Childhood and youth
Evgeny Kulik was born in Yekaterinburg in July 1987. He spent his childhood there and graduated from school. Zhenya has a younger sister, thanks to whom he became an uncle. Already in childhood, the boy was distinguished by his wit. Thanks to self-irony and original jokes, Zhenya quickly became the life of the party wherever he went. Evgeny chose a serious specialty for himself - he studied to become an architect-informatics, after which he worked as an interior designer for 2 years.
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Evgeny Kulik as a child
In 2008, the “Voices” team was organized in Yekaterinburg, and Evgeny Kulik became one of the participants. First, the guys took part in the Northern KVN League and became finalists. Later, the team gained momentum and became a finalist in the Ural League, Volga Region, participated in the League of Moscow and Moscow Region, and in 2010 “Voices” reached the semi-finals of the First KVN League. In Yekaterinburg and the region they regularly won championships, and also twice, in 2010 and 2011, won the “Caution, Funny!” festival.
Having gained experience in the team, Zhenya Kulik began to perform independently. He worked as a presenter at Yekaterinburg corporate events and weddings, and later created his own entertainment project “Question of the Day.” In this program, a young man walked around the city and asked unsuspecting residents some interesting question, which was the topic of this program.
A selection of wines by Evgeny Kulik
Eugene appeared in front of the camera in the image of the South American Juan Pablo Diego De Gonzalez. Moreover, he made himself an artificial grotesque mustache, drawing on it with a marker, which became the presenter’s “trick.” The program was posted on YouTube and had a large audience of viewers on the 752Channel channel. Kulik’s humorous videos have more than once been included in the selections of the best jokes on popular service channels.
In addition, the “Question of the Day” project moved to the social network “VKontakte” as text-based humorous questionnaires, which allowed its author not only to determine in advance the public’s interest in a particular issue, but also to entertain viewers in the intervals between the release of programs.
Production business
Recently it became known that Katrina became the head of the production center GK Production. Katrina is not limited to maintaining her own blog and wants to develop further, creating new projects. Of course, they say that Gaisina achieved success only thanks to her rich husband. Of course, he takes part in her career, supports her financially, but this is natural, because they are husband and wife.
Below you can see a photo of Katrina Gaisina posted on social networks.
Movies
In the film industry, Kulik’s biography began not with the acting profession, but with directing and producing. Experience with a video camera helped Evgeniy create his own short film “Choice” about the unknown feat of Vladimir Putin. This tape told how the current president of Russia in 1989 in Dresden alone confronted demonstrators who had lost control of themselves, smashing the Berlin Wall and the Stasi building and intending to continue vandalizing the building where the headquarters of KGB officers was located.
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Actor and director Evgeniy Kulik
Kulik presented his work at the short documentary film festival “12 Spiritual Bonds”, which was held in Bosnia with the support of the famous director Emir Kusturica, and won first prize in the “Putin” category. As a reward, Kulik, like the winners of other categories, received the right to take a directing course at the Emir Kusturica Film School.
In 2020, Evgeniy decided to try himself as a film actor. In the spring and summer of this year, he took part in the filming of the 24-episode television series “The Island.” The series, which tells about the adventures of several young people who find themselves on an uninhabited tropical piece of land in the Indian Ocean and believe that their survival there is just part of a reality show script, was released in early 2016.
A group of main characters came to the island to become participants in a show where they will have to compete in surviving in the wild and getting food, water and shelter, so the participants take an explosion on a yacht as a signal to start the show. Participants take the absence of TV presenters and visible cameras as an innovative idea and incredible realism of the show.
Anastasia Aseeva and Evgeny Kulik (still from the series “Island”)
And the new challenges that the island throws up are taken by the unlucky TV contestants as part of the program. Instead of trying to get off the island, the young people spend all their energy trying to win a show that simply doesn't exist.
