The star of Russian TV series Igor Stam dreamed about the stage and popularity from early childhood. And she came to him - after the release of the crime series “Karpov”. A bright, memorable role attracted a lot of attention to the actor. You can learn about the biography and personal life of Igor Stam from this article.
Actor Biography
The actor was born in Kaliningrad on December 18, 1983. Like many children, the boy wanted to be a movie star or theater artist. At a young age, Igor was enrolled by his parents in the school theater circle. Later, the boy began to work diligently in the youth theater group “Bravo-Bis”, which worked in the local House of Officers. There, the acting talent of the future artist began to appear. In this studio, Igor studied acting under the guidance of Prudnikova, who noticed a talented young man. Before graduating from school, Igor Stam several times appeared on stage in the productions of the Bravo Bis Theater.
The beginning of an acting career
After leaving school, Stam remained in his native Kaliningrad for another year, being busy with performances. But then it was time to go to college, and Igor had already decided on a profession and in 2001 went to Moscow. There, the young man successfully passed the entrance exams and became a student of the famous Shchepkin Higher Theater School.
While still a student, Igor began his career in cinema. In 2003, Stam played a small cameo in the TV series Poor Nastya. No one in the film noticed the modest adjutant. Before the release (in 2005), the actor was approved for one of the key roles in the comedy project “Luba, children and the factory”. In this film, Igor Stam played the role of Misha - the son of the main character. The artist also appeared in the TV series "Black Goddess", where he played a small but noticeable role, despite the fact that the series unfolds on the screens after the death of the character. Acting skills at the Institute taught Igor Beilis and Ivanov. Mentors of Stam appreciated his talent and at the end of the course in 2005 helped Igor get a job at the Lenkom Theater.
Theater work
In the Lenkom Theater, the artist worked for about two years, playing inconspicuous roles in such performances as "Juno and Avos", "The Executioner's Cry", "Tartuffe" and "The Marriage of Figaro." The performances were a success. Work in Lenkom brought the actor a lot of invaluable experience, and even here he met his future wife - artist Maria Utrobina.
In 2007, Igor Stam got a seat in the Russian Academic Youth Theater and for two years he played roles in the productions of Scarlet Sails, Tom Sawyer and others. Several times the talented artist tried to leave the stage for the sake of cinema, but could not, because he appreciated the special atmosphere of the live performance too much. After Igor also collaborated with the Moscow Historical and Ethnographic Theater. The main director Mikhail Mizyukov in 2008 invited the artist to the role of Delvig in the production of “The Lyceum's Apprentice,” and since then Stam has played in other theater performances.
Movie roles
In the same period, Stam won roles in the Russian series “Race for Happiness” and “Trial Column”, but the series “Love on the Area”, where he played the main character Kostik, became a more successful actor. For Igor Stam, the main role was a breakthrough in his acting career, his character turned out to be noticeable. But despite the fact that the series quickly found its viewer, its ratings were very low. In the Pyatnitsky project, the actor received the role of investigator Shchukin. The character came out so multifaceted that it gradually became one of the key figures in the series. Stam played Schukin all four seasons. With this series begins the real popularity of the artist.
Further work in the cinema
Along with his work in the Pyatnitsky series, Igor Stam gets the role of Konstantin Schukin in the detective series of the Karpov NTV television channel. This project was released in 2012 and immediately gained popularity, and Stam for a long time was associated with the audience exclusively with Kostya Schukin. The promotional video of the Karpov project was even awarded a festival prize in Los Angeles. Around the same period, the actor played the role of Karataev in the medical series "Country of OZ" and the role of Maxim in the four-part project "A riddle for Vera."
Theater in the life of an actor
The theater was still and remains an important part of the actor’s creative biography. Having settled in the DOC Theater in 2007, Igor currently works in a troupe and plays diverse characters. In his arsenal there are even female roles, for example, in the theater’s staging together with the Center for Drama and Directing “Life Failed”, Stam plays a minibus driver, a mother of heroes and an old woman with a dog.
At the DOC Theater, Igor Stam realizes his directorial potential. His work, entitled "Casting," elicited a response from the audience, they write and talk about the performance. Igor himself played one of the main roles in this performance. In 2018, for the directorial work on the production of The Man from Podolsk, along with Mikhail Ugarov, Stam was nominated for the Golden Mask Award.
Recently, Igor tried his hand as a film director and transferred the play "Casting" to the film. The result was a festival movie with great potential. Of the latest theatrical works by Stam, the author’s performance “Hamlet. Confrontation "by Shakespeare. The production is on the stage of the Vysotsky Center on Taganka. Igor Stam plays the role of Hamlet. He also acted as a guest director at the Saratov Drama Theater named after Slonov in the play by Dmitry Danilov with the original title “Serezha is very dumb”.
The personal life of Igor Stam
Not much is known about the actor’s personal life. He was credited with a romantic relationship with actresses - partners on the set. For a long time there were rumors about his romance with Alina Kiziyarova, with whom the actor took part in the filming of the multi-part film "Secrets of the Institute of Noble Maidens." Also, many were convinced that Igor Stam was in a relationship with a colleague in the workshop Sandra Eliava. However, the actor did not comment on these rumors.
Today it is known that Igor Utrobina, a theater artist, is Igor’s wife. The family has two children - Vanya and Kostya. The actor tries to devote a lot of time to his sons, makes music with them and communicates with pleasure.