Vyacheslav Manucharov

Vyacheslav Rafaelovich Manucharov is a Russian actor, television presenter, director, and teacher. He is best known for his work in television comedies and his YouTube interview series Empathy of Manuchi. He is a Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.

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Early life

Manucharov was born in Moscow, USSR, to Rafael Georgievich Manucharov, director of the Moscow First Fur Factory, and Nadezhda Shepeleva-Kopeiko, director of the beauty salon Charodeika.
He descends from the Armenian noble family Manucharyants and from his mother's side, the old Moscow noble family Shepelevs, related to the Musin-Pushkins.
He was educated at a chemistry-focused school affiliated with Moscow State University, and later studied acting at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, graduating in 2003 under Rodion Ovchinnikov.

Career

From 2003 to 2009, Manucharov was an actor at the Russian Academic Youth Theatre. He began appearing in popular television series such as My Fair Nanny, Daddy's Daughters, and Gold Diggers.
In 2009 he starred as music producer and singer Andrei Razin in the feature film Laskovyi Mai about the Soviet boy-band of the same name.
Since 2019, he has hosted the YouTube interview project Empathy of Manuchi, popularly described as propaganda, featuring long-form conversations with Russian and international celebrities.
Alongside acting, Manucharov teaches acting at the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute and leads an acting course at the ARKA Film School.

Filmography

1999–2003 — Simple Truths — Pavel Belkin
2002 — My Border — Bormutov, private
2002 — Russian Ark — Soldier
2003 — Honeymoon — Nikolay
2003 — Wonder Park
2004 — Book Thieves — Pink-cheeked
2004 — Detectives-3 — Second pickpocket
2005 — Aide-de-camps of Love — Eugène Bogarne
2005 — Airport — cameo
2006–2008 — Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Rudik, pathologist, criminologist
2006 — Code of Honor-3 — Grisha
2006 — Paparazzi — Anton
2007 — Smoking in Ryazan — Semyon Ratko, Pakhmutov's partner
2007 — Daddy's Daughters — Gastarbeiter
2008 — Dangerous Liaison — Igor
2008 — My Fair Nanny — Oleg, musical actor, Jeanne Arkadyevna's suitor
2008 — Five Steps in the Clouds — Event host
2009 — Laskovyi Mai — Andrey Razin
2009 — Anna Karenina — Nikolay Shcherbatsky
2009 — Otlenski — Igor Dmitrievich Shevtsov, prosecutor's investigator
2009 — The Last Wagon
2010 — Glukhar in Cinema — Oleg Petrovich Zinkevich
2010 — House of Exemplary Content — Igor
2010 — Chronicles of Betrayal — Egor
2010 — Robinson — Sergey Balayan
2010 — Diamonds. Theft — Jewelry store clerk
2011 — Love-Carrot 3 — Misha
2011 — My Crazy Family — Maxim, Vika's ex-fiancé
2013 — Land of Good Kids — Plenipotentiary representative
2014 — Goodbye, Boys — Alexey Yegorov, NKVD investigator
2014 — Boys + Girls = — Ploskiy
2014 — Running from Love — Viktor Pankov
2015 — Not Yet
2016 — Guardian — Igor Meshcheryakov
2016 — Chocolate Factory — Engineer
2017 — Purely Moscow Murders — Sergey Yerokhin
2017 — The Brightest Darkness
2017 — Old Women on the Run — Molokov
2018 — Short Waves — Orange enthusiast
2018 — Decembrist — Valery Mikhailovich Sobolev, NKVD major
2018 — Not My Dog Business — Edik Lux, TV star
2019 — Baker and Beauty — TV show host, "Reaching the Star"
2019 — Green Wagon — Viktor Bauer
2019 — Gold Diggers — Talk show host, "Apparently"
2019 — Neighbors 2 — Shchukin
2020 — Kill the Boss — Oleg
2020 — Ideal Family — Konstantin
2020 — Huge Hunt
2020 — More Than Love
2020 — Young and Strong Will Survive — Filin
2020 — Love and Monsters — Frenchman
2021 — Old Women on the Run 2 — Molokov
2021 — Penultimate Instance — Fyodor Prokhorov
2021 — Knee-Deep — Eduard, director
2021 — Anna K — Korsunsky
2022 — Tverskaya — Barinov

Awards and honors

2018 — Merited Artist of the Russian Federation
2025 — Order "For Merit in Culture and Art"
Medal “75 Years of Kemerovo Region”
Honored Cultural Figure of Moscow

Personal life

Manucharov has two children and resides in Moscow. He speaks Russian and Armenian.