Vyacheslav Manucharov

Vyacheslav Rafaelovich Manucharov (Russian: Вячеслав Рафаэлович Манучаров; born 6 October 1981) is a Russian actor, television presenter, director, and teacher. He is best known for his work in television comedies and his YouTube interview series Empathy of Manuchi (Empatiya Manuchi). He is a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.

Early life Manucharov was born in Moscow, USSR, to Rafael Georgievich Manucharov, director of the Moscow First Fur Factory, and Nadezhda Shepeleva-Kopeiko, director of the beauty salon Charodeika. He descends from the Armenian noble family Manucharyants and from his mother's side, the old Moscow noble family Shepelevs, related to the Musin-Pushkins.

He was educated at a chemistry-focused school affiliated with Moscow State University, and later studied acting at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, graduating in 2003 under Rodion Ovchinnikov.

Career From 2003 to 2009, Manucharov was an actor at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre (RAMT). He began appearing in popular television series such as My Fair Nanny, Daddy's Daughters, and Gold Diggers.

In 2009 he starred as music producer and singer Andrei Razin in the feature film Laskovyi Mai about the Soviet boy-band of the same name.

Since 2019, he has hosted the YouTube interview project Empathy of Manuchi (Empatiya Manuchi), popularly described as propaganda, featuring long-form conversations with Russian and international celebrities.

Alongside acting, Manucharov teaches acting at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and leads an acting course at the ARKA Film School.

Filmography

1999–2003 — Simple Truths — Pavel Belkin 2002 — My Border — Bormutov, private 2002 — Russian Ark — Soldier 2003 — Honeymoon — Nikolay 2003 — Wonder Park (short film) 2004 — Book Thieves — Pink-cheeked 2004 — Detectives-3 (film 9: "By Tram Ticket") — Second pickpocket 2005 — Aide-de-camps of Love — Eugène Bogarne 2005 — Airport (episode 22: "The Preacher") — cameo 2006–2008 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Rudik, pathologist, criminologist 2006 — Code of Honor-3 (film 1: "Dirty Money") — Grisha 2006 — Paparazzi — Anton 2007 — Smoking in Ryazan — Semyon Ratko, Pakhmutov's partner 2007 — Daddy's Daughters — Gastarbeiter 2008 — Dangerous Liaison — Igor 2008 — My Fair Nanny (episode 149: "Information Leak") — Oleg, musical actor, Jeanne Arkadyevna's suitor 2008 — Five Steps in the Clouds — Event host 2009 — Laskovyi Mai — Andrey Razin 2009 — Anna Karenina — Nikolay Shcherbatsky 2009 — Otlenski — Igor Dmitrievich Shevtsov, prosecutor's investigator 2009 — The Last Wagon 2010 — Glukhar in Cinema — Oleg Petrovich Zinkevich 2010 — House of Exemplary Content — Igor 2010 — Chronicles of Betrayal — Egor 2010 — Robinson — Sergey Balayan 2010 — Diamonds. Theft (short film) — Jewelry store clerk 2011 — Love-Carrot 3 — Misha 2011 — My Crazy Family — Maxim, Vika's ex-fiancé 2013 — Land of Good Kids — Plenipotentiary representative 2014 — Goodbye, Boys — Alexey Yegorov, NKVD investigator 2014 — Boys + Girls = — Ploskiy 2014 — Running from Love — Viktor Pankov 2015 — Not Yet (short film) 2016 — Guardian — Igor Meshcheryakov 2016 — Chocolate Factory — Engineer 2017 — Purely Moscow Murders — Sergey Yerokhin 2017 — The Brightest Darkness 2017 — Old Women on the Run — Molokov 2018 — Short Waves — Orange enthusiast 2018 — Decembrist — Valery Mikhailovich Sobolev, NKVD major 2018 — Not My Dog Business — Edik Lux, TV star 2019 — Baker and Beauty — TV show host, "Reaching the Star" 2019 — Green Wagon — Viktor Bauer 2019 — Gold Diggers — Talk show host, "Apparently" 2019 — Neighbors 2 — Shchukin 2020 — Kill the Boss — Oleg 2020 — Ideal Family — Konstantin 2020 — Huge Hunt 2020 — More Than Love 2020 — Young and Strong Will Survive — Filin 2020 — Love and Monsters — Frenchman 2021 — Old Women on the Run 2 — Molokov 2021 — Penultimate Instance — Fyodor Prokhorov 2021 — Knee-Deep — Eduard, director 2021 — Anna K — Korsunsky 2022 — Tverskaya — Barinov

Awards and honors 2018 — Merited Artist of the Russian Federation Medal “75 Years of Kemerovo Region” Honored Cultural Figure of Moscow

Personal life Manucharov has two children and resides in Moscow. He speaks Russian and Armenian.