Efim Shifrin - Soviet and Russian actor, showman, comedian. Born at the end of March 1956 in the Magadan region. He is the head of his own theater, is actively involved in sports. His real name is Nakhim.
Young years
Efim Shifrin's childhood and youth were spent in Latvia, in Jurmala, where the family moved after the political rehabilitation of his father from Kolyma in 1966. The boy grew up very shy, ashamed of his poor eyesight and glasses. In order to somehow overcome the tightness, he began to attract attention with parody numbers. Teachers noticed the child's talent and began to invite him to take part in school plays.
Already in high school, Yefim realized that he really wanted to become an artist. After graduating from school in 1973, he went to Moscow, applied to the Shchukin school. Failed to pass the entrance exams. I had to return to Latvia. There he entered the philological faculty of the State University. After studying for only a year, he again decided to go to Moscow to try his luck.
Creative career
This timemanaged to enter the circus school. The curator of the course was Roman Viktyuk, to whom Shifrin later became a good friend. The director repeatedly helped a talented guy, gave work, involved in his performances. The future actor played in Duck Hunt, Goodbye Boys!, Night After Graduation. A few years after graduating from "Pike" he entered GITIS at the directing department. At the same time, he worked at the Mosconcert.
Fame came through participation in the program "In Our House", released in 1986. Shifrin delivered a monologue "Mary Magdalene", and the next day he woke up famous. Showered as if from a cornucopia of proposals for filming in movies, performances.
Efim Shifrin's personal life
The artist has never been married. There is no information in the public domain about his romances with women. All the omissions and understatements give journalists reason to talk about his unconventional orientation. Efim Shifrin himself never spoke about his personal life and novels. He repeatedly spoke very ambiguously about representatives of the LGBT culture. In one of the interviews, he admitted that he was not alone and he had a passion, but he was not going to reveal his or her identity.
Shifrin actively maintains a page on the social network "VKontakte", communicates with subscribers, uploads photos about his social life. It is known that he goes to the gym. He started playing sports late - at the age of 40. But, nevertheless, is in good shape.
