Childhood and youth
Andrey was born on May 2, 1978 in the town of Korosten, located 90 km from Zhitomir. The boy turned out to be Taurus by zodiac sign. After finishing school, his mother insisted that the young man move to Kyiv and receive a decent education. And so it happened - Andrey entered the National Agrarian University as an economist. Living in a hostel and receiving a meager stipend, Molochny even managed to save money for gifts for his mother.
Ukrainian comedian, actor and showman Andrey Molochny
The serious specialty “Management of Foreign Economic Activity” did not prevent Andrey from combining his studies with KVN. Together with the “On the Ears” team, the future comedian won the championship in the Higher Ukrainian KVN League. His short stature, sparkling jokes and memorable facial expressions made him one of the brightest members of the team.
After some time, Andrey moved to the Va Bank team, which later also became a champion. Later, fate threw the comedian into the Alaska team, where he met his future friend and colleague Anton Lirnik. While playing in KVN, Andrei graduated from high school with honors and even entered graduate school. Molochny, however, failed to finish it.
Acting and producing activities
Just 2 years after starting work at Comedy, he released the sketch show “Faina Ukraine”, where he became an author, actor and producer. There he works together with his longtime acquaintance Sergei Pritula. Viewers saw 100 episodes of the project.
In 2009, Andrei plays the main role in the film “Figaro”, where he works together with the famous actor Ivan Okhlobystin. In the spring of 2010, a new project “Maskvichi” was released on one of the Russian TV channels, in which Andrei Molochny played the main role.
In 2010, the Comedy Club in Ukraine closed, and Molochny came up with an updated version of the Real Comedy stand-up show. Duet named after Chekhov becomes its honorary resident. Anton Lirnik became the production director, and Andrey became the general producer. Filming takes place at the Milk Production studio. We think there is no need to add who its founder is. The show is broadcast on two channels at once and within a year and a half has been gaining great popularity.
Among the significant works of the Molochny studio, it is worth noting the historical series “Ruriki”, where, of course, there was room for humor. 20 episodes were aired. Andrey says that the channel’s management did not understand what kind of program they had in their hands. And he adds that he is ready to develop stories for the continuation of the series if any channel is interested in it.
Humor and creativity
The comedian's creative career began in school, where he gave small performances during breaks. Having studied all the miniatures from KVN, Molochny seriously thought about enrolling in a theater institute. But fate took him along a different path.
Andrey Molochny played in KVN
The impetus for success was Molochny’s departure from Alaska in 2005. Despite his young age, he is trying to start a business. But due to lack of funding, Andrey’s business does not bring him much success. Having failed, the former KVN player returns to his element - creativity. Inspired by the success of “Evening Quarter” (which had just begun to be broadcast on Ukrainian television), Andrey began to think about creating his own humorous project.
Molochny gathered like-minded people, among whom was Anton Lirnik. Andrey suggested to his comrades that they create a project in which comedians would perform various numbers for an hour. After several performances, friends of the comedians noticed the similarity between their miniatures and the Russian show on the TNT channel Comedy Club. This was followed by a visit to Moscow and negotiations with Garik Martirosyan. The latter, being one of the founders of the Comedy Club, invited comedians to film video material in Kyiv and show what they are worth.
Andrey Molochny and Anton Lirnik
Upon arrival in Kyiv, the team began filming scenes. The comedians invited everyone they knew and used all their resources, and filmed in a regular school. One of the first miniatures of the duo was the famous scene “An Incident in the Pharmacy.” Returning to Moscow again with the recording, Molochny and Lirnik showed the video to Martirosyan and received his approval.
“Duet named after Chekhov” was born in the spring of 2006, in June the comedians signed an agreement with “Inter”, and already in August the first material was filmed and aired in Ukraine under the Comedy Club Ukraine label. In the popular program, Andrei Molochny acted both as an actor and as an editor.
