Gennady Khazanov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Gennady Khazanov

Russian actor and comedian

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1945

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: actor, public figure, television presenter, impressionist, stage actor, theater director, performance artist, television actor, humorist, stand-up comedian

Nationality: Russia, Israel

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Gennady Khazanov

  • Gennady Viktorovich Khazanov (Russian: ?????´??? ??´???????? ????´???; born 1 December 1945) is a Russian stand-up comedian and part-time actor.
  • His work includes parodies of Russian and Soviet politicians, and mockery of various sub-cultural groups in modern Russia.
  • After graduating from the Moscow Circus School in 1969 Khazanov worked as a master of ceremonies in Leonid Utyosov Orchestra.
  • He began his solo career in 1973 at Moscontsert, a Moscow state concert organization.
  • He gained early success with monologues of a culinary school student written by Lion Izmailov and Iurii Volovich, and of a brave parrot who cannot stop telling the truth written by Arkady Khait.
  • In 1997 he became artistic director of the Moscow Variety Theatre.
  • In 1999, he was president of the Security Foundation of the Russian Jewish Community, which was set up to coordinate action against antisemitism in Moscow.He is an acquaintance of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
  • In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of Putin's position on Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.

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