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Yuriy Tkach
Ukrainian comedian and actor
Yuriy Kostyantynovych Tkach (born 9 November 1983) (Ukrainian: Юрій Костянтинович Ткач) is a Ukrainian comedian and actor. He is known for his acting roles in the Ukrainian sitcoms Country U and Once Upon a Time Near Poltava, and has been a participant on the reality shows Tantsi z zirkamy and Laughter League.
| Yuriy Tkach | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Юрій Ткач |
| Born | (1983-10-09)October 9, 1983 Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Nationality |  Ukrainian |
| Education | National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine Alfred Nobel University |
| Spouse | Victoria Tkach[1] |
| Children | Liza Tkach[1] |
Yuriy Tkach was born in 1983 in the city of Dnipro (then known as Dnepropetrovsk) in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
He studied at the National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, where he organized the Dnepropetrovsk National Team to compete on KVN, a nationally televised comedy competition show. The group eventually rose to national and international prominence, placing third in the Ukrainian National Higher League of KVN in 2009 and becoming a silver medalist of the International Higher League of KVN in 2013.[2]
In 2013, he was cast by Kvartal 95 Studio as the husband of a main character in the Ukrainian sitcom Country U. Soon after, in 2014, he accepted a lead position in the same role on the Country U spinoff Once Upon a Time Near Poltava, this time as one of the two lead roles along with his costar Irina Soponaru. Also in 2014, Tkach was cast in a lead role on the Kvartal 95 sitcom Stories U.[3]
In 2017, he was a celebrity contestant on the Ukrainian version of Dancing with the Stars, Tantsi z zirkamy.[4]
In 2018, Tkach became a judge and coach on Laughter League, a comedy competition show.[5]
In 2019, he replaced Volodymyr Zelensky (who resigned to run for President of Ukraine) as a judge on the Make Me Laugh-inspired gameshow Crack Up the Comic on 1+1.[6] He became a contestant on the Ukrainian adaptation of Lip Sync Battle in 2021.
| Year | Title | Type | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Country U | TV show | Yurchik |
| 2014 | Once Upon a Time Near Poltava | TV show | Yurchik |
| 2014 | Stories U | TV show | Ivan Tsarevych |
| 2017 | Coco | Movie | Plaza Mariachi (in Ukrainian dubbing) |
| 2018 | Me. You. He. She | Movie | Seryoga |
- Volobueva, Yulia (16 November 2017). "Юрій Ткач Покозав" (in Ukrainian). Tviy Malyuk. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- "Юрій Ткач: від танцюриста до чарівливого коміка". znaj.ua (in Ukrainian). 4 June 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- "Юрій Ткач" (in Ukrainian). Kvartal 95 Studio. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- "Екс-учасник "Танців з зірками" Юрій Ткач зізнався, за кого вболіватиме у фіналі" (in Ukrainian). Televised News Service. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- "Ласточкін покинув проєкт "Розсміши коміка" – його місце зайняв екссуддя шоу Ткач". GordonUA.com (in Ukrainian). Bulvar. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.