Andrey Molochny and Anton Lirnik at the Comedy Club
Later the TV show moved to the “1+1” and “New Channel” channels. The performances were created mainly in the stand-up genre. The show was created as an alternative to the Ukrainian humorous program “Studio “Kvartal-95”. After the program was closed in 2010, Andrei Molochny and Anton Lirnik launched another similar project – Real Comedy, which was broadcast on the ICTV and “2+2” channels. But the program did not last more than a year.
With the start of filming the Ukrainian Comedy, the guys began to appear on stage in Moscow. Fans consider their miniatures to be some of the best in those sets.
Andrey Molochny and Anton Lirnik
It’s funny, but now Andrei no longer knows why his creative union with Lirnik is named after Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. According to the comedian, he remembers how his comrades wanted to name the duet in honor of Lenin. But comedians have already told so many fictitious stories about this that they themselves have forgotten the truth. On the TV show, Andrei Molochny performed not only with Anton Lirnik. Together with Garik Kharlamov and Timur Batrutdinov, he played the role in the miniature “Hungry Businessmen”. And together with his duet colleague Demis Karibidis and Garik Kharlamov, he played in the number “Case in the Moscow Court”.
In September 2008, the sketch show “Faina Yukraina” began broadcasting on Ukrainian television. Molochny was the general producer of the show, and his partner on the set was Ukrainian comedian and TV presenter Sergei Pritula. He also participated in performances by Comedy residents and became known to television viewers under the pseudonym Sergei Pritula Ternopolsky-Sery. The comedian's strong point is stand-up comedy.
Andrey Molochny and Sergey Pritula
The comedy series used many storylines, and Ukrainian cities were mentioned as locations: Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhashkov. The main characters of the first season were the couple Marichka and Anton, who distinguished themselves during their trip to Egypt. Andrei Molochny got the roles of a traffic cop who extorts a bribe from every stopped driver or pedestrian, a young pop singer Vasily, Uncle Tolya from the city of Lubny, a drinking father and others. The first New Year's episode of the TV show featured Ukrainian celebrities - rapper Potap, singer Nastya Kamenskikh, dancer Vlad Yama.
Many predicted that the parody of the Russian TV series “Our Russia” would not last even three months, but the ratings of the humorous program increased with each episode. A total of 100 episodes were released. The show ran until 2011.
Andrey Molochny and the Comedy Club artists with Dmitry Medvedev
Dairy is constantly looking for new projects. In 2009, Andrei tried himself as an actor, starring in the feature film “Figa.Ro”. Molochny’s colleague in the film was Ivan Okhlobystin. In 2010, Andrei was busy filming the Russian show “Maskvichi” on the NTV channel. At the same time, the Comedy Club UA project was closed in 2010.
In 2011, the Milk Production studio was creating the historical and humorous series “Ruriki,” which was broadcast on the ICTV channel. In 2013, the comedian accepted an offer to become a member of the jury in the Ukrainian show “Yak two drops”.
Showman Andrey Molochny
Until 2020, Molochny and Lirnik were among the residents of the Russian Comedy Club. Videos of the group’s performances are still popular on the Internet today. The artists post them on the duo’s official website. After leaving Russian television, Andrei and Anton continued to tour and give concerts. Grand tours included dozens of cities from Odessa to the Far East.
Among the ensemble’s popular numbers are “Air,” “Extreme Tourism,” and “Realtor’s Dream.” During their collaboration, Andrey and Anton created almost 800 original miniatures, becoming a kind of record holders for the genre.
Andrey Molochny in the new project “Appetizing Dumplings”
However, in 2020 the duo finally ceased to exist. Each actor decided to continue his creative biography in the field of humor independently. Andrey Molochny reported this from his Instagram page.
In 2020, Andrei Molochny returned to the Comedy Club with a new project called “Appetizing Dumplings”. The comedian appeared on stage in the company of curvy girls.
In an interview, Andrei Molochny claims that humor for him is akin to intelligence. He constantly needs to be trained and hone successful techniques.