Evgeny Kulik played the main role of Lesha Mironovich. The actor's hero came from Mogilev. Lesha is a mattress and a mama's boy, who even studied at the Academy of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, just so as not to end up in the army. This is an indecisive and childish young man who prefers to keep a low profile and not attract attention, but at the same time dreams of becoming a strong and decisive person who makes difficult decisions and keeps his word. The actor’s appearance was ideal for the image of a “home boy” (the actor’s height is 187 cm and weight is 121 kg).
Evgeny Kulik (still from the series “Island”)
Returning to Russia from the filming of “The Island,” Kulik immediately began working on a new film. This time the actor is starring in the comedy “Classmates,” which tells the story of four best school friends who, a few years after graduating from school, gather in Sochi to have a fun bachelorette party before the wedding of one of them. The only problem is that during the bachelorette party, the bride saw the groom with someone else and refused to marry him. Now classmates will have to find a new groom in one night. Kulik played the role of a guy at a party.
In 2020, the actor returned to the role of Sasha in the sequel to the comedy “Odnoklassniki. New turn". The events of the film take place a year after the end of the first one. The main character of the last film, Katya (Olga Kuzmina), is happily married. In this film, the next friend gets married, Dasha (Valentina Mazunina), and in this case, the preparations also do not go smoothly, and the friends have to save another upcoming marriage.
Evgeny Kulik in 2019 (still from “Tolya the Robot”)
On March 31, 2020, Evgeny Kulik became a guest of the comedy stand-up show “Comedy Club”. In April, the actor appeared again in this TV show.
Soon, filming of the comedy “Rogue” began. Evgeny appeared in the film in the role of student Slava. In the story, his hero, together with his friend Artem (Denis Nurulin), lives comfortably and happily, despite the fact that the only money the second-year students have is scholarships and the rest of their pension sent by their grandmothers. And then the heroes decide to participate in a project competition organized by Roscosmos.
Kulik Evgeniy Sergeevich
Russian film actor. Director and screenwriter. Leader of the celebrations. Popular blogger with millions of subscribers. He became famous as a member of the Yekaterinburg KVN team “Voices”, in which he not only performed, but also wrote texts, and also as the host of the “Question of the Day” show. Known for the films “The Island”, “Classmates”, “I’m Losing Weight”, “Rogues”, “Tolya the Robot”.
Evgeny Kulik was born on July 1, 1987 in the city of Yekaterinburg. The boy grew up in an ordinary family. After school, in 2004 he entered the Ural Federal University named after Boris Yeltsin, majoring in computer science architect. His creative biography began in 2008 with a game in the Cheerful and Resourceful Club, when he became a member of the Yekaterinburg “Voices” team. The young man performed on stage as a boorish botanist, being one of the authors of jokes.
Having received a university diploma, for another two years he combined work in his specialty with playing in KVN. The team's highest result was the semi-final of the KVN First League in 2010. Since 2011, Evgeniy has been working as a toastmaster at weddings, banquets, as a host at special events, and later began filming funny videos for the entertainment show “Question of the Day” on his YouTube channel. In this program, Kulik walked around the city and asked unsuspecting residents any interesting question, which is the topic of this program. Eugene appeared in front of the camera in the image of the South American Juan Pablo Diego De Gonzalez. Moreover, he made himself an artificial grotesque mustache, drawing on it with a marker, which became the presenter’s trick.
The program had a fairly large audience of viewers. In addition, the “Question of the Day” project, as text-based humorous questionnaires, moved to the social network VKontakte, which allowed its author not only to determine in advance the public’s interest in a particular issue, but also to entertain his viewers in the intervals between the release of programs. It is worth noting that Kulik’s Instagram account is very popular. More than 4 million people have subscribed to it.
Experience with a video camera helped Evgeny Kulik create his own short film “Choice” in 2014 about the unknown feat of Vladimir Putin. This tape told how the President of Russia in 1989 in Dresden alone confronted demonstrators who had lost control of themselves, smashing the Berlin Wall and the Stasi building, and who intended to continue vandalizing the building where the headquarters of KGB officers was located.
