He was born in St. Petersburg, into an intelligent family, where, in addition to Igor, his younger sister Tanechka also grew up. In an interview, he will tell you that in childhood they did not succeed in making friends. The difference of five years turned out to be significant after all: she was quite a baby when he became a teenager, studied at a theater studio and was going to Moscow. When Tanya grew up, he already left for the capital.
They became closer only after having their own families and children.
The artist is proud of his sister. She is a talented teacher-mathematician, an honored teacher of the country. There are far fewer people with this rank than honored artists! But his hobbies were exclusively humanitarian. Except that he preferred intellectual sports - chess or billiards.
Biography
Igor Gordin was born and raised in the northern capital of our country in a family of intellectuals who have nothing to do with the world of art. The actor recalls about his childhood: “In our family, order and discipline have always come first. My mother is a translator, and my father worked all his life as an engineer at the Institute of Optics. He can rarely afford to sit idle. And I always had my own responsibilities: going to the store, picking up my younger sister from kindergarten, and from the age of eight I helped my dad with work in the country.”
Igor grew up as an obedient, hardworking child. Parents dreamed that their son would become an engineer. And they didn’t even know about his passion for theater - in high school, the young man attended the well-known Theater of Youth Creativity in St. Petersburg. From here at different times came: Lev Dodin, Sergei Solovyov, Nikolai Fomenko.
“At the age of fourteen, when I accidentally found myself on stage at a pioneer camp, I felt that I could be different, I could be anything,” says the artist. “I became seriously interested in theater and ended up in the Youth Theater of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers, which became the main place for me for nine whole years. My roots are in this theater. First love, first songs, all my friends are from there. I try to keep that bright feeling of the theater in myself, no matter what.”
However, after completing ten years, Igor first received a higher education at a polytechnic institute, becoming a nuclear physicist. And only at the age of 24, having finally realized that he could not live without the theater, he entered GITIS. He studied at the course of professor of the department of directing Irina Sudakova.
Family and children of Igor Gordin
The family and children of Igor Gordin are happy, as our hero and his beloved wife Yulia Menshova never tire of talking about.
Igor's parents had technical professions. They dreamed that their offspring would follow in their footsteps. That's how it was in the beginning. But then the creative streak took over. He becomes an actor. After some time, mom and dad decided that their son had his own path, so they supported him morally and financially.
Our hero treats his wife’s mother and father with respect. They consider him their son. During the separation of their daughter and son-in-law, their relatives took neutrality, deciding that the spouses themselves should decide on the future.
In 2013, Igor Gordin and Inga Oboldina began dating secretly, a romance whose photos came as a surprise to Yulia Menshova. The woman asked her husband to give her a divorce, but literally 3 months later Julia forgave her husband and allowed him to return home. Currently, they are happy again, as in their youth.
Theater
Having become a professional actor, the young man worked for one season at the Moscow State Academic Theater Sovremennik. Then, in 1994, he moved to the Moscow Theater for Young Spectators, where he currently serves.
At MTYUZ the artist was immediately offered the main roles. He was involved in productions by directors: Sergei Vinogradov, Andrei Droznin, Henrietta Yanovskaya, Irina Kucherenko. But the actor’s greatest success came from his roles in the plays of Kama Ginkas. Two of them – Dmitry Gurov in Chekhov’s “Lady with a Dog” and He in Dostoevsky’s “A Gentle Woman” – Igor highlights especially.
“These works were awarded theater awards. “The Lady with the Dog” by Kama Ginkas is almost a one-man show. It’s quite difficult to keep the viewer’s attention for two hours without leaving the stage. Gurov is my first role of this kind. Now there is already “The Meek One,” which could not have happened without “The Lady with the Dog,” perhaps my most intense and painstaking work,” the actor clarifies.
