Gennadi Vengerov

Biography

He was born on August 27, 1959 in Vitebsk (Belarus). After graduating from the Technical School for Architecture and Construction and a short-term employment as a construction engineer, he started his creative career as an announcer of the Vitebsk Regional Radio. Не performed at the People’s Theatre in Vitebsk. In 1980 he was invited to be an actor at the professional scene to the Yakub Kolas Belarus National Academic Drama Theatre.

Following his military service in the Soviet Army in 1983 he entered the School-Studio (Institute of Higher Education) at the Moscow Art Theatre for the course by professors Viktor Monyukov and Vladimir Bogomolov. In 1986, on his 4th course year, together with his course mate Michail Yefremov - they established «Sovremennik-2» theatre. In 1989 he was invited to the troop of Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre.

Gennadi Vengerov continued his career in Germany in 1990 as an announcer of Deutsche Welle Radio and an actor of Dusseldorf Theatre. From 1995-2000 he has been an actor of Bochum Theatre.

Since 2004 he has been actively filming in Russian cinema and TV projects, participated in theatrical productions in Moscow, as voice over talent he made audio records for documentaries, fictional films and advertisements. He is the brand voice of the Russian News Broadcasting Station - RSN and the Russian brand voice Euronews international channel. In 2009 he narrated TV-Show "Men’s Stories with Gennadi Vengerov" on the Russian REN TV channel.

During his career Gennadi Vengerov starred in more than 140 movies in Russia, United States, England, Austria and Germany. At various times he worked with Jude Law, James Cromwell, Sean Bean, Til Schweiger, Christian Slater, Ving Rhames, Mario Adorf, Colm Meaney, Franka Potente, Jan Josef Liefers, Klaus Löwitsch and other famous actors. He is widely known and recognized in Russia for the roles of blacksmith Vulkan (The Fighter series) and Major Volkov (Hour of Volkov series) and among German audience for the role businessman Viktor Strelnikov (Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten).