Molochny Andrey Sergeevich
Ukrainian pop artist. Comedian. He was a member of the popular “Chekhov Duet”. Resident of the Comedy club show on the TNT channel. The main author and co-producer of the sketch show “Faina Yukraina” on Ukrainian television, as well as the historical and humorous series “Ruriki”.
Andrey Molochny was born on May 2, 1978 in the city of Korosten, Ukraine. After school, he entered the Kiev National Agrarian University with a degree in Foreign Economic Activity Management. After graduating from the university with honors, he entered graduate school, but in the end he never completed it.
While studying at the university, Andrei became interested in playing KVN. He played in the teams “NAU”, “Na Ushakh”, “Va-Bank”, “Team Kyiv Alaska”, which are participants in the Ukrainian Major League and the KVN Moscow Major League. In teams he was simultaneously the creative center, leading actor, captain and administrator.
The first step to success was Andrey’s departure from Alaska in 2005. Molochny tried to start a business, but due to lack of funding, his business did not bring much success. Having failed, Andrei returned to his element: creativity. Inspired by the success of the “Evening Quarter” project, which had just begun to be broadcast on Ukrainian television, I began to think about creating my own humorous project.
In the spring of 2006, Molochny, together with his friend Anton Lirnik, created the “Duet named after Chekhov”, which became a permanent participant and resident of the comedy show “Comedy club” on the TNT channel. The duet became the foundation for the appearance in the fall of 2006 in Ukraine of the popular Moscow project “Comedy club”: “Comedy Club Ukraine”, where Andrey, in addition to the role of one of the residents, serves as the editor-in-chief. Later, the project moved to the 1+1 channel, and since March 2008, its new episodes have been released on the New Channel.
Among the duo’s popular numbers are: “Air,” “Extreme Tourism,” “Realtor’s Dream.” During their collaboration, Andrey and Anton created almost 800 original miniatures, becoming a kind of record holders for the genre.
In September 2008, Ukrainian television aired a new program, which immediately gained popularity among the general public: the sketch show “Faina Yukraina”. Andrey Molochny was its author and general producer, working together with his Comedy club UA colleague Sergei Pritula. One hundred episodes were aired.
In the spring of 2010, the “Comedy club UA” project was closed and in its place, Molochny, together with “Comedy club Production”, opened an updated version of the stand-up show “Real Comedy”. The Chekhov Duet became an honorary resident of this project. Anton Lirnik took over as production director, and Andrey Molochny as general producer. The project is being filmed by the Milk Production studio. The project is aired on ICTV and “2+2” TV channels. The show is being released in a new format: without obscene speech and jokes about politics.
On January 22, 2011, the Milk Production studio aired the historical and humorous series “Ruriki” on the ICTV channel. In addition, Andrei starred in the Russian television comedy series “Maskvichi”, which aired on the NTV channel. In 2013, the comedian accepted an offer to become a member of the jury in the Ukrainian show “Yak two drops”. In 2020, Andrei Molochny returned to the Comedy Club with a new project called “Appetizing Dumplings”. The comedian appeared on stage in the company of curvy girls.
“Duet named after Chekhov” in 2020, the duo finally ceased to exist. Each actor decided to continue his creative biography in the field of humor independently. Andrey Molochny reported this from his Instagram page.
In 2020, the artist took part in the filming of the comedy “Zomboyashchik”, in which the residents of “Comedy” and the actors of the rating projects of the TNT channel starred: Andrei Gaidulyan, Nastasya Samburskaya, Stanislav Yarushin. The film premiered at the beginning of 2020.
Creativity of Andrey Molochny
Creativity of Andrey Molochny
Actor:
2017 — Zomboyashchik 2020 — Appetizing donuts 2014 — Parrot Club (TV), major translator, voice acting 2011 — Ruriki 2010 — Maskvichi 2009 — Figa.Ro 2008 — Comedy Woman 2008 — 2010 — Faina Ukraine 2005 — Comedy Club
Screenwriter:
2011 - Ruriki (TV series). 2008 - 2010 - Faina Yukraina (TV series).
