Who is Vasily Utkin, many people know. Some will recognize his voice while watching a football match, while others are looking forward to the release of the program in which this journalist will take part. There are also those viewers who frankly do not like him for harshness and unrestrained remarks during the interview.
But the fact that Vasily Utkin is a popular personality is difficult to dispute. How did this shocking showman become famous?
Childhood and youth
He was born in 1972, on March 6, in Balashikha, in a very intelligent family. His father is a physicist who devoted his life to science. Mom worked as a doctor. He has an older sister.
Vasily liked to study the humanities. He was pleased to write essays; he liked to reason and discuss in literature lessons.
After school, he entered the Moscow Pedagogical University at the Department of Philology Vasily Utkin. The student was almost 2 meters tall. He was always in the spotlight. True, he did not become a certified specialist, leaving school on the 4th year, after an unsuccessful passing of the session.
Carier start
In 1992, by a fluke, Utkin became the editor of a political program called the Politburo. This was the author’s project of A. Politkovsky. For young Vasily, teamwork among professionals was a wonderful start. He learned a lot by observing how the participants in the discussions on the set behave. A year later, the project was closed. For two more years, Vasily Utkin worked at VID, but in 1994 he decided to switch to a new channel - NTV. He was taken to the post of leading sports program dedicated to football. He told viewers about football matches, interviewed players and their coaches. The journalist conducted one of the first reports while he was playing at Dynamo Tbilisi and Torpedo Moscow.
In 1997, after a scandalous plot about coach O. Rumyantsev, Utkin began to ignore the players of FC Spartak. The journalist incorrectly spoke out about their coach. And this incident was not disregarded.
Soon, his program was closed, citing a drop in rating and the fatigue of the presenter. Sports commentator Vasily Utkin was forced to look for a new job.
Activities in new directions
In 2000, the journalist was attacked. In the morning, on the way to work, a man flew into Utkin and stuck a screwdriver in his back. Sharpening did not affect the organs, but only injured the muscle. Who struck the journalist, did not find out.
At that time he worked as a commentator on the World and European Championships, wrote articles for Soviet Sport. In 2004 he was recognized as the best in his field and received the TEFI television prize.
Vasily Utkin decided to develop in new directions. He was interested in offers to work in entertainment programs. He was the host of many projects on various channels, including the Hunger show, the Wall to Wall project, and the Earth-to-Air program. He later lit up in the television game What? Where? When? ”, And also was one of the jury members in KVN.
Acting talent
Vassily Utkin also tried his hand at the cinema. In the film "Election Day" he acted as a candidate for governor. In 2010, he was invited to star in another film called "What Men Talk About." The film is comedic and philosophical at the same time.
Personal life
Until Vasily Utkin is married. His personal life does not add up. In 2003, he took part in the program "School of slander." During the filming, I met a wonderful girl and began to look after her. The journalist even planned to make her an offer. But the romantic meetings ended with the fact that the beloved soon announced that they needed to leave.
For a long time Vasily Utkin experienced a break. Personal life did not work out after. He never found his only one and did not bind himself to anyone by marriage. As it turned out, unhappy love is not a disaster. In one interview, the journalist admitted that he stopped suffering immediately after the apartment was robbed. The fact that his cross was stolen upset much more. But at that very moment he realized that a new stage in his life was beginning.
