{{Short description|Russian actor (born 1963)}} {{Infobox person | name = Igor Vernik | image = Верник Игорь.jpg | native_name = {{nobold|Игорь Верник}} | honorific_suffix = PAR | caption = Vernik in 2012 | birth_name = Igor Emilievich Vernik | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|11}} | birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, USSR | citizenship = Soviet Union<br>Russia | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = Actor, broadcaster, radio host, TV producer, singer | years_active = 1984—present | spouse = | partner = | children = 1 | parents = | website = [http://www.vernik.ru vernik.ru] | awards = }}
'''Igor Emilievich Vernik''' ({{langx|ru|И́горь Эми́льевич Ве́рник}}; born October 11, 1963) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host.<ref>[http://ria.ru/spravka/20131011/969291623.html Биография Игоря Верника] // RIA Novosti</ref>
== Biography == Igor was born in 1963 in family of Emil Vernik (1924 — 2021), director of the All-Union Radio, People's Artist of Russia and his wife Anna Vernik (1927 — 2009) is a lawyer by education, music school teacher. Twin brother Vadim, journalist and broadcaster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://7days.ru/stars/privatelife/igor-vernik-kompromat-khranyu-u-brata.htm|title=Игорь Верник: «Компромат храню у брата»|website=7Дней.ру}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://peopletalk.ru/article/novoe-pokolenie-syn-igorya-vernika-grigoriy-ob-otnosheniyakh-s-roditelyami-zhelanii-stat-akterom-i/|title=Новое поколение: Григорий Верник о родителях и поступлении в театральный|website=peopletalk.ru|date=13 November 2016 }}</ref>
In 1984 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio (course of Ivan Tarkhanov).
Since 1986 — actor of Moscow Art Theatre School.
From 2000 to 2001, he led the program ''The Seventh Sense'' on Channel One Russia.
February 9, 2012, was officially registered as an authorized representative of presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cikrf.ru/law/decree_of_cec/2012/02/09/Zp12784.html |title=Постановление ЦИК РФ |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113901/http://www.cikrf.ru/law/decree_of_cec/2012/02/09/Zp12784.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Igor Vernik performed in the ballet ''Nureyev'' during its premiere as the auctioneer (a vocal role).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nureyev - Cast |url=https://2011.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/1025/roles/#20171209190000 |publisher=Bolshoi Theatre |language=en |access-date=2022-06-26 |archive-date=2022-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003075214/https://2011.bolshoi.ru/en/performances/1025/roles/#20171209190000 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He appeared in the first season of ice show contest ''Ice Age''.
==Selected filmography== * Jaguar (1986) as Cava * Frenzied Bus (1990) as Israeli MIA officer * The Master and Margarita (1994) as Judas Iscariot * Heads and Tails (1996) as Felix Barmakov * 8 ½ $ (1999) as Boba, Stepan's bodyguard * Savages (2006) as Murzya * Heat (2006) as employee of the film studio * 12 (2007) as a witness in golden glasses * Daddy's Daughters (2008) as cameo * Love in the Big City 2 (2010) as director of dental clinic * The White Guard (2012) as Shchur * Moms (2012) as producer * Kitchen (2014) as Herman Mikhailovich Land * Terrible Dad (2022) as Pototsky * Clipmakers (2023) as himself * The Master and Margarita (2024) as George Bengalsky
==Awards and honours== * Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999)<ref name="502-1999">[http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=060552 Награждён указом президента России No. 502 от 18 апреля 1999 года] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015145815/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=060552 |date=2013-10-15 }}</ref> * Meritorious Artist of the Chechen Republic (2013)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?id=12852&r=126 |title=В Грозном наградили победителей VIII Международного конкурса журналистов |access-date=2018-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517214224/http://chechnya.gov.ru/page.php?r=126&id=12852 |archive-date=2013-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001201603310038?index=13&rangeSize=1|title=Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 31.03.2016 № 142 ∙ Официальное опубликование правовых актов|website=publication.pravo.gov.ru}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{IMDb name| 0894613}} {{Authority control}}
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