About his native theater, Gordin says: “I am not interested in entertainment theater, where there are petty themes, a poor plot and a set of media persons on the stage. I have been working in a theater for 16 years now, which professes a completely different ideology. The repertoire of the Moscow Youth Theater includes both comedy and musical performances, but there are also performances where emotional comfort is not provided. It takes great courage from Yanovskaya and Ginkas to stick to their line, despite the bacchanalia of general entertainment around them. Our theater has its own audience. We are working to ensure that this viewer does not disappear as a cultural phenomenon.”
The actor is periodically invited to work in other theaters: “Practice”, “Theater of Nations”, “Pyotr Fomenko Workshop”. He gladly uses this opportunity for professional self-realization and acquiring new experience.
Theater works:
MTYUZ:
- Several S.Ya. Marshak (1989, dir. Henrietta Yanovskaya)
- Borkin Mikhail Mikhailovich, a distant relative of Ivanov and manager of his estate - “Ivanov and Others” based on the play “Ivanov” by A.P. Chekhov (1993, dir. Henrietta Yanovskaya)
- Persine - “Romantics” by E. Rostand (1994, dir. Andrey Droznin)
- Popolani, the Baron's alchemist - “Jacques Offenbach, love and trou-la-la” (1995, dir. Henrietta Yanovskaya)
- Berkopf - “The Execution of the Decembrists” by Kama Ginkas (1995, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- Nicolas - “Foam of Days” by Boris Vian (1996, dir. Sergei Vinogradov)
- Tikhon - “Thunderstorm” by A.N. Ostrovsky (1997, dir. Henrietta Yanovskaya)
- Vladimir Sollogub - “Pushkin. Duel. Death." Kama Ginkas (1999, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- Leonard Vole - “Witness for the Prosecution” (2001, dir. Henrietta Yanovskaya)
- Dmitry Gurov - “Lady with a Dog” A.P. Chekhov (2001, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- Don Carlos - “The Cavalier is a Ghost” based on the play “The Hidden Caballero” by Pedro Calderon (2008, dir. Roman Samghin)
- Jason - “Medea” based on texts by Seneca, J. Anouilh, I. A. Brodsky (2009, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- He is “Meek” F.M. Dostoevsky (2009, dir. Irina Keuchenko)
- Son, pianist - “Nocturne” by Adam Rapa (2012, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- George, history professor, Martha's husband - "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" based on the play of the same name by Edward Albee (2014, dir. Kama Ginkas)
- Svidrigailov - “On the way to...” by F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment” (2015, dir. Kama Ginkas)
Other theaters:
- Petya Trofimov - “The Cherry Orchard” by A.P. Chekhov (2003, dir. Eimuntas Nekrosius)
- Aleko - “Happy Roads” based on the drama by A.S. Pushkin “Gypsies” (2006, dir. Zoya Buzalkowska, Elena Kamburova Music and Poetry Theater)
- Stolz - “Bummer off” (2007, dir. Mikhail Ugarov, A. Kazantsev Center for Drama and Directing)
- Potapov - “Capital” (2007, director Eduard Boyakov, Praktika theater)
- Enric - “Grenholm Method” (2010, dir. Yavor Gyrdev, State Theater of Nations)
- Helikon - “Caligula” by A. Camus (2011, dir. Eimuntas Nekrosius, State Theater of Nations)
- Ilyin - “Five Evenings” by Alexander Volodin (2011, dir. Viktor Ryzhakov, Pyotr Fomenko Workshop)
Cinema
The actor first appeared in cinema in 2002 in Alexander Proshkin’s action adventure film “Trio”, playing one of the supporting roles.
Three years later, Igor Gordin was entrusted with playing the main characters - in the detective story by Elena Zhigaeva “Big Evil and Petty Mischief” (Minister of Information) and the melodrama by Ilya Makarov “Heavenly Life” (Verbitsky).
