Sergey Gazarov

Born

1958-01-13

Birthplace

Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR

Biography

Actor, director, screenwriter, producer. In 1980 he graduated from the acting department of GITIS named after Lunacharsky (Tabakov's workshop). He worked in various Moscow theaters (Sovremennik, a studio theater under the direction of Tabakov). In 1991 he staged the play The Inspector General, receiving the STD prize for the best performance of the year. In the same year he organized a private film company. At one time he worked as the chief director of the Theater under the leadership of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan. As a director, he shot several television series. He was married to the popular theater and cinema actress Irina Metlitskaya. They had two sons: Nikita and Pyotr.