Igor Bogdanoff

ABOUT IGOR BOGDANOFF

TV show host known for being on various shows throughout the 1970s and through the 2000s, including Time X and X-Rays. These shows involved deep science and cosmology, and he co-hosted them with his twin brother, Grichka.  He died of COVID at the age of 72, six days apart from his brother.

He began his career hosting the show Time X in 1979. The show ended in 1989. He received a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Burgundy in 2002.

In the 2000s, he appeared to have undergone plastic surgery that pulled up his cheekbones and chins. The two brothers were involved in the Bogdanov Affair which saw controversy surrounding the publication of a series of articles that were published about theoretical physics. He liked to play guitar and banjo.

He was born in Saint-Lary, Gers, France. His parents were Dolores Franzyska Kolowrat-Krakowská and painter Yuri Mikhaïlovitch Osten-Sacken-Bogdanoff. He was raised by his maternal grandmother, Countess Bertha Kolowrat-Krakowská, in her castle in southern France. He was born 40 minutes before his brother. He was married to Amélie de Bourbon Parme and later dated a biology student named Julie Jardon. He had six children.

He appeared in the movie Chassé-croisé in 1982 with actress Arielle Dombasle .