# Igor Petrenko

Igor Petrovich Petrenko (Russian: И́горь Петро́вич Петре́нко; born August 23, 1977) is a Russian actor of cinema and theater. In 2002 President of Russia, Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia.

## Biography

Igor Petrenko was born on August 23, 1977, in Potsdam (GDR) to a Soviet military family. His father Pyotr Vladimirovich Petrenko was a lieutenant colonel, and in addition to military service, he was a candidate of chemical sciences. 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, his main hobbies were gymnastics, judo and sambo, among his favorite school subjects was the English language.
In 2000 he graduated from The Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow. Igor became a famous actor after he appeared in the "Zvezda" TV Series. Thanks to his role in this series he won the "Nika" award in the nomination of the "Discovery of the year" in 2003.
For his acting skills, the actor was awarded the Presidential Award (Officially, the State Prize of the Russian Federation), and in 2004 he was awarded the "Triumph" Award as the best young actor.
In 2012, he played the role of Sherlock Holmes in new series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.

## Personal life

Petrenko married his classmate, actress Irina Leonova, immediately after they both graduated in 2000. The marriage ended four years later.
In 2004 he divorced Leonova to marry actress Ekaterina Klimova, with whom he struck up a romance on the set of Moscow Windows. In addition to Klimova's daughter from a previous marriage, Liza Khoroshilova, Petrenko and Klimova had two boys together, Matvey and Korney. They divorced on 10 July 2014.
Petrenko has a daughter named Sophia-Karolina (b. 24 December 2014) with St. Petersburg actress Kristina Brodskaya.

## Selected filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | The conditioned reflex | Roman Zolotov | (ru) |
| 2002 | The Star | Vladimir Travkin | |
| 2003 | Carmen | Sergey Nikitin | (ru) |
| 2004 | A Driver for Vera | Viktor, the driver | |
| 2004 | Name Day | Viktor | (ru) |
| 2006 | Wolfhound (2006 film) | Luchezar | |
| 2007 | When she did not expect | Dmitry Klimov | |
| 2009 | And you, Brutus !? World history of betrayals | | (ru) |
| 2009 | Taras Bulba | Andrew | |
| 2009 | Forbidden Reality | Matthew Sobolev | (ru) |
| 2010 | We are from the Future 2 | Sergei Filatov, "Borman" | |
| 2010 | Everyone has a war | Boris | |
| 2010 | Retiree-2: do not throw his | Viktor Zimin | |
| 2012 | Dreams of plasticine | Boris | |
| 2013 | 7 Main Wishes | Anton Tsvetkov | |
| 2013 | Bulag | Sergey | |
| 2013 | Road | Igor Sokolov (Falcon) | |
| 2015 | How to get a woman | | |
| 2015 | The Secret of the Snow Queen | Van | |
| 2016 | Viking | Varyazhko, the prince of Yaropolk's retinue | |
| 2018 | Decision to Liquidate | | |
| 2019 | Pilgrim | Gleb | |
| 2019 | Union of Salvation | Baranov, a demoted major, grenadier of the Chernigov Regiment revolt | |
| 2020 | Winter | Alexander | |
| 2021 | Ad Libitum Corporation | | |
| 2021 | Sky | Soshnikov | |
| 2023 | Nuremberg | Major Bablenkov | |
| 2024 | Fedya. Narodnyy futbolist | | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Black Pearl | |
| 2000 | Simple Truth | Sasha |
| 2000 | The Black Room | | TV series |
| 2001 | Moscow Windows | Leonid Terekhov | |
| 2002 | Willys | | TV series |
| 2003 | The Gentlemen of the Sea Star | Igor | TV Mini-Series |
| 2003 | The best city in the world | Leonid Terekhov | |
| 2004 | Sins of the Fathers | Ivan Kalistratov | |
| 2004 | Cadets | lieutenant Dobrov | |
| 2004 | Knights of the Sea Star | | TV series |
| 2006 | Hero of Our Time | Grigory Pechorin | TV series |
| 2009 | Cream | Ruslan Bulavin | |
| 2010 | Robinson | Alexander Robertson | |
| 2011 | "Cedar" pierces the sky | Sergey Vladimirovich Lykov | |
| 2011 | Pasha Lucky | Pavel Golubev | |
| 2011 | Everyone has a war | Boris Krokhin | |
| 2011 | Separation | Alexey Mitrokhin |
| 2013 | Sherlock Holmes | Sherlock Holmes / Mycroft Holmes | TV series |
| 2014 | Cancel all restrictions | Alexander Morozov | |
| 2014 | Last Janissaries | Ermolai | |
| 2013 | Dad rented | Ilia Petrovich Solomatin | TV Mini-Series |
| 2015 | The Alchemist. Elixir Faust | Andrew Nevel | |
| 2015 | Tamara | Dubrovsky | |
| 2015 | Non-jurisdictional | Andrey Voronov, a KGB officer | |
| 2017 | You All Infuriate Me | Nikita | TV series |