Childhood
Andrey Sergeevich Molochny was born on May 2, 1978 in Ukraine in the city of Korosten, Zhitomir region.
He took his first steps to the big stage while still at school. He often performed some humorous skits in front of his classmates and loved to tell jokes. Andrey's excellent sense of humor always allowed him to be the center of attention. They say about such people “soul class=”aligncenter” width=”750″ height=”478″[/img] After school, Andrei Molochny entered the Kiev Agrarian University. He moved to the capital of Ukraine, and like many students, he lived in a dormitory. It was a rather difficult period for the young man, as he had to live on a scholarship alone. And in those days it was very tiny - something like 9 hryvnia. Andrey studied excellently and eventually graduated from the institute with honors. By profession he is an international economist. After college, Molochny even worked in his specialty for some time. And he continued his studies in graduate school. True, at one point he left her and decided to do something new. Specifically, humor.
Childhood and youth
Andrey was born on May 2, 1978 in the town of Korosten, located 90 km from Zhitomir. The boy turned out to be Taurus by zodiac sign. After finishing school, his mother insisted that the young man move to Kyiv and receive a decent education. And so it happened - Andrey entered the National Agrarian University as an economist. Living in a hostel and receiving a meager stipend, Molochny even managed to save money for gifts for his mother.
Ukrainian comedian, actor and showman Andrey Molochny
The serious specialty “Management of Foreign Economic Activity” did not prevent Andrey from combining his studies with KVN. Together with the “On the Ears” team, the future comedian won the championship in the Higher Ukrainian KVN League. His short stature, sparkling jokes and memorable facial expressions made him one of the brightest members of the team.
After some time, Andrey moved to the Va Bank team, which later also became a champion. Later, fate threw the comedian into the Alaska team, where he met his future friend and colleague Anton Lirnik. While playing in KVN, Andrei graduated from high school with honors and even entered graduate school. Molochny, however, failed to finish it.
Humor and creativity
The comedian's creative career began in school, where he gave small performances during breaks. Having studied all the miniatures from KVN, Molochny seriously thought about enrolling in a theater institute. But fate took him along a different path.
The impetus for success was Molochny’s departure from Alaska in 2005. Despite his young age, he is trying to start a business. But due to lack of funding, Andrey’s business does not bring him much success. Having failed, the former KVN player returns to his element - creativity. Inspired by the success of “Evening Quarter” (which had just begun to be broadcast on Ukrainian television), Andrey began to think about creating his own humorous project.
Molochny gathered like-minded people, among whom was Anton Lirnik. Andrey suggested to his comrades that they create a project in which comedians would perform various numbers for an hour. After several performances, friends of the comedians noticed the similarity between their miniatures and the Russian show on the TNT channel Comedy Club. This was followed by a visit to Moscow and negotiations with Garik Martirosyan. The latter, being one of the founders of the Comedy Club, invited comedians to film video material in Kyiv and show what they are worth.
Upon arrival in Kyiv, the team began filming scenes. The comedians invited everyone they knew and used all their resources, and filmed in a regular school. One of the first miniatures of the duo was the famous scene “An Incident in the Pharmacy.” Returning to Moscow again with the recording, Molochny and Lirnik showed the video to Martirosyan and received his approval.
“Duet named after Chekhov” was born in the spring of 2006, in June the comedians signed an agreement with “Inter”, and already in August the first material was filmed and aired in Ukraine under the Comedy Club Ukraine label. In the popular program, Andrei Molochny acted both as an actor and as an editor.
Later the TV show moved to the “1+1” and “New Channel” channels. The performances were created mainly in the stand-up genre. The show was created as an alternative to the Ukrainian humorous program “Studio “Kvartal-95”. After the program was closed in 2010, Andrei Molochny and Anton Lirnik launched another similar project – Real Comedy, which was broadcast on the ICTV and “2+2” channels. But the program did not last more than a year.
With the start of filming the Ukrainian Comedy, the guys began to appear on stage in Moscow. Fans consider their miniatures to be some of the best in those sets.
It’s funny, but now Andrei no longer knows why his creative union with Lirnik is named after Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. According to the comedian, he remembers how his comrades wanted to name the duet in honor of Lenin. But comedians have already told so many fictitious stories about this that they themselves have forgotten the truth. On the TV show, Andrei Molochny performed not only with Anton Lirnik. Together with Garik Kharlamov and Timur Batrutdinov, he played the role in the miniature “Hungry Businessmen”. And together with his duet colleague Demis Karibidis and Garik Kharlamov, he played in the number “Case in the Moscow Court”.
In September 2008, the sketch show “Faina Yukraina” began broadcasting on Ukrainian television. Molochny was the general producer of the show, and his partner on the set was Ukrainian comedian and TV presenter Sergei Pritula. He also participated in performances by Comedy residents and became known to television viewers under the pseudonym Sergei Pritula Ternopolsky-Sery. The comedian's strong point is stand-up comedy.
