Igor Emilievich Vernik (born 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, television producer, television and radio presenter, singer and composer. People's Artist of Russia.
Wernick's biography contains many interesting facts, which we will discuss in this article.
So, here is a short biography of Igor Vernik.
Biography of Wernick
Igor Vernik was born on October 11, 1963 in Moscow. He grew up in an intelligent and creative family. His father, Emil Grigorievich, was a director at the All-Union Radio, and his mother, Anna Pavlovna, taught at a music school. He has a twin brother, Vadim, and a maternal half-brother, Rostislav Dubinsky.
Igor's artistic abilities began to manifest themselves in early childhood. He graduated from a music school with a degree in piano, and also had good vocal abilities.
Having received the certificate, Vernik submitted documents to 3 universities at once: the Shchepkinsky School, GITIS and the Moscow Art Theater School. An interesting fact is that he managed to successfully pass exams at all educational institutions. As a result, he decided to get an acting education at the Moscow Art Theater.
During his student years, Igor Vernik repeatedly appeared on stage, skillfully portraying various characters. The teachers liked his graduation work so much that he was immediately invited to the troupe of the famous theater. Chekhov.
Biography of Vadim Vernik
Vernik Vadim Emilievich, the son of a famous people's artist, was born in the fall of 1963. He saw the world 15 minutes after his twin brother Igor was born. The brothers are not twins, as is mistakenly believed, but twins.
Parents keep the babies’ weight and height a secret, but today Vadim is a stately, tall and respectable man. Despite how old Vernik is, he still arouses increased interest among the fair half of society and slight envy among men.
His dream of working on television began to come true in 1992. It was then that he began his journey on live broadcasts in a program called “Motor”. After a short time, Wernick was already the host of the “Full Moon” program. It talked about the cultural life of the state, and held meetings and interviews with popular personalities.
Vernik’s biography includes experience as a correspondent for the “Namedni” program, which covered the theatrical life of Moscow.
For some time, the future famous TV presenter led an active and vigorous public activity. Without leaving his acting classes, the artist’s son acts as an entertainer at private and public events.
Theater and television
Wernick showed himself perfectly in various roles. He has established himself not only as a talented actor, but also as a successful showman, TV presenter, producer and musician.
The artist still actively plays in productions and also participates in many television projects. In the 90s, he was the host of the following programs: “Rek-time”, “Easy as Easy” and “Nightlife of the World’s Cities”.
Igor Vernik on stage
In the next decade, the man hosted such programs as “Saturday Night with the Star,” “Good Morning,” “Mood” and many others. After that, he was entrusted with hosting the highly rated television programs “One to One,” “Saturday Evening” and “2 Vernik 2.”
With all this, Igor Vernik was part of the refereeing team of the KVN Major League (1994-2013). In 2013, he was a member of the jury of the popular reality show “I want to go to VIA Gro.” It is worth noting that the hosts of the latest program were Vera Brezhneva and Vladimir Zelensky.
By that time, the man had already received the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. It is curious that after 16 years he will become a People's Artist.
Secretive and calm
Vadim Vernik is the complete opposite of his brother. He is quiet, reserved, but by no means less successful. The man often said that as a child he decided to connect his life with the theater and even collected various materials about actors. He entered the Faculty of Theater Studies at GITIS.
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After graduation, the aspiring correspondent went to work for Week - in eight years he did a great job and became the editor of the publication. In 1992, Vadim first appeared on television as the host of the “Motor!” program.
Little is known about the man’s personal life. Unlike his twin brother, Vadim does not like to talk about himself - he is used to observing other people, and not revealing his own secrets. The TV presenter is not married, he has no children, but he spends a lot of time with his nephew, Igor’s son.
Movies
Wernick appeared on the big screen immediately after graduating from the Studio School. In 1986, he starred in two films - “White Horse” and “Jaguar”. In 1990, he participated in the filming of 12 films, the most popular of which were Limita, On the Corner at the Patriarch's and Chekhov and Co.
In the next decade, viewers saw Igor in 38 films! In 2011, he got the leading role in the film “Bombila,” where he transformed into the entrepreneur Balabanov. The following year, he starred in the fairy-tale comedy “That Carlson”, playing the father of the Kid.
It is worth noting that Igor Vernik’s calling card is his smile. Thanks to this, he manages to win people over and charge them with positivity.
Igor Vernik in the TV series “Kitchen”
In recent years, the most successful projects with Wernick’s participation are: “Champions”, “Kitchen” and “Fizruk” and “Take the Blow, Baby”. It is curious that in addition to popular artists, including Mikhail Porechenkov and Olga Buzova, the world-famous boxer Roy Jones Jr. starred in the latest work.
Over the years of his creative biography, Wernick starred in about 100 films! In addition, he voiced several animated films. In 2020, the premiere of the animated film “Incredibles 2” took place, where Lucius Best spoke in his voice.
