Igor Petrenko

Igor Petrovich Petrenko (; born August 23, 1977) is a Russian actor of cinema and theater. In 2002, President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia.

Biography Igor Petrenko was born on August 23, 1977, in Potsdam (GDR) to a Soviet military family. His father Pyotr Vladimirovich Petrenko was a lieutenant colonel, and in addition to military service, he was a candidate of chemical sciences. Igor's mother, Tatyana Anatolievna Petrenko, was a professional translator from English. When Igor was three years old, the family moved to Moscow.

As a child, his main hobbies were gymnastics, judo and sambo. Among his favorite school subjects was the English language.

In 2000 he graduated from the Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow. Igor became a famous actor after he appeared in the "Zvezda" TV Series. Thanks to his role in this series he won the "Nika" award in the nomination of the "Discovery of the year" in 2003.

For his acting skills, the actor was awarded the Presidential Award (Officially, the State Prize of the Russian Federation), and in 2004 he was awarded the "Triumph" Award as the best young actor.

In 2012, he played the role of Sherlock Holmes in a new series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.

Personal life Petrenko married his classmate, actress Irina Leonova, immediately after they both graduated in 2000. The marriage ended four years later.

In 2004 he divorced Leonova to marry actress Ekaterina Klimova, with whom he struck up a romance on the set of Moscow Windows. In addition to Klimova's daughter from a previous marriage, Liza Khoroshilova, Petrenko and Klimova had two boys together, Matvey and Korney. They divorced on 10 July 2014.

Petrenko has a daughter named Sophia-Karolina (b. 24 December 2014) with St. Petersburg actress Kristina Brodskaya.

Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 The conditioned reflex Roman Zolotov (ru) 2002 The Star Vladimir Travkin 2003 Carmen Sergey Nikitin (ru) 2004 A Driver for Vera Viktor, the driver 2004 Name Day Viktor (ru) 2006 Wolfhound Luchezar 2007 When she did not expect Dmitry Klimov 2009 And you, Brutus !? World history of betrayals (ru) 2009 Taras Bulba Andrew 2009 Forbidden Reality Matthew Sobolev (ru) 2010 We are from the Future 2 Sergei Filatov, "Borman" 2010 Everyone has a war Boris 2010 Retiree-2: do not throw his Viktor Zimin 2012 Dreams of plasticine Boris 2013 7 Main Wishes Anton Tsvetkov 2013 Bulag Sergey 2013 Road Igor Sokolov (Falcon) 2015 How to get a woman 2015 The Secret of the Snow Queen Van 2016 Viking Varyazhko, the prince of Yaropolk's retinue 2018 Decision to Liquidate 2019 Pilgrim Gleb 2019 Union of Salvation Baranov, a demoted major, grenadier of the Chernigov Regiment revolt 2020 Winter Alexander 2021 Ad Libitum Corporation 2021 Sky Soshnikov 2023 Nuremberg Major Bablenkov 2024 Fedya. Narodnyy futbolist 2025 Rodnina Konstantin Nikolayevich

Television Year Title Role Notes 2000 Black Pearl 2000 Simple Truth Sasha 2000 The Black Room TV series 2001 Moscow Windows Leonid Terekhov 2002 Willys TV series 2003 The Gentlemen of the Sea Star Igor TV Mini-Series 2003 The best city in the world Leonid Terekhov 2004 Sins of the Fathers Ivan Kalistratov 2004 Cadets lieutenant Dobrov 2004 Knights of the Sea Star TV series 2006 Hero of Our Time Grigory Pechorin TV series 2009 Cream Ruslan Bulavin 2010 Robinson Alexander Robertson 2011 "Cedar" pierces the sky Sergey Vladimirovich Lykov 2011 Pasha Lucky Pavel Golubev 2011 Everyone has a war Boris Krokhin 2011 Separation Alexey Mitrokhin 2013 Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes / Mycroft Holmes TV series 2014 Cancel all restrictions Alexander Morozov 2014 Last Janissaries Ermolai 2013 Dad rented Ilia Petrovich Solomatin TV Mini-Series 2015 The Alchemist. Elixir Faust Andrew Nevel 2015 Tamara Dubrovsky 2015 Non-jurisdictional Andrey Voronov, a KGB officer 2017 You All Infuriate Me Nikita TV series 2021 Master Leonid Yeryomin TV series 2022 Nachalnik razvedki Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Korotkov TV series