The comedy series used many storylines, and Ukrainian cities were mentioned as locations: Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhashkov. The main characters of the first season were the couple Marichka and Anton, who distinguished themselves during their trip to Egypt. Andrei Molochny got the roles of a traffic cop who extorts a bribe from every stopped driver or pedestrian, a young pop singer Vasily, Uncle Tolya from the city of Lubny, a drinking father and others. The first New Year's episode of the TV show featured Ukrainian celebrities - rapper Potap, singer Nastya Kamenskikh, dancer Vlad Yama.
Many predicted that the parody of the Russian TV series “Our Russia” would not last even three months, but the ratings of the humorous program increased with each episode. A total of 100 episodes were released. The show ran until 2011.
Dairy is constantly looking for new projects. In 2009, Andrei tried himself as an actor, starring in the feature film “Figa.Ro”. Molochny’s colleague in the film was Ivan Okhlobystin. In 2010, Andrei was busy filming the Russian show “Maskvichi” on the NTV channel. At the same time, the Comedy Club UA project was closed in 2010.
"Fig.Ro"
In 2011, the Milk Production studio was creating the historical and humorous series “Ruriki,” which was broadcast on the ICTV channel. In 2013, the comedian accepted an offer to become a member of the jury in the Ukrainian show “Yak two drops”.
Until 2015, Molochny and Lirnik were among the residents of the Russian Comedy Club. Videos of the group’s performances are still popular on the Internet today. The artists post them on the duo’s official website. After leaving Russian television, Andrei and Anton continued to tour and give concerts. Grand tours included dozens of cities from Odessa to the Far East.
Among the ensemble’s popular numbers are “Air,” “Extreme Tourism,” and “Realtor’s Dream.” During their collaboration, Andrey and Anton created almost 800 original miniatures, becoming a kind of record holders for the genre.
However, in 2021 the duo finally ceased to exist. Each actor decided to continue his creative biography in the field of humor independently. Andrey Molochny reported this from his Instagram page.
In 2021, Andrei Molochny returned to the Comedy Club with a new project called “Appetizing Dumplings”. The comedian appeared on stage in the company of curvy girls.
In an interview, Andrei Molochny claims that humor for him is akin to intelligence. He constantly needs to be trained and hone successful techniques.
Andrey's creative career
Molochny took his first steps towards a serious career when he decided to leave Alaska. He made several attempts to open his own business. However, he did not expect much success in this area, since he did not have the financial resources. After this, Andrey decides to quit the business and plunge back into creativity. The inspiration for this decision was frequent viewing of “Evening Quarter”. Andrey Molochny begins to create his project.
Photos of Andrei Molochny, Anton Lirnik and several other guys began to appear in popular newspapers, and over time, magazines. They were one friendly team who created humorous skits and numbers with their own hands. They showed them on one of the channels once a week for one hour. Some time after the founding of Andrei’s project, members of the Russian Comedy Club noticed him and invited him to visit. Thus, the duo of Anton Lirnik and Andrei Molochny was approved to perform on behalf of the comedy show. In 2006, they became the “Duet named after Chekhov”, which performed on Ukrainian television under the label “Andrey Molochny Comedy Club Ukraine”. Andrey was not only an actor, but also a lyricist.
A few years later, the duo gained popularity on the most popular channels in Ukraine, namely “1+1” and “New Channel”. The project has become a worthy competitor to the popular Kvartal 95. This prompted the guys to create another Real Comedy. However, this idea was not very successful, and the last team did not last even a few years.
Personal life
Andrei Molochny’s wife Natalya studied with him at the same university. There they met. Natalya drew attention to Andrey first. She noticed that he was eating very poorly and at the same time complained of stomach problems. The girl was an excellent cook and often invited her future husband to try her pancakes and borscht. The young people lived in the same dormitory. Soon the friendship grew into a warmer and more tender relationship.
Natalya studied well at the institute and helped Andrey a little, since he had to miss classes because of playing in KVN. After graduation they got married. Andrey worked and provided for his family. His wife stayed at home, raised the child and helped him with his graduate studies. Molochny decided to continue his studies, but he never completed his graduate studies.
Natalya and Andrey became parents very early. But the difficulties did not frighten them. The wife of a popular comedian took on all the problems of caring for the child, since at that time Molochny was just beginning to build a career and had time to study. Subsequently, Natalya experienced the joy of motherhood several more times. The couple are raising four children - Andrei, Dmitry, Alexander, Boris and Varvara. The only daughter is the favorite in their family. The popular comedian has especially warm feelings for her.
Natalya is an absolutely non-public person. She avoids communicating with journalists and does not give interviews. She appeared in public with her famous husband only once, at the fifth anniversary of the Chekhov Duet. Andrei Molochny believes that the spouse has every right to refuse noisy and crowded events. He even supports her decision and for now avoids public appearances with children and does not show family photos to subscribers on social networks.
In one of his interviews, Andrei Molochny shared the secret of a successful marriage. He believes that to create a successful union, it is important that partners support each other. For him, his wife Natalya is not only his beloved woman, but also a faithful, reliable friend. She managed to create ideal conditions for her husband in which he wants to develop creatively. For his part, he tries not to be a consumer. Understanding that it is also difficult for his wife, he gladly helps her when there is such an opportunity.
