and TV presenter Dmitry Nagiyev became a grandfather. He blurted this out in an interview, talking about his only son, Cyril. The showman noted that the heir does not really want to work with him on the frame.
– Now in the movie “The Hunter” he refused to play my son, he does not want parallels and the appearance of us together in the frame. Perhaps this is correct. I, as a dad, would be happy: once again my son is under supervision. And the son is already a father himself,” the artist told Caravan of Stories magazine.[36]
Together with his older sister and her husband, they keep a stable near St. Petersburg, redeeming horses intended for slaughter.[37]
He is a fan of the St. Petersburg Zenit.[38]
In 2016, he became the richest Russian actor according to the Forbes magazine. His annual income amounted to $ 3.2 million.[39][40]
He called himself “the sexual revolution leader”.[41]
| Nagiyev in childhood with mom[42] |
Dmitry calls himself a “Russian Orthodox”.[45]
Dmitry Nagiyev - Chairman of the Board of the Dmitry Nagiyev Charitable Foundation "Anna".[53]
In 1996, he headed the youth department of the election headquarters of the candidate for governor of St. Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, travelling around the city with him and the first deputy chairman of the government of St. Petersburg, Vladimir Putin, distributing buckwheat, stew and other products to the people.[5]
According to Nagiyev, in Russia the ruling terms should be limited: "There is a written term, how many times you can go to power. So I don’t think that you need to go into power as much as you want".[54]
Nagiyev condemns contemporaries who use the slogans "To Berlin" and "We can repeat" in their speech, offering to drag Russia into a war similar to the Great Patriotic War.[55]
In April 2023, it was reported that Nagiyev emigrated to Turkey due to his antagonistic views to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[7]
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