Filmography

1. 2014 — Blast from the Past — Georgich
2. 2014 — Department — Komarov
3. 2014 — ED — Miro
4. 2014 — I Go to Save People — Lieutenant Colonel Baratov
5. 2014 — Borgia — Gabriel de Guzmann
6. 2013 — Kathedralen der Kultur — Narration (voice over)
7. 2013 — The Way of the Leader: Iron Mountain — Narration (voice over)
8. 2013 — The Way of the Leader: Fire River — Narration (voice over)
9. 2013 — A Man without Past — Colonel Petrov
10. 2013 — Gulchatay-2 — Alisher
11. 2013 — Adi — Aloiz
12. 2013 — HB Show — Igor Sergeyevich
13. 2013 — Double blues – Colonel Ivan Yuriyevich Sosnovskiy
14. 2013 — Widows — Arkadiy Markovich
15. 2013 — Heads or Tails — Therapist
16. 2012 — Poka — Sergej Michajlowitsch Paschkin
17. 2012 — Unreal Story 2 — Tatarian Idris
18. 2012 — Der Sarg — Marcel
19. 2012 — Soldiers of Fortune — Colonel Lupo
20. 2012 — Der Schlussmacher — Vater Sokolow
21. 2012 — Das Vermächtnis der Wanderhure — Terbent Khan
22. 2012 — Baron Münchhausen — Vladimor
23. 2011 — Theo — Narration (Voice over)
24. 2011 — Policemen Comrades — Dmitriy Veshnyakov (Boys episode)
25. 2011 — Investigating Committee — Colonel Salamov (Black Colonel episode)
26. 2011 — Police Speaking — Eduard Burov
27. 2011 — Unreal Story — Gruppenführer Stoltz, Tatarian Idris
28. 2011 — Gulchatay — Bay Alisher
29. 2011 — Ruhm — Askisian Officer
30. 2011 — Tatort: Kein Entkommen — Radovan Jurkich
31. 2011 — Quarter — Sergey Semenov
32. 2010 — Traumfabrik — Ernesto
33. 2010 — Hotel Lux — Upit
34. 2010 — Wunder Punkt — Witek
35. 2010 — Nick of Time — Mikhalych (Legal Murder episode)
36. 2010 — Date — Moloch
37. 2010 — Juggler-2 — Pavel Voronov
38. 2010 — Traffic Cops — Prokhor Yasenev (Last Song episode)
39. 2010 — Beyond Law — Andrey Scherbakov
40. 2010 — Alibi for Two — Smolov
41. 2010 — Mother under the Contract — Christoph
42. 2010 — So oder so! — Eduard
43. 2009 — Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend — Vater Vostok, Onkel Vostok
44. 2009 — Hold-up — Cop
45. 2009 — Churchill: Death in Humidor — Pasha Silkov
46. 2009 — The Inhabited Island. Skirmish — Narration (Voice Over)
47. 2009 — Danni Lowinski, TV-series — Blumenhändler
48. 2009 — The Last Secret of Mater, TV-series — PetrIvanovich Lomov
49. 2008 — Clouds above Hills — Admiral Alekseyev
50. 2008 — The Inhabited Island — Narration (Voice Over)
51. 2008 — Criminal Video-2 — Ivan Sergeyev
52. 2008 — To the Sea! — Narration (Voice Over)
53. 2008 — Im Angesicht des Verbrechens, TV-series — Major
54. 2008 — Jazo — Boss
55. 2008 — The Sea Wolf — Turner
56. 2007 — The Fighter: Birth of the Legend — Blacksmith Vulkan
57. 2007 — One Family — Khan
58. 2007 — Hour of Volkov — Major Volkov
59. 2006 — Who's the Boss — Restaurant owner
60. 2006 — Holy Cause — Modest Morozovskiy
61. 2006 — Maltese Cross — Terminator
62. 2006 — Mustang (not finished) — Councelor
63. 2006 — Schimanski: Tod in der Siedlung — Jannis
64. 2005 — You is Me, TV-series — Zimmer
65. 2005 — The Blind 2 — Pavel (Tiger Footprint episode)
66. 2005 — Girls — Boris Ortenberg
67. 2005 — Tmunot Matzkhikot — Alik
68. 2005 — Die Camper: Frau am Steuer — Sergej
69. 2005 — LadyLand: Der Parkplatz — Tracker Karl
70. 2005 — Good Times, Bad Times, TV series — Viktor Strelnikov
71. 2004 — Goldene Zeiten — Sergey
72. 2004 — Ohne Worte — Trainer
73. 2004 — The Fighter — Blacksmith Vulkan
74. 2004 — Swan Heaven — Nikolay Yegorovich
75. 2003 — Die Blindgänger — Bärtiger Russe
76. 2003 — Moscow Heat — Senator Shishov
77. 2003 — Unter Brüdern: Späte Rache — Boris
78. 2002 — Crazy race — Tsintatses
79. 2002 — Tatort: Filmriss — Axel Barold
80. 2002 — Ein Fall für Zwei: Bremsversagen — Stefan Lerch
81. 2002 — Alles Atze: 12 Uhr Mittags — «Mila» Millanowski
82. 2001 — Enemy at the Gates — Foreman
83. 2001 — Das Amt: Echte Kerle — Igor Topolev
84. 2001 — Erkan & Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis — Möllner
85. 2001 — Edel & Starck: Hokus-Pokus-Exitus — Onkel Melis
86. 2001 — Zwei Engel auf Streifen: Oblomovs — Maxim Oblomov
87. 2000 — Anatomy — Präparator
88. 2000 — Der Clown. Der Elster — Tschernik
89. 2000 — Mr. Boss — Marat Bayramov
90. 2000 — Im Namen des Gesetzes. Blutige Spur — Peter Bock
91. 2000 — Helicops. Zwei Himmelstürmer — Romano
92. 1999 — Mayday. Überfall auf höher See — Bootsmann Shelikov
93. 1999 — Die Blendung — Ralf Eger
94. 1999 — Jahrestage — Major Jenukidze
95. 1999 — Zwei Brüder. Tod im See — Juri Jaschwili
96. 1999 — Der letzte Zeuge. Der vierte Mann, TV-series — Boris
97. 1999 — Klinikum Berlin: Mitte Leben heißt kämpfen — Trainer
98. 1998 — Geliebter Gegner — Mikhail Krimov
99. 1998 — Stan Becker. Echte Freunde — Oleg
100. 1998 — Balko: Balko Rettet die Welt, TV-series — Khaled
101. 1998 — Der Fahnder: Auf Messers Schneide, TV-series — Carlo
102. 1997 — OP Ruft Dr. Bruckner. Antennen im Kopf, TV-series — ArtjomTarassov
103. 1997 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Bazooka-Bande, TV-series — Stevic
104. 1997 — Park Hotel Stern. Letzter Frühling, TV-series — Demidov
105. 1997 — Der kleine Mogler — Zirkusdirektor
106. 1996 — Dumm gelaufen — Manfred «Manner»
107. 1996 — Bockerer II — General Alexandrov
108. 1996 — Ein Fall für Zwei: Das Paar — Stan Czermak
109. 1996 — Balko: Gelegenheit Macht Diebe — Mehnert
110. 1996 — Die Wache: Duft des Bösen — Myschkin
111. 1995 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Blutige Beute — Mischa
112. 1995 — Der Letzte Kurier — Bunin
113. 1995 — Männerpension — Atom Otto
114. 1995 — The Writing on the Wall / Operation «Schmetterling» — General Timoshkin
115. 1995 — Rache ist süss — Alex
116. 1995 — Der Fahnder: Bobby Gilles — Herbert Kraske
117. 1995 — Der Mörder und die Hure — Piotr
118. 1995 — Ein flotter Dreier. Zweier mit Steuermann — Boris
119. 1995 — Mona M. So Nicht, Frau Staatsanwalt — Oleg Petjuschkin
120. 1995 — Die Drei. Jetzt oder Nie! — Wladimir
121. 1994 — Die Straßen von Berlin: Babuschka — Smoking
122. 1994 — Ein Bayer auf Rügen: Zwei gegen die Mafia — Fedor Begulow
123. 1994 — Lutz und Hardy: Hardy, der Held — Holub
124. 1994 — Der Schattenmann — Heinz
125. 1994 — Der Stadtindianer. Tödliche Herzen — Bubi
126. 1994 — Westerdeich — Hassan
127. 1993 — Berlin Break. In den Fängen des KGB — GregorIwanowitch
128. 1993 — Tatort: Ein Wodka zu viel — Nikita Gurganov
129. 1993 — Mein Mann ist mein Hobby — Iwan
130. 1993 — Brandheiss. Verkehr macht frei — Boris Kasanski
131. 1993 — Maus und Katz — Lubomir Stykov
132. 1993 — Der Fahnder: Amigos — Slawik
133. 1992 — Ein Mann für jede Tonart — Hepp
134. 1992 — Wehner – die unerzählte Geschichte — Kommissar NKWD
135. 1991 — Manta Der Film — SaschaPanewski
136. 1989 — Deja Vu — Attendant Petrovich
137. 1989 — Cursed Days in Russia Again — Major Babakhanov
138. 1988 — Lovkach and Khippoza — Boxer
139. 1988 — Step — Boris
140. 1987 — Story about Nothing — Sheya