Producer:
2011 - Ruriki (TV series). 2008 - 2010 - Faina Yukraina (TV series).
Family of Andrei Molochny
Family of Andrei Molochny
Wife - Natalya. Children: Dmitry, Andrey, Boris, Alexander and daughter Varvara.
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Personal life
Andrei met his future wife Natalya at the university in the last years of his studies. According to the comedian, at that time he was “an eternally starving student with an ulcer,” and the charming girl Natasha became his first love. His wife helped Andrey successfully graduate from university and complete two years of graduate school. Natalya does not like to give interviews, but her photos with her husband demonstrate happiness in her personal life better than words.
Andrey Molochny with his wife
The lovers got married a long time ago and became parents early. Now Natalya and Andrey are raising five children. Among them are four sons - Dmitry, Andrey, Boris and Alexander - and a daughter, Varvara. A large family lives in a village near Kiev.
Big stage
Great success came to Andrey Molochny in 2006. Together with Anton Lirnik and several other comrades, he decides to create a creative team, which the guys will call “Duet named after Chekhov.” The first humorous miniatures were shown on air at the Ukrainian Comedy Club. This program was broadcast at different times by the TV channels “Inter”, “1+1” and “New Channel”, on which the program has been broadcast for 6 years. True, in 2010 “Comedy Club Ukraine” closed, but Molochny, based on it, created a similar project, which was called “Real Comedy”.
Also in Andrei Molochny’s collection is another humorous project – “Faina Yukraina”. Here the young man has already turned around in full. He became both a leading actor and a general producer.
Humor can be called synonymous with intelligence. You should always know what you're joking about. And I’m learning and honing some techniques all the time. I believe that a sense of humor can be improved and made multifaceted.
Well, of course, the “Duet named after Chekhov” performs successfully in the Russian “Comedy Club”. Andrey Molochny and Anton Lirnik have already come up with and shown about 800 different humorous skits. According to this indicator, they are absolute record holders.
Andrey Molochny now
In 2020, the artist took part in the filming of the comedy “Zomboyashchik”, in which residents of “Comedy” and actors of the rating projects of the TNT channel - Andrei Gaidulyan, Nastasya Samburskaya, Stanislav Yarushin - starred. The film premiered at the beginning of 2018.
Andrey Molochny starred in the project “Zomboyashchik”
Now Andrey Molochny spends a lot of time with his family and in nature. For his 40th birthday, which was celebrated in 2020, Andrei received a large turtle as a gift, which he immediately announced to his followers on Instagram.
Humorous career
Andrey Molochny first appeared on stage back in school. He says that he liked to perform in front of his classmates during breaks. At home, he often watched KVN, knew the names of almost all the teams and memorized the numbers so that he could later show them to his friends. Even then, they kept repeating to him that a theater institute was waiting for him, but Andrei chose a different path. And then he still returned to his calling - creativity.
While studying at the university, he played in different KVN teams: “On the ears”, “NAU” and others. Some of them were participants in the top league of Ukraine. He says without modesty that he was in them both the center of creative activity, and the actor, and the presenter, and the soul.
In the spring of 2006, Andrei Molochny, together with a teammate from one of the teams, Anton Lirnik, decided to create a Duo named after Chekhov. Few people know that it was originally planned to give it a different name - a duet named after Lenin, but it turned out to be “DiCh”. Undoubtedly, this creative tandem can be called the foundation of the entire Ukrainian Comedy Club. And already in the summer of 2006, the guys became residents of the Moscow Comedy Club, where they still work, being one of the most successful and famous duets. They starred in more than 100 episodes of this famous comedy show.
By the way, the Ukrainian version was published in the same 2006 on the Inter channel and existed until 2010. It should be noted that Andrei Molochny not only performed in the show as an artist, but was also its editor-in-chief.
