Igor Petrovich Petrenko is a Russian actor of cinema and theater.
Background
Igor Petrenko was born on August 23, 1977 in Potsdam (German Democratic Republic) in the family of the Soviet soldiers. His father Pyotr Vladimirovich Petrenko was a lieutenant colonel, and in addition to military service, he was a candidate of chemical sciences.
Education
In 2000 he was graduated from The Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow.
Career
In 2002 President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia. Igor"s mother, Tatyana Anatolievna Petrenko, was a professional translator from English. When Igor was three years old, the family moved to Moscow.
As a child, the main hobbies were gymnastics, judo and sambo, when among the favorite school subjects was English language.
Igor become famous actor after he was appearing in the "Zvezda" television Series. In 2012, he performed the role of Sherlock Holmes in new series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.
Personal life Right after he broke up from Irina, Igor made a proposal to Ekaterina Klimova. Petrenko has a daughter named Sophia-Karolina (b 24122014) with Kristina Brodskaya, an actress from Saint St. Petersburg.