Igor Petrovich Petrenko Russian Игорь Петрович Петренко is a Russian actor of cinema and theater In 2002 President of Russia Vladimir Putin gave him The State prize of Russia Was born on August 23 1977 in Potsdam GDR in the family of the Soviet soldiers His father Pyotr Vladimirovich Petrenko was a lieutenant colonel and in addition to military service he was a candidate of chemical sciences Igors mother Tatyana Anatolievna Petrenko was a professional translator from English When Igor was three years old the family moved to Moscow As a child the main hobbies were gymnastics judo and sambo when among the favorite school subjects was English language In 2000 he was graduated from The Shchepkin Higher Theatre School in Moscow Igor become famous actor after he was appearing in the Zvezda TV Series Thanks to his role in the Series he won the Nika award in the nomination as the Discovery of the year in 2003 For his acting skills the actor was awarded the Presidential Award Officially the State Prize of the Russian Federation and in 2004 he was awarded the Triumph Award as the best young actor In 2012 he performed the role of Sherlock Holmes in new series based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia