- Born
- Birth nameGennadiy Viktorovich Khazanov
- Gennadiy Khazanov was born on December 1, 1945 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Prikazano unichtozhit! Operatsiya «Kitayskaya shkatulka» (2009), Tikhie omuty (2000) and Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (2014). He is married to Zlata Elbaum. They have one child.
- SpouseZlata Elbaum(? - present) (1 child)
- Children
- After doing a parody on a presidential candidate Vladimir Zhirinovskiy in the early 1990s, Zhirinovskiy said that when he would become a president, Khazanov will be the first person to be shot. That didn't scare Khazanov who, for his next concert, dressed in the prison uniform wearing number 00001 on his chest. Zhirinovskiy later failed to be elected Russian president, losing to Boris Yeltsin.
- He was one of the few famous stand-up comedians in the former Soviet Union who started doing parodies of famous people at an early age.
- He and his wife Zlata Elbaum are the parents of Russian-American actress Alisa Khazanova.
- As a theatrical director he made his debut with the work "Little Tricks of Life" (1980).
- In the 1996 elections, Khazanov was Boris Yeltsin's confidant person.
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