The actor’s works with director Andrei Eshpai in the films “Children of the Arbat”, “Ellipses”, “Event” belong to the same period. He considers him his godfather in cinema: “Before meeting Eshpai, I thought that cinema was not my thing. While working on the film “Children of the Arbat” I suddenly believed in myself. I already had the main role in the film “The Event”. This auteur film really captivated me: a little strange, with theatrical techniques and surreal scenery. Serious, real work."
Later, the artist actively starred in the series: “On the Way to the Heart” by Abai Karpykov, “The Crime Will Be Solved” by Stanislav Libin, “Bullet the Fool” (several seasons) by Valery Chikov, “Afghan Ghost” by Oleg Fomin, “Ivan the Terrible” by Andrei Eshpai.
The actor’s work in the leading role of investigator Gnezdikovsky in the crime melodrama “The Seventh Victim” by Mark Gorobets was notable. The film was attended by: Yulia Menshova, Andrey Sokolov, Ivan Shabaltas, Tatyana Andreeva, Oleg Zinoviev.
"Moscow Twilight"
In 2012, another very interesting role appeared in Igor Gordin’s piggy bank. He played a very strange hero in Alena Zvantsova’s mystical film - a ghost who at night takes on the same shape as a person and, with the exception of some peculiarities, lives as before.
The actor shares his impressions of participating in the film: “In Alena Zvantsova’s wonderful script, I saw a human story, written with great humor and at the same time touching and paradoxical. To tell the story of a person through the story of a ghost - this was precisely the task that stood before me. I played a man, not a ghost."
"Dog Paradise"
The artist remembered the filming of Anna Chernakova’s family movie “Dog Paradise” for its extraordinary script: “In this case, I was fascinated by the script of Alexander Adabashyan, whose talent I have long admired. When I read the script, I immediately remembered my favorite Bergman film, Fanny and Alexander. In many ways, “Dog Paradise” is Adabashyan’s autobiographical story.”
The film takes place in Moscow in 1953 in a house on Serov Passage. There lives a 12-year-old girl, Tanya, who did not go to summer camp this season. And the family of the boy Mitya returns to this house from a distant exile in Magadan. He tells Tanya that where his family came from, his beloved dog named Hector remained. Tanya and Mitya do everything to return Hector to Moscow, and in the course of searching for all possible options, they learn the secrets of Mitka’s family.
In 2013-2014, the actor played leading roles in such popular projects as: Alexander Aravin’s melodrama “A Medicine Against Fear”, Dmitry Kuzmin’s action film “Explosion Point”, Kirill Mikhanovsky and Alexander Vartanov’s crime film “Dubrovsky”, Alena Zvantsova’s drama “Heavenly Court” . Continuation".
"Adult Daughters"
2015 gave the artist a new meeting with Andrei Eshpai in the melodrama “Adult Daughters.” The director entrusted Igor Gordin to play the father of many children.
According to the script, the actor’s hero is police captain Alexei Kolganov, a courageous officer and an honest man who served in Afghanistan, the father of six daughters, who, through a misunderstanding, ends up in the epicenter of a gang war. To ward off danger from his family, Kolganov is forced to hide abroad. Upon returning, he learns that his wife died, giving birth to his long-awaited boy. The child was immediately adopted, and now Alexey must find his only son.
In one of the interviews, the artist spoke about the filming and admitted that he owes this work to his teacher Andrei Eshpai: “In general, until recently I did not believe that I would be approved for the main role in the series for Channel One, they still need media people, which I am not. Director Andrei Eshpai liked my auditions, and I consider him my mentor. He taught me a lot about cinema. Andrey is one of those rare directors who not only knows how to frame a shot correctly and use special effects, but can also set a task for the actor.
The producers of the series, Konstantin Ernst and Denis Evstigneev, eventually approved me for the role of a father with many children. I immediately found a common language with all my film daughters. We filmed 12 episodes for three months in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Cyprus.”
The ensemble for the actor consisted of: Yulia Peresild, Ekaterina Tarasova, Polina Lazareva, Maria Fomina, Tatyana Kazyuchits, Ekaterina Ageeva, Yana Gladkikh, Sergei Yushkevich, Inga Oboldina, Evgenia Simonova.
