Nikolay Naumov is a famous comedian, a former frontman of the popular KVN Parma team. Today, the actor is known for his roles in other humorous projects, in particular the role of Kolyan in the series "Real Boys".
Artist Biography
Nikolai Alexandrovich Naumov was born on February 28, 1982 in Perm. His father was a military man, a very authoritative person and a role model for a boy. As a child, Kolya even dreamed of wearing a military uniform. But with age, plans changed, and after graduation, Nikolai Naumov entered a pedagogical university at the faculty of foreign languages.
A witty and bright young man was noticed by senior students. They persuaded Nikolai to become a member of the university KVN team. As soon as he entered the scene, he immediately realized that this was the place where he was most comfortable.
Career at KVN. The beginning of the creative path
Nikolai Naumov was able to combine an artistic career with study. In 2003, a translation contest was organized in Perm, initiated by Scottish writer Michael Kerins. At this step, Kerinza was prompted by a poem by Nikolai Naumov, “I am not a poet, ” translated into 44 languages.
Since then, the competition has been held annually. Students from different countries participate in it. The main task of the contestants is to best translate a given poem into several languages. Participants remember that the origin of the contest was their fellow countryman and actor Naumov.
But KVN swallowed the student with his head, so that Nikolai spent less and less time learning languages. A convincing, vivid image of a gopnik from the Kolyan region in a tracksuit, shoes and a black hat with an invariable baseball bat soon interested KVN officers of the Perm Parma national team. And he was lured to Parma.
In an interview, the actor admitted that Kolyan is actually not so far from him. Naumov grew up in an equally disadvantaged area and talked with guys who became prototypes of Kolyan. But at the same time, the actor noted that he was "not such a brutal primate" and yet considers himself an intelligent person.
Movie career
It was thanks to KVN that Nikolai Naumov was noticed by Russian directors, and he began to receive the first invitations to the set. At first for unremarkable secondary roles, but in 2003 the actor received an offer to star in the television series "Mongoose".
Since then, the cinematic career of Nikolai Naumov began. The artist has become recognizable and popular. In 2009, the film “Burdocks. Episode One ”, where the actor expertly played the inspector of the traffic police Korochkin.
In the same year, Nikolai Naumov received a landmark invitation to the shooting of the project, which made the actor one of the most popular young artists in Russia: the series “Real Boys”. Naumov played the role of the real kid Kolyan, who is constantly making attempts to become better.
The premiere of the television series was November 8, 2010 and immediately lifted the film to the second position of the top 20 popular youth television projects. A bright, memorable artist attracted the attention of metropolitan producers.
The created image in Real Boys turned out to be very realistic and convincing, and Nikolai Naumov was more often invited to television. The artist appeared in the humorous television show "Thank God you have come!" and "Comedy Wumen." As part of the jury, viewers saw Naumov in the Comedy Battle. Without Borders ”on TNT and the comic show“ Don't Sleep! ”
From 2011 to 2014, Nikolay Naumov appeared in several projects. In the comedy “Pregnant, ” he played a cameo role as a journalist. A year later, the actor starred in the comedy "Nannies."
Nikolai Naumov regularly continues to appear in comedy roles. Among his most famous works are the family comedy Friends of Friends and the full-length film Corporate.
The talent of the artist in 2012 was appreciated, and the GQ magazine included Nikolai Naumov in the nomination “Face from the TV”. In December of that year, the actor was awarded the Internet Star on TNT Award.
In 2014, the artist was seen in an advertisement for the kvass “Nikola”. And in 2016, Nikolai appeared in the KFC fast food advertisement. In the same year, the actor starred in the new project “Poor People”. In 2017, Nikolai Naumov starred in the role of another TNT comedy project, Civil Marriage. And in 2018, the show of the sixth season of “Real Boys” started, where the actor still plays his hero.
