The captain of the Narts from Abkhazia team Teimuraz Tania: biography, film career, personal life

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Teimuraz Tania, whose biography will be presented in our article, adequately represents the Abkhaz people in Russian cinema. His comic gift found its application in KVN, where he formed as an actor, being the captain of the "Narts from Abkhazia" team. What is known about this man of rare charm?

Bio Pages

Taniya Teimuraz was born and spent his childhood in Agudzer, a village on the seashore, where the Litfond sanatorium still exists. A native of Abkhazia was born in 1980, on January 17. After graduating from secondary school, he studied economics, enrolling at a local university. In his student years, he began to try himself on stage, performing in "Student Spring", once becoming the winner in the nomination "Best Pantomime". By the end of the university, he already firmly understood that the chosen profession was not his path. Tanya practically became a member of the state dance ensemble "Kavkaz" and a professional player in KVN.

First he played for the university team, and then a national team was created in the republic, which he led in 2002. Its name is known to all fans of KVN - "Narts from Abkhazia".

Starting in the Voronezh League in the 2001/2002 season, the Abkhaz made their way to the Premier League, which they left as vice-champions in 2004. And a year later they became the winners of the "Tower", sharing the championship with the Moscow "Megapolis".

Until 2010, the team performed in the Summer Cup and festivals in Jurmala and Sochi, receiving prestigious awards. Then she made a tour in the USA, after which she again appeared on the blue screens to play at the 2015 reunion of graduates.

Road to cinema

In 2011-2012 Dzhanik Fayziev filmed the film "August. Eighth". It was about a single mother making her way to South Ossetia, where her minor son ended up during the conflict. The director invited part of the "Narts from Abkhazia" team to shoot. Tania Teimuraz embodied in the picture the image of the controller in the intercity bus to Tskhinvali.

Previously, he already had the experience of participating in an episodic role in the series "Comrade Policemen" (2011), so the success of Fayziev's tape inspired Tania to continue her career in cinema. The young man entered the courses of directors (workshop of Finn / Fenchenko / Khotinenko). And his graduation work was the comedy "Thank you grandfather for the victory" (2017).

The prototype of the main character,war veteran, served as the actor's own grandfather. So far, this is the only work where Tanya acted as a director, producer and screenwriter. E. Beroev and K. Alferova starred in the central roles.

How did Teimuraz Tania become truly famous? Films with his participation, which have become popular, we will give below.

Filmography of the actor

The main role in the sitcom "Friendship of Peoples" (2013), where D. Nagiyev and M. Galustyan were casting, brought the Abkhaz actor recognition from the audience. The whole country followed the ups and downs of the Russian-Caucasian Muslimov family. The partner of the head of the family was the talented cavalry officer Ekaterina Skulkina. Before this film, Teimuraz had only episodic roles in the following films:

• "Big laugh" (image of ambulance driver), 2012;
• "Beauty and the Beast" (role opera), 2012;
• "Alkhas and Juliet" (image of Captain Astamur), 2013

Tania's next success was the TV show "Once Upon a Time in Russia" (2014). The show on the TNT channel allowed the actor to try on various images, showing his talent and demonstrating a responsible attitude to work, which is noted by all his colleagues.

Tania Teimuraz also showed himself as a theater artist, playing in the non-repertory play "Fools". And from the latest film works, one should name "Take the hit, baby" (2017), where he played a coach, and "Zomboyaschik" (2018), where he was in the team of actors of the Comedy Club show. The mostthe expected premiere of TNT starts on the screen from January 25.

Teimuraz Tania: personal life

Like a real Caucasian, the actor loves cheerful and friendly companies. This is evidenced by his Instagram. He likes to spend his free time in the company of friends fishing or hunting, while prey is less important to him than the process. Tanya Teimuraz is a great family man who carefully hides his wife from media attention.

There is no information even about her name and age. In an interview, he emphasizes that he puts the interests of his loved ones above all else and dreams of a worthy upbringing of his own children, of whom he has three. The actor has a negative attitude towards divorces, among his friends only 3-5% of people have gone through this unpleasant procedure. He himself is doing everything so that this misfortune does not affect his family.