Timur Kerimov (better known as Timur Rodrigez, October 14, 1979, Penza) - russian showman, singer, TV and radio host, actor. The participant of KVN TV projects, "Comedy Club", "One to One!", "Ice Age" and others. Born in Penza, in the family of the puppet theater actor, azerbaijani Mikhail oglu Karimov, and jewish Zlata Levina, translator, teacher of German and English. He graduated from Penza secondary school number 67. In 2001 he graduated from Penza State Pedagogical University named after Belinsky, Faculty of Foreign Languages, French-English department with a degree in French and English teacher.