Gladkov Sergey Igorevich was born on February 20, 1963 in Ukraine, in the city of Kharkov. In 1980 he entered the Odessa Polytechnic Institute at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics. It was during this period that his first clown projects began. Having come to understand his own "I", he ends directing courses and pantomime courses. Gets a diploma of director of student performances.
"Pantophone" in the life of Gladkov
Sergey Gladkov creates his "Pantophone" - a clown group that will take part in a series of projects together with Tatyana Ivanova and Vadim Nabokov in 1985. This group will become the prototype of the following: "Shop Fu" and "Village of Fools."
Creative career periods
The active period of Sergey Gladkov’s creative career begins in 1987 thanks to his participation in the Fu Shop group formed in the same year. As part of the "Fu Store", the actor becomes the laureate of many festivals. Since 1989, the group has been working at the Odessa State Philharmonic Society on a professional level. Collaborates with the troupe "Masks".
Photos with Sergei Gladkov and a participant in the series "Village of Fools" can be seen below.
As a result, “Masks” were transformed into “Masks-shows”, the organizer is George Deliev, who took on the mime genre.
The comedy show "Mask Show" was incredibly popular at one time. The script of this project was based on negative human features, stereotypes were ridiculed, negligence of law enforcement agencies was criticized. The broadcast took place first on the ORT channel, and since 2000 on the RTR channel.
The most memorable sketches of the team were: “Men's stories”, “Bar Pun”, “Under the sound of Pi”, “You wrote - we played”, “Iron caput” and others. People who gained popularity thanks to the program: Boris Barskih, Natalie Buzko, Evelina Bledans.
The most famous are the actor’s works in 3 main projects that brought him popularity: "Tren-Bren", "Masks-shows" and "How it was done in Odessa".
Creation of the pun team
In the spring of 1996, thanks to the initiative of the Sweet Life duo, which included Yuri Stytskovsky and Alexei Agopyan, the two creative groups merged. Based on this, a new team is created under the name "Pun."
Thanks to his talent and ingenuity, Sergey Gladkov creates a number of capacious and bold images in the most varied sections of the television program. Spectators especially remember the image of a man from the "Village of Fools." The most vivid acting talent of Sergei is manifested in the roles of a loser from Bar of Pun, Drankel and several others.
Sergey reveals his directorial abilities in the projects "Pun" and "Village of Fools", takes an active part in writing scripts.
In 2000, Sergey Gladkov took part in several projects and sitcoms that were famous at that time: "Friendly Family", "Comedy Cocktail", "One Quartet", and applied his sound engineer skills in them.
Cartoon Scenarios
Later Sergey Gladkov devotes himself to creating cartoons, finds in them a kind of outlet for himself. So, in 2002, a number of short animations, called SOS, were released
The animated films were based on characters who found an active response from the audience - Man and Sailor. This project includes 60 series, where Sergey Gladkov proved himself as a screenwriter, producer and sound engineer. The actor tried himself in various fields. Only here Sergey Gladkov did not write books.
Gladkov is currently
Currently, Gladkov is the director, producer, sound engineer and screenwriter of many contemporary projects: "Naked and Funny", "Too Rude for Youtube", "Awesome Animals", "Light and Shadow of the Lighthouse", "Gogol-Mughal", "Demons" .
As for the family life of the artist, he is married, he has two children.