Nikolai Fomenko

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Nikolai Fomenko
Николай Фоменко
Fomenko in 2012
Born
Nikolai Vladimirovich Fomenko

(1962-04-30) 30 April 1962 (age 61)
Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)motor racer, musician, comic actor
SpouseMaria Golubkina

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.

Biography

Born in Leningrad on April 30, 1962.

Father - Vladimir Ivanovich Fomenko, physicist-metrologist, who worked for many years at VNIIM. Vladimir Fomenko was one of the developers of homing missiles.[1]

Mother - Galina Nikolaevna Fomenko (nee Fedorova), after her grandmother from the nobility of the Skrypitsins,[2] a ballerina, G. S. Ulanova identified her at the Vaganovsk Choreographic School. Due to a meniscus injury, she was forced to change her profession and became a civil engineer.

He studied at school No. 222, which at that time was re-qualified as the School of the Olympic Reserve. Simultaneously with his studies at school, he studied at the Theater of Youth Creativity (TYuT),[3] played in the symphony orchestra of the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers on the first violin.

In 1983 he graduated from the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography (LGITMiK). While studying at the institute, he organized the Secret group, a member of the Komsomol. After graduating from the institute, he worked for distribution at the Alexandrinsky Theater.[4]

Since January 1993, he began to live and work in Moscow.[5]

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).

Filmography

Year Film Role
1983 Speed (Skorost') Student
1997 Sympathy Seeker (Sirota Kazanskaya) Kolya
1999 Luna Papa (Lunny Papa) Yassir
1999 The Sky with Diamonds (Nebo v Almazakh) Anton Chekhov
2000 Check (Chek) Brunet
2000 Old Hags (Starye Klyachi) businessman Vassily Khomenko
2003 The Suit (Shik) Botya
2003 Bedroom Key (Klyuch ot Spal'ni) Vakhlakov
2007 Model (Naturshchitsa)
2007 Gloss (Глянец)
2008 Radio Day (Den' Radio) As himself
2017 You All Infuriate Me Boris Dmitrievich
2017 Rock Dog Angus Scattergood
2024
Others
Leonid Vasilyevich Petrov

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 Weakest Link
on Russia's Channel 5.

In 2009, he began hosting

Top Gear
.

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.

FIA GT

Year Team Car Class Co-drivers Points Pos.
2000
Freisinger Motorsport
Porsche 996
GT3-R
58 N-GT
Alexey Vasilyev
0
2001
Freisinger Racing
Porsche 996
GT3-R
59 N-GT
Alexey Vasilyev

United Kingdom Richard Kaye

0
2002
RWS Motorsport
Porsche 996
GT3-R
77 N-GT
Alexey Vasilyev

Spain Antonio García
Spain Jesus Diez Villaroel

1 26
2003
RWS Yukos Motorsport
Porsche 996
GT3-R
77 N-GT
Alexey Vasilyev

United Kingdom Adam Jones
France Stephane Daoudi

17 14
2004
Freisinger Yukos Motorsport
Porsche 996
GT3-RSR
77 N-GT
Alexey Vasilyev
26 7
Cirtek Motorsport
Porsche 996
GT3-RS
73 United Kingdom Adam Jones

United Kingdom John Grant
United States Vic Rice

2005
Russian Age Racing
Ferrari 550 Maranello
17; 18 GT1
Alexey Vasilyev

France Christophe Bouchut
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter
France Nicolas Minassian

5 19

Endurance races

Year Race Team Car Class Co-drivers Pos.
2003 24 Hours of Daytona RWS Motorsport
Porsche 996
GTS
Alexey Vasilyev, France Patrick Bourdais
Austria Walter Lechner Jr., Japan Tetsuya Tanaka
28 (9)
2004 24 Hours of Le Mans Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RSR LMGT
Alexey Vasilyev, France Patrick Bourdais
DNF
2005 24 Hours of Le Mans Cirtek Motorsport/
Russian Age Racing/
Convers Team
Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello LMGT1
Alexey Vasilyev, France Christophe Bouchut
17 (5)

Car manufacturer

Fomenko is involved in the development and launching of the

Marussia sports car.[6]

Formula One

In 2010 Marussia became a sponsor of Virgin Racing Formula One team. On 11 November 2010, Marussia acquired a controlling stake in the team.

On 2 February 2011 Fomenko was announced as Engineering Director of the Marussia Virgin Racing Formula One team.[7]

Personal life

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

References

  1. ^ "Николай Фоменко - Биография". nfomenko.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  2. ^ Dynnikov, Maksim (March 11, 2004). "Не давайте Фоменко автомат!". Smena (in Russian).
  3. ^ "Николай Фоменко - Театр". www.nfomenko.ru. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  4. ^ "Архив артистов" (in Russian).
  5. ^ "Николай Фоменко: Скоро на ТВ меня будет очень много!". kp.ru (in Russian). 2001-11-30. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  6. ^ Marussia sports car born out of Russia
  7. ^ "Virgin racing management reshuffle". autosport.com. 2 February 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-02.

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