Few people know that the well-known Russian TV presenter, comedian, film, theater and KVN actor, showman Mikhail Shats is a doctor, an anesthesiologist and resuscitator. Most of his creative ideas were embodied on the STS channel, where he worked as a producer of special projects. Particularly noteworthy is his marriage to the host Tatyana Lazareva, with whom he spends most of his time both at work and at home. Let's find out the story of his life and family composition.
Childhood and student humorist
Shats Mikhail Grigorievich was born on June 7, 1965 in the hero city of Leningrad. His father was a military man, an officer of the Air Force, in the service in Kazakhstan, he met his future wife, a pediatrician. Places of service changed, but in the end the family settled in Leningrad, where the boy Mikhail was born. Schatz studied at school number 185 from 1972 to 1982, he wanted to become a race car driver or coach of the Zenit football club. But he entered the First Leningrad Medical Institute, leaving his childhood dreams unfulfilled. Upon completion of training at the Faculty of Medicine, he received the profession of an anesthetist-resuscitator. He passed residency at the same institute and graduated in 1989. As expected of the young specialist, he got a job as a doctor, and for 6 years he saved the lives of people. Already during his studies, Mikhail developed an interest in humor, he became interested in playing in KVN, with which his creative career began.
Participation in KVN and television career
Mikhail Shats actively participated in the creative life of the Leningrad Medical Institute, being a member of the KVN team. From 1991 to 1994 he was already a member of the CIS team. He especially succeeded in playing the role of the doctor and the musical number-parody "Gluconatic". In the mid-90s, Schatz decided to move to Moscow, but for a long time he could not find work in his specialty. In parallel with this, he came up with a new comedy project "OSP-studio" with colleagues in KVN games. In 1995, Mikhail got a job on the TV-6 channel Moscow, where for 2 years he participated in the creation of the program "Once a Week". 1996-1998 - the time of his work in the project "Spite of Records!" - sports and humorous program, where he performed in several roles at once. In parallel with this program, OSP Studio began to air. Mikhail Shatz and his colleagues (Tatyana Lazareva, Pavel Kabanov,
Sergey Belogolovtsev and Andrey Bocharov) made their humorous program very popular in a short time. They stayed on the air until 2004. 1996 brought fame to the presenter, and he decided to leave his career as a doctor.
Programs, projects and roles on TV-6
1996 - 1998 - participation in the program "To Spite of Records!", the roles of Mishgan (football fan), Chance (sports doctor), football coach.
1997, 1999 - 2000 - An actor of the series "33 square meters" under the brand name "OSP Studios", acts as a lover and brother of the main character, postman, astronaut, actor, spa lovelace, neighbor, Caucasian, alcoholic, profiteer, racketeer and doctor.
1999 - 2001 - Pan, the host of the project “Zucchini OSB Chairs”, a humorous pop program with 15 issues.
1999 - 2000 - A participant in OS-Song-99 and OS-Song-2000, parody concerts with the participation of members of OSP-Studio and pop stars.
2000 - role in the parody television movie "Sister-3".
Famous works on the STS channel
Since 2004, officially, Mikhail Shatz is the host of the STS channel, where he took part and led the following programs:
1. "Good jokes." The host of the program along with Tatyana Lazareva and
Alexander Pushniy. From 2010 to 2012 filming was stopped, then the broadcast went on air again with new scenery, and now the show is suspended.
2. 2004 - participation in the Fort Boyard game as part of one of the teams.
3. 2006 - 2010 - Lead improvisation show "Thank God you have come."
4. 2007 - Mikhail Shats and his permanent colleagues Lazarev and Pushnaya lead the program “More Good Jokes”. The project did not last a month, and was closed, not meeting the expectations placed on it.
5. 2008 - participation in the intellectual show "50 Blondes".
6. 2009 - one of the leading daily programs "Song of the Day" on STS.
7. 2009 - was invited to the shooting of the humorous program "Slaughter Evening" (TNT) as a special guest.
8. 2010 - appointed producer of special projects for the STS channel, led the interactive show "Random Communications".
9. 2011 - Lazareva Tatyana and Mikhail Shats traveled with children along the Russian outback and abroad, filming a parallel travel show. But the broadcast did not go on the air, although enough releases were shot.
10. 2011 - produces the show "Sing!" and Meet the Parents, runs the My Family Against All Program.
11. The contract with the STS channel ended in 2012. In 2013, Shatz was the co-host of the Ankle Show program (Our Football channel), and in 2014 Mikhail could be seen on the Olympic Channel (Sport Plus).
Theater, cinema and social activities
So far, Mikhail has two roles in the movie - a forensic scientist in "A Very
Russian Detective" and Chapaev in the film of the same name. But the voice of the host can be heard in the voice acting of the animated films “Bee Movie: Honey Conspiracy”, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Monsters on Vacation.” He tried his hand at the theater: in 2008, portrayed Tony Blair in the play "PAB".
Mikhail Shatz, whose biography is replete with a variety of creative projects, supports the Creation charity fund together with his wife. For seven years they have been providing assistance to hospitals and orphanages. Also, the star couple contributes to the work of the Downside Up Foundation, which is aimed at adapting children with Down syndrome in society.
TV presenter family
Spouses cannot remember the exact date of their acquaintance, but at the KVN festival in Sochi in 1991 they already knew each other. Tatyana played for the Novosibirsk team, and Mikhail played for Leningrad. For a long time they maintained a warm relationship, but were in no hurry to get together. In addition, Lazareva was married at that time, later she had a baby. To her surprise, Mikhail did not abandon attempts to gain attention and favor of the woman, surrounded pregnant Tatyana with care, and then became the personal physician of the first-born, Stepan Lazarev. They entered into marriage only on July 17, 1998, since then they have been living and working hand in hand. Whatever the yellow press writes about them, the couple denies rumors of a divorce. Of course, they have reasons for quarrels and minor conflicts, but they are people with humor, and therefore skillfully get out of any life's troubles. In addition, the family has more than one child. Tatyana gave birth to two girls, Sofya and Antonina, and Mikhail Shatz (whose children have already grown up) is absolutely happy in marriage, even joking about planning the next child.