Ernest Mackevicius. The faces of Russian television

Today it is impossible to imagine the channel "Russia"his entertaining, journalistic and news programs without the participation of this person. Ernest Mackevicius for more than twenty years devoted to work on television, his merits are awarded with state awards. In 2008, he received the Medal of the Order "For Service to the Fatherland", in 2010 and in 2013 - 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 whenhe was 33 years old. The career of the presenter began with the program "13-31", at the same time he collaborated with the TV company "VID". Later there was work in the "Central Express", the program "Archipelago", and "Panorama" on the "First". About eight years Matskevicius dedicated NTV channel, where he was brilliantly engaged in parliamentary journalism. After NTV came under the control of Gazprom-Media, the leader, along with the whole team, left him. At the beginning of the two thousandth Matskevičius was a parliamentary correspondent on the TV-6 channel. The first Russian project in the reality show genre was not without his participation, in "Behind the Glass" an attractive Lithuanian and his reports looked organically.

Ernest Mackevicius: Biography

The future TV journalist was born in Lithuania on 25.11.1968 His father - the famous director, the founder of the "Plastic Drama Theater" Giedrius Matskevicius. He is a Lithuanian by nationality. And my mother Marina Matskevichene is a well-known journalist of Evening Moscow, the newspaper Trud, the magazine Krokodil. She's Russian. Ernest studied at a school in Vilnius, from childhood wrote poems, small stories and scripts for the puppet theater.

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

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

Now Ernest Matskevicius is the most recognizable personchannel "Russia". Here the talented journalist works more than thirteen years. During this time, he combines the profession of the author and the host program "Prolog", brilliantly conducts a talk show with election debates between opponents. From the middle of two thousandth Ernest Mackevicius is the leading rating "Vesti" and "Vesti +".

Millions of Russian viewers remembered him as the president's constant interlocutor in the annual television version of "A Conversation with Vladimir Putin: A Continuation."

Ernest repeatedly became a participantentertainment programs. And in the adventure show "Fort Boyard" Matskevicius won. Since 2015, together with Marina Kravets, she has been leading the show "The Main Stage".

Personal life of journalist and TV host

Since 2003, Ernest Mackevicius is married. With a potential spouse, they checked their feelings for five years, and decided to marry him on his 34th birthday. The difference in age with the spouse is thirteen years. But this does not prevent them from being happy, consulting each other and making decisions together.

At thirty-five the TV presenter became a father. Alina's wife gave him his daughter Dalia.

In his spare time, which he does not have much, Ernest Mackevicius is engaged in karate, which has a green belt, plays the guitar and reads.

Interesting Facts

Ernest Matskevicius does not advertise his life outside the camera lenses. He is not distinguished by high activity and talkativeness in social networks.

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

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

In his fridge, there should always be kefir, because this is the only food that he allows himself to take in the evening.

The surname of the well-known TV presenter and journalist does, in spite of the well-known rule of the Russian language, still be written through "yu".

Many viewers are surprised at the leading andjournalist Ernest Mackevičius does not match the external form and internal content. This is a bright, rather fragile person with a very serious and powerful attitude!