Roles in theatre

1. 2009 — Das Leben des Siegfried, John von Düffel. Director: Gil Mehmert — Tuborg, king of Denmark — Nibelungenfestspiele Worms, Germany
2. 2008 — MusicBox, AndreyPlatonov. Director: Michail Yefremov — Agent of sovkhoz — Moscow Theatre Sovremennik
3. 1997 — Dolphin Cry, Ivan Okhlobystin. Director: Michail Yefremov — Ivan — Moscow Theatre Sovremennik
4. 1996 — The Taming of the Shrew, William Shakespeare. Director: Leander Haussmann — Magister — Schauspielhaus Bochum
5. 1996 — Diva, Dirk Dobrou. Director: Gil Mehmert — Wolfgang Becker — Schauspielhaus Bochum
6. 1996 — Germany 3,Heiner Müller. Director: Leander Haussmann — Stalin — Schauspielhaus Bochum
7. 1995 — Brawling in Chioggia, Carlo Goldoni. Director: Leander Haussmann — Canocchia — Schauspielhaus Bochum
8. 1995 — Fatherlessness, Anton Chekhov. Director: Leander Haussmann — Bugrov — Schauspielhaus Bochum
9. 1993 — A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare. Director: David Mukhtar-Samurai — Chamberlain — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
10. 1992 — Prometheus Bound, Aeschylus. Director: Herbert König — Bia — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
11. 1991 — Die schöne Fremde, Klaus Pohl. Director: Dimitr Gotcheff — Pole — Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus
12. 1989 — Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,Tom Stoppard. Director: Yevgeniy Arye— Chamberlain — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
13. 1989 — Rumor, Afanasiy Salynskiy. Director: Andrey Goncharov — Pavel Fryazin — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
14. 1989 — Sunser, Isaak Babel.Director: AndreyGoncharov — Bobrynetz — Moscow Academic Mayakovsky Theatre
15. 1987 — The Seventh Labor of Hercules, Viktor Roschin. Director: Roman Heidze — Augeas/Crier — Sovremennik-2
16. 1986 — Sense Plot/Cuff, Yuriy Olesha. Director: Mikhail Yefremov — Andrey Babichev — Sovremennik-2
17. 1981 — Eternity Call, Hodar Dumbadze. Director: Valeriy Maslyuk — Chekist — the Yakub Kolas National Academic Drama Theatre
18. 1980 — Ivan-Svitannik, Galina Korzhanevskaya. Director: Valeriy Mazynskiy — Ivan-Vechernik — the Yakub Kolas Belarus National Academic Drama Theatre

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