Ernest Matskevicius. Persons of Russian television

Today it is impossible to imagine the channel "Russia", its entertainment, journalistic and news programs without the participation of this person. Ernest Matskevičius devoted more than twenty years to working on television, his achievements are marked by state awards. In 2008, he received the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", in 2010 and in 2013 - the Gratitude of the Government of the Russian Federation, and in 2014 he was awarded the Order of Friendship.

Journalism and television

Ernest Matskevicius came to television when he was 33 years old. The presenter’s career began with the 13-31 program, at the same time he collaborated with the VID television company. Later there was work on the Central Express, the Archipelago program, and Panorama on the First. Matskevicius devoted about eight years to the NTV channel, where he brilliantly studied parliamentary journalism. After NTV came under the control of Gazprom-Media, the host and his team left him. At the beginning of the two thousandth, Matskevicius was a parliamentary correspondent on the TV-6 channel. The first Russian project in the genre of reality shows could not do without his participation, in “Behind the Glass” an attractive Lithuanian and his reports looked organically.

Ernest Matskevicius: biography

The future television journalist was born in Lithuania on November 25, 1968. His father is the famous director and founder of the Plastic Drama Theater Giedrius Matskevičius. He is Lithuanian by nationality. And my mother, Marina Matskevichene, is a well-known journalist of Evening Moscow, the Trud newspaper, and the Crocodile magazine. She's Russian. Ernest studied at a school in Vilnius, from childhood he wrote poems, short stories and scripts for a puppet theater.

When the boy was ten years old, the family moved to Moscow. Here, Ernest graduated from secondary school.

When choosing a future profession, Matskevicius decided to follow in his mother's footsteps. In 1994, after serving in the army, he became a student in the journalism faculty of Moscow State University.

Ernest Matskevičius is now the most recognizable face of the Russia Channel. Here, a talented journalist has been working for over thirteen years. During this time, he combines the profession of the author and the host of the program “Prologue”, brilliantly conducts talk shows with pre-election debates between opponents. From the middle of the two thousandth Ernest Matskevičius is the leading rating “Vesti” and “Vesti +”.

Millions of Russian viewers remembered him as a constant interlocutor of the president in the annual television version of "Conversation with Vladimir Putin: continued."

Ernest has repeatedly become a member of entertainment programs. And in the adventure show "Fort Boyard" Matskevicius won. Since 2015, he, together with Marina Kravets, has been conducting the show “Main Stage”.

Personal life of a journalist and TV presenter

Since 2003, Ernest Matskevičius has been married. With a potential wife, they tested their feelings for five years, and he made the decision to marry on his 34th birthday. The age difference with the spouse is thirteen years. But this does not prevent them from being happy, consulting with each other and making decisions together.

At thirty-five, the presenter became a father. Alina's wife gave him a daughter, Dahlia.

In his spare time, which he does not have much, Ernest Matskevičius practices karate, which has a green belt, plays the guitar and reads.

Interesting Facts

Ernest Matskevičius does not advertise his life outside the camera lenses. He is not very active and talkative in social networks.

The host Ernest Matskevičius jokingly calls his acquaintance with his future wife "political." And this is not surprising, because they met not somewhere, but in the building of the Parliament. It was there that Ernest Matskevičius worked on his journalistic issues. His wife, and then still a tenth grade student Alina Akhmetova, just came on a tour.

Matskevicius prefers Lithuanian cuisine, and his favorite dishes are zeppelins and potato pancakes.

Kefir should always be in his refrigerator, because this is the only food he allows himself to take in the evening.

The surname of a well-known TV presenter and journalist is indeed, contrary to the well-known rule of the Russian language, nevertheless written through “y”.

Many viewers are surprised at the host and journalist Ernest Matskevičius, the discrepancy between the external form and internal content. This is a bright, rather fragile person with a very serious and powerful attitude!