He nominated his work at the short documentary film festival “12 Spiritual Bonds”, which was held in Bosnia with the support of the famous director Emir Kusturica, and won first prize in the “Putin” category. As a reward, Kulik, like the winners of other nominations, received the right to take a directing course at the Emir Kusturica Film School.
In 2020, Evgeniy decided to try himself as a film actor, taking part in the filming of the 24-episode television series “The Island”. The film follows the adventures of several young people who find themselves stranded on an uninhabited tropical patch of land in the Indian Ocean and believe their survival there is just part of a reality TV show script.
Returning to Russia from the filming of “The Island,” Kulik immediately began working on the new film. This time, the actor starred in the comedy “Classmates,” which tells the story of four best school friends who, a few years after graduating from school, gather in Sochi to have a bachelorette party before the wedding of one of them. The only problem is that during the bachelorette party, the bride saw the groom with someone else and refused to marry him. Now classmates will have to find a new groom in one night. Kulik played the role of a guy at a party.
In 2020, the actor returned to the role of Sasha in the sequel to the comedy “Odnoklassniki. New turn". The events of the film take place a year after the end of the first one. The main character of the last film, Katya, is happily married. In this film, the next friend, Dasha, gets married. As in the last film, preparations for the bachelorette party are also not going smoothly, and the friends have to save another upcoming marriage.
Next year, 2020, a new film with Evgeniy’s participation was released, the comedy “Rogues,” in which the artist appeared in the role of student Slava. According to the plot, his hero, together with his friend Artem, lives happily, despite the fact that the second-year students have only scholarships and pension balances sent by their grandmothers. And then the heroes decide to participate in a project competition organized by Roscosmos and for this they need to quickly find 40 thousand rubles.
In 2020, the comedy “I’m Losing Weight,” in which the actor played the main role, entered the top 10 highest-grossing films at the international box office, and also became the first film in Russian cinema to collect the highest box office on its first weekend. On the set, director Alexey Nuzhny assembled a star-studded cast that included Irina Gorbacheva, Roman Kurtsyn, and Sergei Shnurov. Interestingly, the lead actress Alexandra Bortich had to gain 20 kg of weight before filming, and in the process of working on the image, she lost weight. After the premiere, Kulik, together with Bortich, became a guest on the episode of the entertainment TV show “Evening Urgant”.
In the same year, the film actor added to his filmography with an already well-known project, starring in the second season of the comedy “The Island”. This time, the heroes of the story encounter a new problem in the form of a gang of local criminals who have kidnapped the organizer of a reality show.
Evgeniy’s new project, the short film “2050,” was awarded the British Discover Film Festival award in the “Best Science Fiction Film” category in 2020. Its competitors were Milla Jovovich's first film, a film that won the US Sundance festival, and a short film by photographer Platon, who creates designs for the covers of Time. Evgeniy filmed it using his own creative forces.
In May 2020, Kulik delighted fans by appearing in the comedy series “Tolya the Robot” in the role of Vanya. The film tells about a young provincial guy without arms and legs, who turns out to be stronger, more cheerful and optimistic than all the people around him with arms and legs. Having acquired bionic prostheses, he begins to live to the fullest: he fights for the best girl in his city, organizes a homeowners’ association and stubbornly defends his home, joins the lives of his loved ones and carries them along with him: towards the light and dreams.
The premiere of the new project “Self-isolation” took place in April 2020. The plot is based on the conflict of a married couple who have been living in self-isolation for a long time. He loves fresh air and walks, she is terrified of getting sick and is absolutely sure that in the near future their life should be limited to the boundaries of the apartment. The film shows two extremes of attitude towards the coronavirus pandemic and what follows the panic. In this short film, Kulik starred with his wife Rigina Gaisina.
