Igor Mamenko biography

Born on September 10 in Moscow. Soviet and Russian artist of the circus acrobat, parodist, comedian, TV presenter. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Igor Mamenko was born on September 10 in Moscow. Father - Vladimir Aleksandrovich Mamenko, circus acrobat, stuntman, took part in the creation of the film "Affibe Man". Mother was an artist of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater.

In childhood, he was actively involved in sports. He was fascinated by hockey. However, he gradually reoriented to circus art and eventually followed in the footsteps of his father, especially since he found excellent inclinations of acrobat. He also loved humor from an early age. Especially skillfully he told jokes and could make any audience laugh. He preserved the passion for jokes for life and became one of the most famous anecders in Russia.

In the year he graduated from the State School of circus and pop art. At the end, he worked as an acrobat in a circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard, the director of which was Yuri Nikulin. As Mamenko said, there were many dangerous situations while working in the circus. In the attraction of the “Russian swing”, several people swing the acrobat and it takes off eight meters up, makes coups and lands down on mats.

It happened that the acrobat does not have time to open and falls past the mats. He also mastered equilibrics, juggling, clowning. The military service was held in the famous Kantemirov division for the word, his father also served in the same place. There he participated in amateur performances, performed with circus numbers. After demobilization, he returned to the circus.

All this time, Mamenko did not leave his plans to realize himself as a humorist. In parallel with the work in the circus, he collected a lot of good material in order to become an artist of the conversational genre. His life changed after a meeting with Nikolai Lukinsky, who invited him to prepare several humorous numbers. And soon they performed with a duet with the number "soldiers and warrant officer." Regina Dubovitskaya drew attention to them, inviting Mamenko to the program "Awing", in which he made his debut in the year.

Very quickly gained popularity from the public. His monologue "Mother -in -law" enjoyed great success. Artistry and the precisely chosen style did their job - Igor Mamenko quickly became one of the best comedians in Russia. For the ability to not only read monologues, but also to tell jokes after him was entrenched in the nickname "Anewated man." As Mamenko said, he invariably improvises.

I can hear a joke before going to the stage and immediately insert it into the program. I constantly write jokes in a special notebook - they are all around them, mostly colleagues in the workshop, but I don’t “take the jokes” from the street: it happens that passers -by who recognized me and try to share a joke, I haven’t taken a single one, I have not taken it yet, I know everything!

In the year, Mamenko was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. In the year, he released the concert program “Gewess for Two” in a duet with Sergey Drobotenko. In the year, Igor Mamenko starred in the musical New Year's comedy “The Adventures of Aladdin”. Igor Mamenko prepared the number “at the doctor” in a duet with the famous comedian Vladimir Vinokur.

He performed in the company of the Buranovsky Grandmothers team, who represented Russia at Eurovision of the year. I pleased the audience with musical performances with Anna Semenovich and Natasha Koroleva. Together with Maxim Galkin, he was a co -host of the television show "Star Parade". The comedians from the stage told jokes and showed joint miniatures. Igor Mamenko has now since a year, along with a well -deserved employee of the Russian hunting economy, Leonid Palko, has an entertainment program “Tales from the Forest” on the channel “Hunter and Fishermen”.

Veselchak and a hunter for the rare shots of wildlife, Igor Mamenko and the walking hunting encyclopedia Leonid Palko, know the bike for every hunting situation. In tandem, they tell the audience about the behavior of animals, the arrangement of the camp and other nuances of hunting.

Anecdotes and funny sketches set the program a joke tone for the program, and shooting with a minimum of staged scenes and unsuccessful doubles represent the hunt as realistic and at ease. Each series is devoted to a separate topic: hunting for a boar from a tower, an alternate - on a duck, on a woodcock, corral - on a fox, moose, etc. The growth of Igor Mamenko: centimeters. Personal life of Igor Mamenko: wife - Maria Mamenko, master of sports in gymnastics, circus artist.

We met while working in the circus. They lived in marriage for 34 years. Maria died in July from a heart attack. The couple had two sons - Dmitry Mamenko G.