"Trainer"
In 2020, a new large-scale film about sports, “Coach,” will be released on the Rossiya TV channel with the participation of Igor Gordin.
This grandiose project is the directorial debut of Danila Kozlovsky. He will also play the main role - the national team's scorer Yuri Stoleshnikov, who misses a penalty at the decisive moment. After an unfortunate mistake, Stoleshnikov leaves the national team, ends his career and becomes the coach of the small provincial team “Meteor”. It is with this club that Stoleshnikov will have to perform a miracle and believe in himself again.
“I always dreamed of playing a football coach,” says Danila Kozlovsky. — When we started working on the film “Coach,” I planned to be only a producer and an actor, but at some point I realized that I couldn’t and didn’t want to trust this story to anyone, I wanted to tell it myself — as a director. For me, this is a story about passion, feelings, emotions... About how a small group of people in a distant provincial town changed the world around them.”
In total, the artist’s filmography includes more than forty works of different genres.
Son of Igor Gordin - Andrey Gordin
At the end of the last millennium, the young couple became the parents of a charming little boy. They named him Andryusha.
As a child, Igor Gordin’s son, Andrei Gordin, loved to make various models of airplanes and cars. The paternal grandparents were happy that their grandson would become a technician. At school, the guy began to participate with pleasure in various theatrical productions.
Having received the coveted certificate, Andrey becomes a student at GITIS. To date, the scion of the star family has played in 8 films.
Currently, Andrey loves and is loved. He soon dreams of leading his chosen one to the altar. Grandparents and parents feel proud of their grandson and son. They believe that he will soon become a famous film and theater actor.
Personal life
Igor Gordin is married to the famous artist and TV presenter Yulia Menshova, the daughter of his famous parents - director Vladimir Menshov and actress Vera Alentova.
“We met Yulia in 1996,” Igor recalls. “She, along with our mutual friends, came to my performance at the Moscow Theater for Young Spectators. Afterwards we decided to go to a restaurant. We immediately had a mutual sympathy, I asked her out on a date. At that time, she was already a very popular TV presenter, hosting the talk show “I Myself.”
It was as if I was in another dimension and for a long time I could not believe that I was meeting not just anyone, but Yulia Menshova. But mutual attraction, an amazing mood on the “same wave” made me finally believe in the reality of what was happening. And one day I suddenly calmed down: I began to see in Yulia only my beloved girl, and not a screen star.”
The couple lived in a civil marriage for two years and then legalized their relationship. The acting family has two children - son Andrei was born in 1997, and six years later daughter Taisiya was born. The eldest decided to continue the dynasty - he studies at the Moscow Art Theater School. Taya plans to become a dancer.
The family life of Igor and Yulia was not always cloudless. After the birth of their daughter, a crisis arose in the relationship of the star couple, which separated the spouses for several years. The actor clarifies: “There was a period when I left my family. When I returned, I began to appreciate daily communication with my children and my wife more deeply. The break with Yulia lasted four years, which is quite a long time. I was always looking for ways to reconcile, children brought us closer together, we were both ready to take a step forward.
Now we have almost no misunderstandings or grievances. We know what to expect from each other, we have become more tolerant, we are more focused on each other and on the children. Over the years, the desire to give more grows.”
Height, weight, age. How old is Igor Gordin
Appearing in his first performance, Igor Gordin attracted the attention of numerous lovers of Russian dramatic art. It’s easy to find out what our hero’s height, weight, and age are. How old is Igor Gordin is a question that is not a mystery. The popular film actor was born in the mid-60s of the last century. In 2020 he will celebrate his 53rd birthday.
Igor Gordin, whose photo in his youth and now can be viewed on his Instagram page, weighs about 70 kilograms and is 185 cm tall. The artist is actively involved in sports. He eats healthy, avoiding sugary foods and alcohol.
