Yan Tsapnik is a Russian actor with a biography, in which comedic roles predominate. Currently, his career and personal life are moving forward in full swing.
Biography
Yan Tsapnik was born in Irkutsk in 1968. He was brought up in the family of a theater actor and a professional athlete. The future actor first appeared on the scene at the age of seven, playing in the play "We Do Not Change the Fatherland". Jan was a fairly gifted child and, in addition to theater art, was fond of music and sports. He also knew how to cook well and even moonlighted as a cook.
After graduating from school, Tsapnik decided to get a higher theater education in Moscow, but did not attend the entrance exams due to illness. Then he submitted documents to the Sverdlovsk Theater Institute and successfully passed admission to it. In his student years, the young artist was already actively touring the country with a theater troupe, and once he was invited to star in the melodrama "Looking for a Friend of Life" directed by Mikhail Ershov.
Not having endured the end of his studies, Yan Yurievich went to serve in the airborne troops and subsequently moved to Leningrad, enrolling in the Institute of Theater, Music and Cinematography. He successfully graduated in 1992 and got a job at the G.A. Tovstonogov. Also, the novice actor played small roles in the film "Hello, fools!", The series "Streets of Broken Lights" and several other projects.
The beginning of Tsapnik’s popularity came in 2002, when he played the role of the “new Russian” Arthur Lapshin in the cult TV series The Brigade. The actor improvised a lot, so the image turned out to be very lively and memorable. Then followed the roles in the projects "Gangster Petersburg", "Under the shower of bullets" and "Witching love". So Ian became a sought-after television actor.
A new round of popularity came in 2013, when Ian Tsapnik was invited to one of the main roles in the comedy "Bitter!". Already quite an actor, the actor perfectly played the stepfather of the bride. A year later, roles in other major projects followed: the Christmas tree almanac "Fir-trees", the series "Fizruk", "Method" and, of course, the continuation of "Bitter!".
