Gennadi Vengerov

Gennadi Aronovich Vengerov (; 27 August 1959 – 22 April 2015) was a Soviet, Russian and German film and theatre actor, narrator and voice-over artist.

Biography Vengerov was born on 27 August 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 Mikhail 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 Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus. From 1995 to 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).

He died on the morning of 22 April 2015 in Düsseldorf. In memory of the actor was dedicated to the program Live broadcast with Boris Korchevnikov (TV channel “Russia-1”) dated 23 April 2015.

Selected filmography

1987: Story about Nothing as Sheya 1989: Step (Short) as Boris 1989: Deja Vu as Attendant Petrovich 1989: Cursed Days in Russia Again as Major Babakhanov 1991: Lovkach and Khippoza as Boxer 1991: as SaschaPanewski 1993: as Worker #3 1992: (TV Movie) as Kommissar NKWD 1993: Berlin Break (TV Series) as Gregor Iwanowitch 1993: Maus und Katz (TV Movie) as Lubomir Stykov 1993: Mein Mann ist mein Hobby (TV Movie) as Ivan 1993: Westerdeich (TV Series) as Hassan 1993: Brandheiss. Verkehr macht frei (TV Series) as Boris Kasanski 1994: Lutz und Hardy (TV Series) as Holub 1994-1996: Die Stadtindianer (TV Series) as Bubi 1994-1999: Der Fahnder (TV Series) as Carlo / Herbert Kraske / Slavik 1994-2012: Tatort (TV Series) as Arzt / Radovan Jurkic / Alex Barold / Nikita Gurganov 1995: Ein Bayer auf Rügen (TV Series) as Fedor Begulow 1995-1998: Die Straßen von Berlin (TV Series) as Stevic / Mischa / Smocking 1996: Mona M.: So nicht, Frau Staatsanwalt (TV Series) as Oleg Petjuschkin 1996: Jailbirds as Atom Otto 1996: Der Mörder und die Hure (TV Movie) as Piotr 1996: Die Drei (TV Series) as Wladimir 1996: Ein flotter Dreier (TV Series) as Boris 1996: Die Wache (TV Series) as Myschkin 1996: Rache ist süss (TV Movie) as Alex 1996: The Writing on the Wall (TV Movie) as General Timoshkin 1996: The Last Courier (TV Movie) as Bunin (uncredited) 1996: Bockerer II as General Alexandrov 1996: (TV Series) as Heinz 1997: as Manfred Manner 1997: Der kleine Mogler as Zirkusdirektor 1997-2003: Ein Fall für zwei (TV Series) as Stefan Lerch / Stan Czermak 1997: Parkhotel Stern (TV Series) as Demidov 1997-1998: Balko (TV Series) as Khaled / Mehnert 1998: Geliebter Gegner (TV Movie) as Mikhail Krimov 1999: (TV Series) as Oleg 1999: Die Blendung (TV Movie) as Ralf Eger 1999: Klinikum Berlin Mitte (TV Series) as Trainer 2000: Anatomy as Präparator 2000: Der letzte Zeuge (TV Series) as Boris (uncredited) 2000: OP ruft Dr. Bruckner (TV Series) as Artjom Tarassov 2000: Zwei Brüder (TV Series) as Juri Jaschwili 2000: (TV Mini-Series) as Major Jenukidze 2001: Enemy at the Gates as Starshina 2001: HeliCops – Einsatz über Berlin (TV Series) as Sergej Romanow 2001: The Tanker (TV Movie) as Bootsmann Shelikov 2001: Der Clown (TV Series) as Tschernik 2001: Im Namen des Gesetzes (TV Series) as Peter Bock 2001: Das Amt (TV Series) as Igor Topolev 2001: Mr. Boss (TV Series) as Marat Bayramov 2002: Edel und Starck (TV Series) as Onkel Melis 2002: Zwei Engel auf Streife (TV Series) as Maxim Oblomov 2002: Erkan und Stefan gegen die Mächte der Finsternis as Möllner 2003: Ohne Worte (TV Series) as Trainer 2003: Crazy Race (TV Movie) as Tsintatses 2003: Alles Atze (TV Series) as 'Milla' Millanowski 2004: The Blindflyers as Russian with beard 2004: Unter Brüdern (TV Series) as Boris 2004: Moscow Heat as Senator Shishov 2004: The Fighter as Blacksmith Vulkan 2004: Swan Heaven as Nikolay Yegorovich 2004-2005: Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (TV Series) as Viktor Strelnikov 2005: Tmunot Matzkhikot as Alik 2005: Girls as Boris Ortenberg 2005: The Blind 2 (TV Series) as Pavel 2005: You is Me (TV Series) as Zimmer 2006: Die Camper (TV Series) as Sergej 2006: Goldene Zeiten as Sergey 2006: Ladyland (TV Series) as Tracker Karl 2006: Schimanski (TV Series) as Jannis 2006: Mustang (not finished) as Counselor 2006: Maltese Cross as Terminator 2006: Who's the Boss as Restaurant owner 2007: Holy Cause as Modest Morozovskiy 2007: Hour of Volkov (TV Series) as Major Volkov 2007: The Fighter: Birth of the Legend as Blacksmith Vulkan 2007: One Family as Khan 2008: (TV Movie) as Turner 2008: Jazo as Boss 2008: Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (TV miniseries) as Major 2008: Criminal Video-2 as Ivan Sergeyev 2008: To the Sea! as Narrator (voice) 2008: The Inhabited Island as Narrator (voice) 2009: Dark Planet as Narrator (voice) 2009: Clouds above Hills (TV Series) as Admiral Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev 2009: Überlebensstrategien für das neue Jahrtausend as Vater Vostok, Onkel Vostok 2009: The Last Secret of Mater (TV Series) as Petr Ivanovich Lomov 2009: Churchill: Death in Humidor as Pasha Silkov 2009: Hold-up as Cop 2009: The Inhabited Island. Skirmish as Narrator (voice) 2011: Quarter as Sergey Semenov 2010: Traumfabrik as Ernesto 2010: Nick of Time (TV Series) as Mikhalych 2010: Date as Moloch 2010: Juggler-2 as Pavel Voronov 2010: Traffic Cops (TV Series) as Prokhor Yasenev 2010: Beyond Law as Andrey Scherbakov 2010: Alibi for Two as Smolov 2010: Mother under the Contract as Christoph 2010: So oder so! as Eduard 2010: Danni Lowinski (TV Series) as Blumenhändler 2011: Theo (Short) as Narrator (voice) 2011: Investigating Committee (TV Series) as Colonel Salamov 2011: Wunder Punkt (Short) as Witek 2011: Hotel Lux as Upit 2011: Police Speaking (TV Series) as Eduard Burov 2011: Unreal Story as Gruppenführer Stoltz, Tatarian Idris 2011: Gulchatay as Bay Alisher 2011: Policemen Comrades (TV Series) as Dmitriy Veshnyakov 2012: as Askisischer Beamter 2012: Soldiers of Fortune as Colonel Lupo 2012: (TV Movie) as Terbent Khan 2012: Poka as Sergej Michajlowitsch Paschkin 2012: Unreal Story 2 as Tatarian Idris 2012: Der Sarg as Marcel 2012: (TV Movie) as Vladimor 2013: as Vater Sokolow 2013: Heads or Tails as Therapist 2013: Widows as Arkadiy Markovich 2013: Double Blues as Colonel Ivan Yuriyevich Sosnovskiy 2013: HB Show as Igor Sergeyevich 2013: Adi as Aloiz 2013: Gulchatai 2 as Alisher 2013: A Man without Past as Colonel Petrov 2013: The Way of the Leader: Fire River as Narrator (voice) 2013: The Way of the Leader: Iron Mountain as Narrator (voice) 2013: Kathedralen der Kultur as Narrator (voice) 2014: Blast from the Past as Georgich 2014: Department as Komarov 2014: I Go to Save People as Lieutenant Colonel Baratov 2014: ED (Short) as Miro 2014: Borgia (TV Series) as Gabriel de Guzmann (final appearance)

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