Brothers Ponomarenko Biography

The brothers Ponomarenko are famous twin brothers in Russia, showmen. Lovers of entertainment television show know a lot of childhood and youth about the Brothers Ponamarenko and Valeria. And if Alexander, as a rule, acts as a guitarist and musician, then his brother actor at the Drama Theater. The brothers are regular participants in numerous projects on television, and never refuse to perform scenes within the framework of festivals.

In addition, artists are constantly touring with performances in different cities of Russia. The brothers Ponomarenko in childhood Alexander and Valery Ponomarenko were born in a city called Novocherkassk on June 13. According to the brothers themselves Valery, fifteen minutes younger than his brother of the twin. For parents and, especially for their father, the birth of the twins in their family was a complete surprise.

Until the last moment, the man was in a pleasant shock, and was able to believe only when the wife left the hospital with two identical sons. The most interesting and rare is that the boys had the same, not only appearance, but also the parameters indicated at birth. Their height and weight coincided completely. From the early years of his biography, the boys showed care for each other.

They passed the exams for each other and stood up one for the other in the courtyard brawls. Much later, in an interview for journalists, men said that in all years of life they felt their peculiarity. Passers -by on the street until today turn on to them when the brothers go nearby and only then perceive them as popular and acquaintances of artists. The Brothers Ponomarenko Theater Parodies came to life first Valeria.

The young guy at all times loved to parody friends and relatives, repeating their expression on his face. At the same time, it was Valery who became a regular participant in school productions. Later, in the graduation class, the guy decided to connect his future life with acting and offered his brother the same path. The brothers at home often played small performances that rehearsed with each other.

Their ridiculous scenes and parodies liked the most of all, who worked as a driver and was happy to look at the mini-performances of the heirs after a hard day's day. Student years after the comprehensive school was completed, the Ponomarenko brothers tried to pass entrance exams to the theater and theater and the theater and cinema, which bears the name of Karpenko-Kara in Kyiv. At first they chose operator courses for themselves, but they did not work out with them because of a very high competition.

As soon as they realized that they had failed, the guys announced that they should connect life with the world of art at least in some way. Therefore, they went to Rostov, where, after passing the exams, they were enrolled in the faculty of film equipment in the city technical school of cinema. Already as students of this institution, Valery and Alexander survived a funny incident.

The guys, as usual, together went to the next exam, which they hoped to take, supporting each other, because in their school years they did this more than once. For example, if Valery taught physics and chemistry, then Alexander and mathematics remained Alexander. As a result, everyone simply passed the same exam twice, but he had to teach much less than their classmates.

But at the school, one of the brothers accidentally laid a testing on the teacher’s table with an already set assessment, and their deception was disclosed. The Ponomarenko brothers, after the diploma of secondary education was in the hands of young specialists, they went to pay off the debt to their homeland. To the joy of both, and this period in their personal life they passed together.

Both Ponomarenko were sent to the unit based under Krasnoyarsk. Only the last six months the brothers were far from each other. Valeria was sent to work as a movie mechanic on the other side of the Yenisei. Later, the brothers with a smile will declare that this was the only case when they were able to divide them into such a long time.

Career growth may be familiar with the field of how the military service came to an end, Alexander, as he gave his preference to the musical direction in art, decided to continue his education at a music school. Valery decided on the second attempt to cinema and submitted documents to the faculty, but at that moment he saw an announcement that hung at the House of Culture. It said about the search for young specialists active and ready to work.

Unfortunately, the young man did not receive the position, but the local director Boris Pavlovich Tsypkin noted his talent for himself and invited the young man to come again. When the director was able to evaluate a huge number of parodies in the portfolio of the young actor, he suggested that Valery prepare a program for a tour. Boris Pavlovich personally prepared texts for the program and conducted rehearsals with young talent.

By the way, the program received the sonorous name "both laughter and sin." At first, the director went to touring performances with his ward, but over time, due to his state of health, this became impossible.Then Valery decided to write a program for himself and called his brother with him, who for several months occupied only the place of the requiser in the team.

Meanwhile, while his brother traveled around the country and was engaged in acting, Alexander managed to receive a diploma of a music school, and also became the founder of the collective who performed the compositions in the country of country. At the same time, the brothers sought to pull each other to the areas of activity. Valery wanted to devote himself to the theater, Alexander believed that he was destined for a musical future.

The result of this confrontation was the fact that the younger was closer to the truth. During the tour, the brothers united in a duet. They put completely new miniatures and numbers and since then appeared on the stage only together. Today, the Ponomarenko brothers come up with a miniature in the genre of comedy, which their many fans know under the name “clone”.

This production appeared from the same miniature of the same name, previously set on the stage. The scriptwriter in this production was performed in certain circles, director Oleg Solod, who once wrote star numbers for such performers as Ilya Oleinikov, Jan Arlazarov and Evgeny Petrosyan. The director in this case was the equally famous Boris Uvarov. Television of a career on television for Alexander and Valerie Ponomarenko began with a victory at the international competition known as the “Cup of humor”.

Immediately after that, Evgeny Petrosyan sent the young people an invitation to join his television project “Krivoy Mirror”. By the way, already before that, the star couple managed to become participants in the Awing program from Regina Dubovitskaya. A little later, the brothers admitted that they left the project without regret because, in their opinion, its format was completely outdated.

After the “mirror”, a flurry of invitations fell on Ponomarenko. Today, fans can see the brothers at the “morning mail”, which has been published on the TV channel since the year and has turned into a real classics. In the year, Ponomarenko was invited to the entertainment project “Repeat”, and a year later they were seen in the program “Theater of the stage”. Both the project was walking along the first channel.

In addition to programs and their own performances, the brothers are happy to take part in festivals including Jurmala, where they show fans their best miniatures. According to the artists, so that the parody is not boring, you need to prepare and think through each of them well. At the same time, it is worth recognizing a person, understanding his inner world. So, for example, Ponomarenko frankly stated that they did not like the parody that Maxim Galkin showed at Vladimir Zhirinovsky at all.

For many years of work on the stage, the brothers showed dozens of parodies and miniatures associated with famous people in the country. Personal life Valery and Alexander are married and happy in his personal life. Sometimes they jokingly claim that their family has two wives and five children. Alexander Ponomarenko and his family Valery married the first.

His wife’s name is Elena and they have been together for more than fifteen years. The couple has three children and all the boys. The difference between the youngest of the parodist and the eldest is sixteen years old. By the way, to show, all of the heirs of a parodist dream of making a career in the world of acting. Valery Ponomarenko with his wife Alexander Father of two children, a son named German and the girl Lyubov.

It is not known about the age of the heirs, since not one of the brothers advertises information about his personal life. But photographs of the brothers from their speeches on the social network are simply a huge number.