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Nikolai Fomenko
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Nikolai Fomenko

Russian composer (born 1962)

Nikolay Vladimirovich Fomenko (Russian: Николай Владимирович Фоменко, born 30 April 1962) is a Russian musician, comic actor, professional motor racer, former president of Marussia Motors and former engineering director of Marussia F1.2

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Born Apr 30, 1962.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedRussian State Institute of Performing Arts3
  • Date not recordedTheater of Youth Creativity3

Career

Occupation: guitarist, film producer, radio personality, screenwriter, singer, musician, presenter, showman.6

Music career

Fomenko started his career as vocalist and guitarist in the band Secret, who were very popular in Russia in the mid-1980s.

Acting career

Fomenko first started his acting career as a theater actor in the Theater of Youth Creativity (1974-1976).

TV career

Fomenko performed in the popular Russian music collection series Staryye Pesni o Glavnom (Old songs about the important).

1997—1998 Empire of Passion (NTV, reruns — TNT, MUZ-TV) — author and host.

He hosted two seasons of a TV show The Interception and a season of the game-show The Weakest Link on Russia's Channel 5.

In 2009, he began hosting Top Gear Russia, the REN-TV spin-off of the BBC series Top Gear.

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Car racing career

In 1994, Fomenko was invited by Vladislav Listyev to participate in a car racing show as a celebrity guest. Later he started to train as a professional racer and took his first victory in 1996.

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Personal life

  • BornApr 30, 1962, Saint Petersburg7
  • CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia8
  • SpouseMariya Golubkina 1995 to 20089

He was married to Andrei Mironov's stepdaughter, actress Maria Golubkina, and has three children: daughters Anastasia and Ekaterina, and a son, Ivan.

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Awards

  • Date not recordedMaster of Sports of International Class10
  • Date not recordedMedal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class10
  • Date not recordedMerited Artist of Russia10
  • Date not recordedTEFI10

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