Igor Borisovich Sklyar is a Russian actor and singer.
13 Facts About Igor Sklyar
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Igor Sklyar has appeared in over 30 films since 1974.
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Igor Sklyar starred in the 1994 film, The Year of the Dog, which won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Igor Sklyar studied at a music school and dreamed of becoming a musician.
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In 1975, after graduation, Igor Sklyar applied to several creative universities in Moscow, but was not accepted.
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Igor Sklyar entered the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography, the course of Lev Dodin.
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From 1983 until 2000 Igor Sklyar was an actor of the Leningrad Maly Drama Theater under the direction of Lev Dodin.
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Igor Sklyar's roles included the village fool in Brothers and Sisters by Fedor Abramov, convict Fedka in The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jack Simon in Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the murderer Roberto Zukko in the play of the same name.
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Since 2015, Igor Sklyar has been cooperating with the Moscow Sovremennik Theater.
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In film, Igor Sklyar made his debut as a schoolboy Nikolai Maslenka, in Vladimir Rogovoy's film Shipboy of the Northern Fleet, but recognition came to the young artist in 1984 with the release of Karen Shakhnazarov's musical film We Are from Jazz, in which Sklyar performed the role of jazz musician Kostya Ivanov.
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In 2000, Igor Sklyar acted as Commissioner Yakovlev in the film Gleb Panfilov's The Romanovs: An Imperial Family.
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In recent years Igor Sklyar has been actively playing in TV series - Moscow Saga, The Chess Player, The Fall of the Empire, The First Circle, The Summer of the Wolves, Underground Transition, Sherlock Holmes, Farmer, Outgoing Nature, Teach me to live, Family Album, Excellence.
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Igor Sklyar is married to Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Natalia Akimova.