The film actor is courageous, he is loved by many fans who wish him happiness and long creative life. They do not miss a single creative performance by a star of the domestic silver screen.
Interview
About the profession
“Each actor has his own time: some made their mark in youth or even adolescence, and then spent many years of oblivion, while for others, their “golden period” comes after 50 years. Stanislavsky also said that every talent has its own heyday.”
“The acting profession involves many difficulties, and, alas, not everything in it depends on the person. There is a very high percentage of luck in our profession. The acting profession requires absolute dedication. And if anyone thinks that they can “go left” and then return, they are deeply mistaken. Real actors, great actors, no matter what, remain faithful to their calling, even if they are suffocating from their helplessness and lack of demand.”
“Several times I was offered to teach acting, but I refused and will continue to refuse. I believe that the professions of an actor, director and teacher are different professions. The acting course may be headed by a famous person like Vladimir Menshov, but the training is led by teachers. In both theater and cinema, it is very rare to find a teacher from God. Personally, I don’t see in myself the qualities necessary for teaching.”
About cinema
“Unfortunately, in recent years, people’s films have been very rarely made in our country, not to mention children’s and family films. They mainly produce TV series, entertainment films, and action films. It’s more interesting for me to deal with stories about our lives, so that in them I recognize my loved ones, friends, acquaintances...”
“I also had a negative experience in the cinema - in the series “Demons”. I prepared so seriously for filming - I spent a lot of mental energy. Still, you cannot film Dostoevsky in such a time mode as Carmelita. That’s how I managed to get into this project!”
About the theater
“I’m not a very vain person and I don’t strive to be on the covers of all magazines. It's not that interesting to me. I feel more comfortable in the theater, and there I achieve some success.”
About vacation
“The forest and mushrooms are the best relaxation for me. Recently we discovered Finland, we are relaxing in a cottage on the shore of a forest lake. There you can go boating, fish, go to the forest to pick mushrooms, and gain strength for the coming season. And the Finnish climate is suitable for me. I don’t like the sea and beaches, the heat tires me terribly. I am a forest person. And in search of the treasured porcini mushroom, I can experience the real excitement of the hunt.”
About Me
“I am a silent person. A closed and reserved person, an introvert by nature. It’s easier for me to conceal some problems within myself than to discuss them openly, although silence is fraught with dangerous explosions. It's hard for me to talk. And after the performance, where I spoke for two hours straight, there was absolutely no energy left for communication.
The work of an artist requires a lot of energy, and in order to accumulate it, I need a lot of time. I don’t always like to save myself, sometimes it’s a pity and a shame that I don’t have enough strength to just play with the children. I try to catch up in the summer. But, probably, like everyone else, I am different in different situations. In an unfamiliar group, I can’t be seen or heard; I have a hard time making contact with new people. It’s important for me to have people around me who I know and who I can rely on.”
“Now I am an absolutely happy person: in the morning I happily go to work, and in the evening I rush home to my beloved wife and children. I think this feeling is the most important thing that makes a person happy!”
Igor Gordin's wife - Yulia Menshova
Yulia was born into a family of masters of Soviet and Russian cinema, Vladimir Menshov and Vera Alentova. At school, the girl showed excellent knowledge in studying various subjects. At the end of her schooling, she received an excellent certificate, which included only one B in physics. All other subjects were studied perfectly. From a young age, Igor Gordin’s wife, Yulia Menshova, often appeared in various films, so she decided to follow the example of her parents, becoming a silver screen star.
Having met her future husband, the film actress realized within a few days that this guy was her destiny, so she agreed to become his wife. After the grand wedding, the artist soon made her husband happy with the birth of a son, and then a daughter.
Currently, Igor Gordin and Yulia Menshova are actively filming. Today their happiness is cloudless. They appear together at all events, showing their boundless happiness.
Recently, on the TV show “While Everyone is Home,” the popular film actor and his beloved wife Yulia spoke honestly about their relationship. They called for maintaining the warmth of the family hearth, despite the difficulties between the spouses.
