Mikhail Galustyan is a Russian star in the genre of humor, he is a showman, actor, producer, screenwriter, player of the KVN team "Burnt by the Sun", as well as a resident of the Comedy Club.
KVN and Comedy Club
Mikhail Galustyan has shown his creative abilities since childhood. In kindergarten, he constantly performed with songs, dances, which pleased the educators, during his school years he studied in the studio at the puppet theater. Mikhail regularly performed in school theater productions, where he showed his acting talent and incredible charisma.
In grade 10, Galustyan first appeared in the school competition of KVN teams. As a result, he became the captain of the team, bringing it to an almost absolute victory. After leaving school, Mikhail Galustyan decides to go to a medical school, and then entered the Institute of Tourism and Resort Business.
In 1998, Galustyan got into the KVN team "Burnt by the Sun". The guys took part in the regional league, but they failed to get to the final. Nevertheless, Alexander Maslyakov saw the potential of the team, inviting all the participants to Moscow for the games of the KVN major league. Thus, the team "Burnt by the Sun", headed by Mikhail Galustyan, played 4 seasons in KVN. During this period, they toured a lot, there were times when the team had to give 3 concerts a day.
The frenzied popularity of the Burnt by the Sun team was ensured by Mikhail Galustyan and Alexander Revva. They invented and acted out unusual and very memorable scenes, perfectly improvised and will forever be remembered by the audience as a miniature about the girl Gadya Petrovich Khrenova.
Since 2006, Mikhail Galustyan began to appear regularly on the Comedy Club stage, and then was invited by Garik Martirosyan to the Our Rassia project. Here he appeared in the role of gastrobeiter Ravshan, homeless Boroda, concierge Ludwig Aristarkhovich, and also the head of the shop Mikhalych. All the images were so skillfully executed that the audience simply fell in love with these characters.
The comedian returned to the KVN stage in 2016. He presented the audience with a parody of the President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov. The network vigorously discussed the courage of Galustyan, waiting for the consequences of the speech. But it turned out that the number was fully agreed with Kadyrov, Galustyan traveled to Chechnya for a rehearsal.
Acting activity
For the first time, Mikhail Galustyan appeared in the cinema in 2006 in the film "Stepanich's Spanish Voyage". The next work was the comedy "The Best Film", which broke incredible ratings at the box office. In 2008 Galustyan starred in the farcical film "Hitler, Kaput!" directed by Marius Weisberg. His partners on the set were: Pavel Derevyankov, Anna Semenovich, Ksenia Sobchak and Mikhail Krylov.
Since Garik Martirosyan planned to close the project “Our Rassia”, in the final he decided to release a comedy: “Our Rassia. Eggs of Destiny . Galustyan played one of the main roles there. He appeared in the image of the already beloved guest worker Ravshan.
An unusual role went to the comedian in the project "The Best Film-2", Mikhail played Catherine the Great. The audience was delighted with this interpretation.
The series "Zaitsev + 1" was also added to the collection of Galustyan's filmography. His hero suffers from a split personality, after hitting his head, a calm student Sasha turns into an aggressive, uninhibited, rude, cynical Fedor (Mikhail Galustyan). He loves fat girls, completely despises Sasha's tastes.
The series lasted 4 seasons, it was attended by such celebrities as Gerard Depardieu, Olga Buzova, Vlad Topalov, Bogdan Titomir. But despite this, the series did not have such a resounding success as other films with the participation of Mikhail Galustyan.
Income
Mikhail Galustyan always tried not to advertise his income, but it became known that for each appearance on the Comedy Club stage, he received about 40 thousand dollars. For participation in the project "Our Rassia" in 2010, the comedian earned $ 1.4 million.dollars, and in 2012 already 2, 7 million dollars. These sums made it possible for Galustyan to get on the pages of Forbes magazine as one of the richest people in the Russian show business.
Within the framework of the project "Our Rassia" Galustyan starred in the film "Eggs of Destiny", where his fee for the shooting day was several thousand dollars. The actor also received huge payments for his participation in the filming of "The Best Film", which was released in 2008 and collected 6 times more money than was spent on filming.
In 2013, the project "Our Rassia" was closed, so for some time Galustyan's income decreased significantly. But he decided to continue working in the field of cinema and show business by opening his own production center. This business brings Galustyan 6-10 million dollars a year.
Mikhail Galustyan receives additional money from Citylink advertising. Now he is not on the Forbes list, but it is clear that the comedian and actor is not in poverty. He owns a three-room apartment in Moscow, it is located in the center of the city in a skyscraper. Galustyan carefully hides the cost of housing, claims that he recently paid off the mortgage.
Even now, after the closure of the project "Our Rassia", Mikhail Galustyan makes great money on corporate events, advertising, performances on the stage of the "Comedy Club". He is regularly invited to various TV shows as a celebrity to increase the rating of the program. Galustyan has promoted his persona so much that now he can easily earn good money at the expense of his fame.