In 2008, Igor became one of the co-founders of the ARTIST Charitable Foundation for the Support of Artists. Four years later, he found himself among Mikhail Prokhorov’s trusted representatives in the 2012 presidential elections.
Wernick is not a flighty: the favorite of women admitted to a personal drama
For the first time, viewers saw Igor Vernik in Alena Sviridova’s video. Later, she said with a laugh that after the video was released, they didn’t remember her name, but they said: “There’s also Vernik with the dog.”
For several years now, a charming artist with his characteristic sense of humor has been hosting the transformation show “One to One” on the Russia 1 channel.
Many consider him the first ladies' man in Russia. Wernick was credited with having affairs with almost all beautiful women: with Anna Semenovich, Tatyana Drubich and even Naomi Campbell.
In “The Fate of Man,” Igor, continuing to smile his white-toothed smile, which does not leave many fans indifferent, admits: he is not at all what people think he is, and has experienced several serious personal dramas.
Wernick admits that he dreamed of a strong family - like his parents. Igor’s father is Emil Vernik, the founder of radio theater at the All-Union Radio, and his mother was a teacher at a music school.
A creative atmosphere always reigned in their house, famous artists came to visit, the family was strong and loving.
Igor always wanted to create the same atmosphere in his family. He got married for the first time at the age of 22. Igor was not stopped either by the fact that his parents were against this marriage, or by the fact that Margarita already had a child from her first marriage, or by the risk of losing a friend who was also in love with this woman.
Wernick says they really loved each other very much, and it was the happiest time of his life. However, the responsibility that fell on him, and Igor’s reluctance at that time to have children, after six years of marriage, destroyed this marriage.
The actor says: it seemed to him then that his life was over. However, soon fate gave him a meeting with Masha. Igor saw her in the store and immediately thought: “I want this woman to become my wife.”
He proposed to her almost immediately after they met, and when Igor was already 36 years old, he and Masha had a son.
It seemed that Wernik had found the family happiness he had been looking for for so long, but after a while Masha left him. At that time, the artist admits, he couldn’t even pull himself together - that drama was so bitter.
Igor admits that every morning he “put on a mask” so that people would not see how bad he was, and hoped that his relationship with Masha would be restored.
Why did Masha leave Vernik? Does he blame himself for this? And did he meet a woman with whom he found the family happiness he had always dreamed of? Igor Vernik admits this in the program “The Fate of a Man with Boris Korchevnikov” on the Russia 1 TV channel.
Personal life
Over the years of his personal biography, Igor Vernik was married twice. His first wife was a graduate of the Institute of Foreign Languages, Margarita. However, after a year, the couple realized that they were not suitable for each other, as a result of which they decided to separate.
In 1999, the artist remarried journalist Maria Yaroslavovna. The couple lived together for about 10 years, after which they decided to divorce. In this union a boy, Gregory, was born. It is worth noting that their son remained to live with his father.
Igor Vernik and Evgenia Khrapovitskaya
News often appears in the media and on TV about Wernick’s romances with various celebrities. Journalists “married” him to Tatyana Drubich, Keti Topuria, Dasha Astafieva, Lera Kudryavtseva and Albina Nazimova.
In 2011, Igor Emilievich began courting a model named Daria Styrova, but things never came to a wedding. Then he became interested in actress Evgenia Khrapovitskaya, however, how their relationship will end is still unknown.
Bright and shocking
His parents knew for a long time that Igor Vernik would become an artist - from an early age the boy showed his abilities. He studied at a music school and before graduating from school he managed to become an excellent pianist. After graduating from the 10th grade, the guy entered the Moscow Art Theater School, and then received an offer to stay at the Moscow Art Theater as a member of the main cast of the troupe.
Igor often appears on television, but because of his appearance, he gets the roles of either heroic lovers or excellent scoundrels. The man continues to work in the theater because he likes the stage. Wernick is known for his signature beaming smile, which has already been dubbed the “Cheshire cat smile.”
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Igor is a very active and bright person. By the way, he was married twice, and a child was born from his second marriage. Despite the divorce, the actor tries to spend as much time as possible with his son.
This twin brother is known for his hot temperament and eccentric antics. For example, he recently drove along the pedestrian zone in Kamergersky Lane - a video of his jeep driving straight through the thick of passers-by, contrary to all traffic rules, hit the Internet, causing a lot of discontent.
Igor is always surrounded by beautiful women, but he has not yet found a life partner after the divorce. In one of the interviews, the actor complained that the girls with whom he had to appear in public turned out to be too jealous.
Igor Vernik today
Now the man still often appears in films, plays in the theater, and also hosts television projects. The program “2 Vernik 2”, jointly with his brother Vadim, received the TEFI award in 2020.
In 2020, Wernick appeared in two films – “Halley’s Comet” and “47”. It is curious that the last film is dedicated to the biography of Viktor Tsoi, or rather the last love of the legendary rock musician. Tsoi himself will not be in the film: the heroes will be on the bus carrying the artist’s coffin from Jurmala to St. Petersburg.
