Efremenkov Timur Viktorovich: the beginning of the journey
The future performer of the role of Anton Karev was born in the Smolensk region, this happened in June 1976. Efremenkov Timur Viktorovich practically does not remember his father. His parents separated, and his mother took care of his son.
As a child, the boy did not even think about the acting profession. His hobby was sports, or rather boxing. The purposeful guy even managed to become a CCM. Timur also liked to play football; he happily devotes his time to this activity even now.
Personal life
Timur Efremenkov was married to singer Yulia Kiriyenko, who after the wedding took her husband’s surname. The stars formalized their relationship in 2012, although by that time they had already lived together for several years. Timur met Yulia in one of the clubs in Krasnodar. He says that he fell in love at first sight, and the girl reacted coolly to him. Timur had to conquer it. As soon as Efremenkov succeeded, the actor said that they would not part again.
Timur Efremenkov and Yulia Kiriyenko
Yulia Kiriyenko is a participant in the project “I want to join VIA Gro.” The actor supported his girlfriend during the filming of the show. Julia could not win this competition, but during her participation in the project she established herself as a shocking and scandalous person.
The couple did not have children, but their beloved Yorkie Milena lived with the spouses. The dog has become a real member of the family. Together, Timur and Yulia loved to travel by car and always took Milena with them on such trips. With this company, the stars traveled around the country by car.
Wedding of Timur Efremenkov and Yulia Kiriyenko
Another hobby of the actor is cooking. Timur Efremenkov loves to cook and even participated in the culinary show “The Hunger Games”. But in the program “Wild Games” Timur Efremenkov and Yulia Kiriyenko participated together. After filming the program ended, the couple also went on a trip to Thailand together.
For a long time, the married couple of Timur and Yulia seemed harmonious and happy to fans and journalists. But in the summer of 2020, the couple’s relationship ended in a loud divorce. The stars do not name the reason for their divorce. But, as both admit to journalists, the divorce was quite difficult for the former spouses.
Timur Efremenkov and Yulia Kiriyenko
Despite the fact that Timur divorced Yulia Efremenkova, the girl did not rush to change her last name back. In addition, the former spouses continue to communicate and regularly call each other. But still, both Timur and his ex-wife deny the possibility of resuming their relationship and move on. Yulia Efremenkova passed the casting to participate in the reality show “House 2”. Timur enjoys his bachelor life.
The actor devotes all his free time to his own hobbies. Timur regularly plays sports, and trains at a close to professional level. The actor plays football and hockey at least 4-5 times a week, and also finds time to train in tennis and volleyball. Timur Efremenkov admits that sport has become both an interesting hobby and an effective way to relieve stress.
Timur Efremenkov
The actor also likes to watch sports competitions. In addition, Timur is passionate and can even afford to bet on sports competitions.
There was a time when the actor proved to himself and those around him that he was better than everyone else, that he was a winner. But, as Timur says, age makes adjustments. The older an actor becomes, the more flexibility and desire he has to avoid conflict situations. The actor jokingly compares himself to Superman - he can do a lot, but he can quickly learn what he can’t do.
Actor Timur Efremenkov
Timur Efremenkov has a dream - to act in interesting and worthy roles, preferably, of course, in the main roles. Unfortunately, he classifies what directors offer him today as “he has to film.”
The actor tries to follow fashion and look modern and stylish. Therefore, Timur listens to fashion trends and does not shy away from social networks. Timur maintains an account on Instagram, where he regularly posts both photos and short videos.
Student years
When did Timur Viktorovich Efremenkov realize that he wanted to connect his life with dramatic art? This can hardly be called a conscious decision, since everything happened by accident. After graduating from school, the young man set off to conquer the capital. Soon after moving to Moscow, he ended up on the set of the film Antikiller. He found the action so exciting that he decided on his choice of profession.
It is known that Timur tried to enroll in several theater universities in the capital. The capable guy was taken to the Shchukin School, he was enrolled in the course of V.V. Ivanov. The actor still remembers his mentor with warmth. In 1999, Efremenkov became a graduate of Shchuka.
First roles
For several years after graduating from college, Timur Viktorovich Efremenkov could not find a job. The aspiring actor was forced to do odd jobs, but did not give up and continued to go to castings. In 2006, fate finally rewarded the young man for his perseverance. Timur was offered to play a doctor in the television project “Cursed Paradise”. His character was a doctor who works in a brothel.
Efremenkov’s role was episodic, but directors paid attention to him. Military personnel, law enforcement officers, criminals are the characters that the actor began to play after “Cursed Paradise.” This role suited him quite well, since his excellent sports training helped him cope with such roles. “Commercial Break”, “Zone”, “Law and Order”, “Hijacking”, “Court Column”, “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Travelers”, “Trace”, “Sea Soul”, “Atlantis”, “Agony of Fear” , “The Hour of Volkov”, “I am a Bodyguard” - Timur starred mainly in TV series.
