Nikolai Fomenko

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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
2024 Fedya. Narodnyy futbolist Konstantin Beskov

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 Interception and a season of the game-show The Weakest Link on Russia's Channel 5.

In 2009, he began hosting Top Gear Russia, the REN-TV spin-off of the BBC series 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 Template:Flagicon Alexey Vasilyev 0
2001 Freisinger Racing Porsche 996 GT3-R 59 N-GT Template:Flagicon Alexey Vasilyev

Template:Flagicon Richard Kaye

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

Template:Flagicon Antonio García
Template:Flagicon Jesus Diez Villaroel

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

Template:Flagicon Adam Jones
Template:Flagicon Stephane Daoudi

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

Template:Flagicon John Grant
Template:Flagicon Vic Rice

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

Template:Flagicon Christophe Bouchut
Template:Flagicon Jamie Campbell-Walter
Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian

5 19

Endurance races

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

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External links

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