Ivan Urgant

Ivan Urgant
Hosting the Scarlet Sails in St Petersburg, 2019
Born (1978-04-16) 16 April 1978 (age 46)
Leningrad, USSR
Other names
  • Vnuuk
  • Grisha Urgant
CitizenshipRussia, Israel
Alma materSaint Petersburg State Theatre Arts Academy
Occupation(s)Television host, actor
Years active1999-present
TelevisionEvening Urgant
Spouses
Karina Avdeeva
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(divorced)​
Natalia Kiknadze
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(m. 2007)​

Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter and actor.[1] His best known roles in film are Boris in the Yolki series and as Danila in Lucky Trouble. Between 2012 and 2022 he has hosted Evening Urgant, a late-night talk show, which was suspended in February 2022. According to the 2008 and 2011 surveys, Urgant is Russia's most popular TV presenter.[2] He is the chairman of the board of trustees of the Friends Charitable Foundation.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Иван Ургант". Russia-1. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Биография Ивана Урганта". RIA Novosti. 16 April 2013.
  3. ^ Friends Foundation
  4. ^ Ivan Urgant, Alena Doletskaya, Ksenia Rappoport and others at a charity event