Awards and titles:
- Theater Award "The Seagull" (2001, for the role of Gurov in the play "The Lady with the Dog")
- Stanislavsky Foundation Prize "Moscow Premiere" (2001, for the role of Gurov in the play "The Lady with the Dog")
- Honored Artist of Russia (2004)
- National Theater Award "Golden Mask" in the category "Best Actor" (2011, for his role in the play "Meek" directed by Irina Keruchenko)
- Winner of the International K. S. Stanislavsky Prize (theater season 2015-2016) in the acting category at the International Theater Festival “Stanislavsky Season”
Based on materials from the Rossiya TV channel, Wikipedia and websites: kino-teatr.ru, kinopoisk.ru, ruskino.ru, rusakters.ru, 24smi.org, uznayvse.ru, psychologies.ru, moscvichka.ru, 7days.ru, sobesednik .ru, moscowtyz.ru, ok-magazine.ru, moscowtyz.ru.
Filmography: Actor
- Tell the truth (2019), TV series
- Coach (2018)
- Ikaria (2016)
- Universal Conspiracy (2016)
- Norway (2015)
- Adult Daughters (2015), TV series
- Farewell, my love! (2014), TV series
- Heavenly Judgement. Sequel (2014), TV series
- Dubrovsky (2014)
- Explosion Point (2013), TV series
- Dog Paradise (2013)
- Love at first breath (2013)
- The Cure for Fear (2013), TV series
- The Past and the Duma (2013), documentary
- Delhi Dance (2012)
- Moscow Twilight (2012)
- Who if not me? (2012), TV series
- Diamond Hunters (2011), TV series
- The Seventh Victim (2010) main role
- Lady with a Dog (2010), film-play
- The crime will be solved-2 (2010), TV series
- Bullet Fool – 3 (2009), TV series
- Bullet Fool – 2 (2009), TV series
- Kromov (2009)
- Ivan the Terrible (2009), TV series
- The Event (2008) main role
- Bullet Fool – 1 (2008), TV series
- The crime will be solved (2008), TV series
- Afghan Ghost (2008), TV series
- On the way to the heart (2007), TV series
- Scenic Adventure (2007)
- Saboteur. End of the War (2007), TV series
- Schedule of Fates (2006), TV series
- Charm of Evil (2006), TV series
- Ellipsis (2006)
- Demons (2006), TV series
- Pushkin. Duel. Death (2005), film-play
- Heavenly Life (2005), TV series
- Gorynych and Victoria (2005), TV series
- Death of the Empire (2005), TV series
- Big Evil and Small Mischief (2005), TV series
- Children of Arbat (2004), TV series
- Trio (2002)
New projects
2013 brought Gordin five exciting film projects. But the most successful was the melodramatic film “Moscow Twilight”. She turned out to be a favorite at the Window to Europe festival.
In 2014, the artist had the opportunity to work in the film “Dubrovsky”. The film became very popular. It is based on Pushkin's novel of the same name. The talented actor played Ganin, and the role of Vladimir Dubrovsky went to Danila Kozlovsky. In the same year, the continuation of the multi-part film “Heavenly Court” was released, in which Mikhail Porechenkov and Konstantin Khabensky played superbly. Igor Gennadievich was given one of the main roles - Inquisitor Alex.
In 2020, in the television series “Adult Daughters,” Gordin played the father of Alexei Kolganov with many children, who went through the entire war in Afghanistan. Thousands of spectators watched with bated breath the events taking place around the military family.
Today Igor Gordin, whose biography and personal life are regularly discussed in the media, is a sought-after and popular actor. In 2020, the artist was involved in the film “The Universal Conspiracy,” filmed by Vladimir Yankovsky. The release of the futuristic film “Ikaria” is planned for 2020. This extraordinary film touches on the theme of immortality and moral choice, which will certainly interest modern viewers.
