Sergey Svetlakov – popular Russian actor
Sergey Svetlakov is a popular Russian actor, writer, comedian, former member of the KVN team.
The boy was born on December 12, 1977 in Sverdlovsk into a family of railway workers. He has elder brother Dmitri Svetlakov (born in 1970). You know, Sergey played football and basketball, and he even became a candidate for the master of sports in handball. Every summer, the whole family went to the village, where Sergey loved fishing.
In 2000, he graduated from the Urals State University of Railway Transport. By the way, Svetlakov was awarded the title of Knight of the University. He was the captain of the university KVN team. They became the coolest persons in Yekaterinburg after their participation in the KVN festival in Sochi.
Together with Garik Martirosyan, Semyon Slepakov, Arthur Tumasyan and Sergey Ershov, Svetlakov wrote scripts for the KVN teams. This creative people started the Comedy Club in Russia.
His debut project Our Russia, where he played along with Mikhail Galustyan, was released in 2005 on TNT channel.
In 2008, Ivan Urgant, Alexander Tsekalo, Garik Martirosyan and Sergey launched their TV project Prozhektorperiskhilton. The program, which received three Taffy awards, is one of the most successful projects on the First Channel.
In 2009, the actor took part in the film Our Russia: The Balls of Fate. Simultaneously, Svetlakov played in the film Yolki (Fir-trees) directed by Timur Bekmambetov, where his partners were Ivan Urgant and Vera Brezhneva.
In 2011, Sergey surprised everyone by starring in the crime drama The Stone directed by Vyacheslav Kaminsky. You know, in the film the actor appeared in the role of kidnapper. Besides, he was a producer of the film.
Personal life
Svetlakov met his first wife Yulia at the University. In 1997 she became the wife of comedian and traveled with her restless spouse around the country. In Moscow Yulia worked as a realtor. On December 12, 2008 she gave birth to their daughter Anastasia.
In 2013, Sergey married Antonina Chebotareva. The actor met Antonina in Krasnodar, where she worked as a deputy director of the cinema. They have little son Ivan.
Summer, sun, hot white sand, palm trees, sweet fruits, big exotic flowers and… four prisoners in striped uniforms on the beach – Sergey and Antonina and two kids: daughter Nastya and son Vanya. Tourists thought it was for sure a movie shoot. But it was Svetlakov’s unusual wedding. At first their relatives, even didn’t know about the wedding. They all danced barefoot on the sand, played jokes, sang songs and had dinner on the beach, there were magicians for kids.
Svetlakov and his brother opened stores, selling funny and original gifts, in Yekaterinburg.
His official site: svetlakov.ru/