Creativity of Evgeny Kulik
Filmography
2016 - Island - Lesha Mironovich 2020 - Odnoklassniki - Sasha 2017 - Island-2 - Lesha Mironovich 2020 - Odnoklassniki: New twist - Sasha 2020 - Rogues - Slava 2020 - I'm losing weight - Kolya Barabanov 2019 - 2050 2020 - Tolya the robot - Vanya 2020 - Self-isolation
Family of Evgeniy Kulik
Wife - Rigina Gaisina (marriage since April 2018), Tatar by nationality. She has her own brand of women's underwear and clothing.
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Personal life
Evgeny Kulik has a lover, whose name is Rigina Gaisina. They met while preparing the girl’s wedding to another young man. Kulik, as the host of the celebration, was invited to discuss all the nuances of the upcoming ceremony. But the bride felt unsure of her choice and soon drew attention to the charming toastmaster. The wedding was disrupted, and the couple began to live in a civil marriage.
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Evgeny Kulik and his wife Rigina Gaisina
The girl is developing a design business: Rigina has her own brand for sewing women's clothing and underwear. The couple lives in Yekaterinburg, but often travels and lives in other cities of Russia, participating in interesting projects. When the actor was filming the series “The Island,” the girl came to her lover in the Seychelles.
In 2020, changes occurred in the personal lives of lovers. Rigina became the wife of Evgeny Kulik. The wedding was celebrated in a close circle. According to Zhenya, the bride herself made him an offer that he could not resist. Photos of the newlyweds appeared in the media. Now they are passionate about creativity and are not yet thinking about children, but in the future they want to have a complete family.
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Evgeny Kulik and Rigina Gaisina
The actor maintains an account on Instagram. On his personal page he posts both photos and videos with humorous content. On his personal YouTube channel, the artist publishes vines and various jokes. The heroine of the video is often Rigina. In 2020, the married couple launched a new video project, “What’s Next?” This is an online series whose plot is influenced by user comments. Whose version of the further plot gets the most likes, that subscriber gets the opportunity to become a co-author of the script.
Cinema
Immediately after graduating from Shchuka, Evgeny Kulakov made his film debut in Elena Zhigaeva’s short film “And There Was the Night.” The actor played the role of a young lieutenant who accidentally found himself in a hut where a women's medical battalion was stationed. But he finds out about this only in the morning. And then there was a night that could have changed his life, but the war changed his life.
The first series where the artist starred in an episode was Vladimir Khotinenko’s crime drama “Beyond the Wolves” with Vladislav Galkin, Alexander Baluev, Sergei Garmash, Pavel Derevyanko and other cinema stars.
The actor gained popularity after one of the main roles in the comedy “Students”. There he played Yevgeny Korolev, who with his friend Kvakusha (Sergei Rudzevich) constantly gets into interesting stories.
This was followed by episodic roles: in Dmitry Dolinin’s war film “Echelon”, in the comedy “Peter FM” (Vitya), in the family series by Alexander Zhigalkin “Who’s the Boss?”, in the thriller “Ostrog. The case of Fedor Sechenov."
It is worth noting the historical drama “1612: Chronicles of Troubled Times” with Marat Basharov and Mikhail Porechenkov, where the actor created the image of a clergyman, surprisingly fitting into the proposed era. Evgeniy recalls about the filming: “I have a small role in the film “1612: Chronicles of Troubled Times” by Vladimir Khotinenko. He thought through everything down to the smallest detail: from the look to the branch that looms in front of his face. I play a monk sitting next to a stylite (Valery Zolotukhin), who stood for the fate of Russia and suffered torment. Surprisingly, I put on the suit, and a completely different plastic appeared. Filming took place in a fairytale forest with huge stones covered with moss. They brought me there, and for some reason I walked like a duck.”
"Track"
Since 2007, for many years, the actor has been starring in Vsevolod Aravin’s popular television series “Trace.” This work came as a complete surprise to Evgeniy: he got into the project when all the actors had already been approved. He got one of the main roles - computer genius, hacker Ivan Tikhonov, working as a system administrator in the FES laboratory. The film about the work of the Federal Expert Service, which investigates extremely complicated crimes, turned out to be one of the longest-running and most rated projects. And, of course, added to the popularity of the actor. Together with him in the film took part: Olga Kolosova, Vladimir Tashlykov, Pavel Shuvaev, Sergei Pioro and others.
