Birthday

1967-06-05

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR

Biography

Soviet and Russian TV presenter, TV producer, television director, actor, musician. One of the founders of the rock group "Accident". Director of children's and entertainment broadcasting of the First Channel in 2001-2003. He is best known as the host of the TV programs "Guess the Melody", "Russian Roulette" and "Rally". He was also the designer of the center console of the 1998 Peugeot car of the 1998 Peugeot 206 model. Since December 2019, he has been an ambassador for the Grant Life Foundation. 2007-2008 - Member of the Supreme Council of the Political Party "Civil Power". Subsequently, he negatively assessed his political experience, calling it a mistake. In 2016, in one of the radio interviews, he spoke in support of Putin's policy on Crimea.