Movies
The actor’s creative biography did not begin immediately. Six years after graduating from college, he was not in demand as a film actor. His “finest hour” came in 2005, when Timur was approved for the role of Aibolit in the series “Cursed Paradise.” Subsequently, he was often offered to play bandits, murderers, bodyguards, and military personnel. A landmark year in the actor’s life was 2009, when he played former investigator Anton Karev in the TV series “Sword.” The plot tells the story of an underground group of former law enforcement officers and military personnel who united to fight crime. They fought with their own methods, which were not always legal.
By the way, in one of his interviews Timur Efremenkov said that the position of his hero, who carries out lynching, is close and understandable to him, because in life the law often turns out to be powerless in the face of criminals. Before Timur Efremenkov was approved for this role, he went through several castings and screen tests. Sports training also helped. The actor recalls that the creative team quickly found a common language, and there were no frictions on the set. But there were injuries. But, according to Timur, these were pleasant injuries, because they performed all the stunts in “The Sword” themselves.
After the series there were other roles. Efremenkov starred in the action movie “Skerries-18”, the TV series “Lawyer-7” and “Law and Order”. For his role in the military drama “Quiet Outpost,” the actor received a prize from the International War Film Festival.
In the film “Legend No. 17” he played the legendary hockey player Boris Mikhailov. During filming, Timur Efremenkov became interested in hockey. Today he is in demand in cinema - 5-7 films a year. With such a busy schedule, he still has time for his personal life.
Finest hour
In 2009, Timur Viktorovich Efremenkov finally truly attracted the attention of the audience. His filmography was supplemented by the crime television project “Sword”. The series tells a fascinating story about an underground group. Its participants are former military and law enforcement officers who set the goal of eradicating crime. The methods they use often do not comply with the law.
Former investigator Anton Karev, Timur’s character, joins this group. The hero has his own reasons for hating the bandits, so he undertakes to fight them with all his ardor. Efremenkov admits that he understands his character in many ways. He is also outraged by cases where dangerous criminals escape accountability due to insufficient evidence.
It was difficult to get the role of Anton Karev, but Timur managed to leave his competitors behind. The creators of the series decided on his candidacy because they liked the sports training of a native of the Smolensk region. During filming, the actor did not use the services of stuntmen; he preferred to perform all the stunts himself.
Timur Efremenkov now
In 2020, the actor played the supporting role of Stas, the husband of the main character’s sister Dasha (Lyubava Greshnova), in the melodrama “Almond Flavor of Love.” Also this year, the actor appeared as a killer in the melodrama “The Third Life of Daria Kirillovna” and as a bandit in the mini-series “The Elder Wife.” In December 2020, the actor appeared in the festival film anthology “Lyricism”, which premiered at the Irida Film Festival in Sochi.
In February 2020, two films with the participation of Timur Efremenkov were released. In the two-part crime action film “Breaking”, the actor played the role of Semyon Churkov. The film is about a young hacker who falls in love with the daughter of a police colonel. When a girl is kidnapped, her father and fiancé are forced to team up to save her.
Another film of 2020 was the action thriller Blast Wave. In this film, Timur Efremenkov also played a minor role. The film tells the story of a gang of kidnappers who attach suicide vests to kidnapped businessmen and then demand a ransom in order not to detonate the belts.
In addition, in 2020, the actor joined the crew of the popular sports series Molodezhka. In this series, Timur played the role of Georgy Bushmanov. The actor also starred in the short drama “Bacha” and in the retro drama “Demon of the Revolution” and began filming in the military drama “Tank Driver”, in which Timur Efremenkov played the main role.
Life behind the scenes
Of course, fans are interested not only in the roles played by Timur Viktorovich Efremenkov. He met his wife Yulia Kiriyenko (now ex) in one of the night spots in Krasnodar. The actor fell in love at first sight, but it took him a long time to achieve reciprocity. The young people got married in 2012.
Yulia Kiriyenko is a singer, she is known to viewers primarily as a participant in the show “I want to go to VIA Gro.” For several years the marriage was happy. The lovers constantly delighted fans with new photographs taken while traveling and at home. However, the union of Yulia and Timur still broke up, the reasons for which remained behind the scenes. At the moment, Efremenkov is officially free.
Timur and his ex-wife Yulia - why they divorced
In 2008, Timur Efremenkov met Yulia Kiriyenko in a cafe in Krasnodar. On Timur’s part, it was love at first sight, and he spent a long time wooing the girl. At first, the couple lived in a civil marriage, and in 2012 they decided to legalize their relationship. At first, their personal life was going well; the couple traveled a lot together, sharing happy photos with friends and fans.
The family idyll did not last long; in 2020, the couple separated. This was preceded by numerous infidelities of her husband, but the main reason for Timur and Yulia’s divorce was the man’s passion for gambling. The girl was tired of living in inconstancy and fear of losing all her money, for the same reason Julia was afraid to give birth to children.