Evgeny has never had such long-term contracts before, but he is not at all tired of filming and explains it as follows: “Good people have gathered together. Considering that in six years we haven’t gotten tired of each other, this is an indicator of a properly assembled company. The most important thing in cinema is to compare the people who make it.”
In parallel with his work in “Trace” under the direction of its creators, the artist was also involved in other directors. In 2008, in Vladimir Tumaev’s military-adventure comedy “Tanks Are Not Afraid of Dirt,” he played the main role, about which he said: “Petya Samarenko is a brat who strangely ended up in the army. A boy with the makings of a leader, he was raised by his biker mother in a completely free environment. But he gives the right of leadership to a person whom he begins to respect.”
Filming took place in the field. “Tanks are not afraid of dirt” - this is the army. We spent three months in another dimension. There was even an idea: to put the actors in barracks, so that it would be easier for them to get into the role, and there would be an opportunity to make friends. But there was too little time for such experiments. Nevertheless, it turned out to be a very good team. One day, because of the rain, the filming was not completed, and then there was a moment of revelation - the film crew climbed into the makeup van (the room where the actors change clothes), and everyone began to sing, or rather even yell war songs,” shared Evgeniy.
Later there were series: “Voronins”, “Frozen Dispatches”, “Lavrova Method 2”, “Family Circumstances”. In Sergei Sentsov's comedy "Fizruk" with Dmitry Nagiyev in the title role, the actor played chemist Lev Romanovich Plyukhin - the only man in the large female team of the school.
In recent years, the artist’s notable works have been: Komarov in Yuri Bykov’s popular thriller “Method” with Konstantin Khabensky and Paulina Andreeva, Father in the drama “The Cage” by Ella Arkhangelskaya, Andrei Yakovlevich in Vladimir Khotinenko’s film “Heirs” about the problems of modern Russia, looking through the prism stories. The actor also played in Pavel Snisarenko’s new series “Fulcrum Points” based on the script of the famous writer Tatyana Ustinova. In the project he worked together with Alexander Lazarev Jr., Elena Zakharova, Stanislav Duzhnikov, Alexander Adabashyan, Dmitry Isaev in the leading roles.
Evgeny Kulik now
Evgeny Kulik’s film career is developing steadily. Thus, in 2018, the comedy “I’m Losing Weight,” in which the actor played the main role, entered the top 10 highest-grossing films at the international box office, and also became the first film in Russian cinema to collect the highest box office on its first weekend.
Evgeny Kulik (still from the film “I’m Losing Weight”)
On the set, director Alexei Nuzhny assembled a star-studded cast that included Irina Gorbacheva, Roman Kurtsyn, and Sergei Shnurov. Interestingly, the leading actress Alexandra Bortich had to gain 20 kg of weight before filming, and in the process of working on the image she had to lose weight. After the premiere of the film, Kulik, together with Bortich, became a guest on the episode of the entertainment television show “Evening Urgant”.
In 2020, the artist added to his filmography with an already well-known project – the 2nd season of the comedy “The Island”. This time, the heroes of the story encounter a new problem in the form of a gang of local criminals who have kidnapped the organizer of a reality show (Sergei Burunov).
Show “Evening Urgant” - Alexandra Bortich and Evgeniy Kulik
Among Kulik’s new projects is the feature short film “2050,” which in 2020 was awarded the British Discover Film Festival award in the “Best Science Fiction Film” category. Its competitors were Milla Jovovich's first film, a film that won the US Sundance festival, and a short film by photographer Platon, who creates designs for the covers of Time. Evgeniy filmed it using his own creative forces.
The popular blogger and actor also appeared on the TNT channel. In March 2019, he became a participant in the Soyuz Studio show, where he fought with Azamat Musagaliev.
