Ruslan Maynov ( bg, Руслан Мъйнов; born 15 November 1976) is a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

n actor and singer of Bessarabian Bulgarian origin.

Biography

Maynov was born in

Izmail Izmail (, , translit. ''Izmail,'' formerly Тучков ("Tuchkov"); ro, Ismail or ''Smil''; pl, Izmaił, bg, Исмаил) is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It serves as the administra ...

in the region of Bessarabia,

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

(now

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

) to a Bulgarian family. He moved to Bulgaria in 1994; he graduated from NATFIZ in 1998 and started working with Slavi Trifonov on his TV shows ''Hashove'' and ''

Slavi's Show ''Slavi's Show'' ( bg, Шоуто на Слави) was a long-running Bulgarian evening talk show aired every workday on bTV from 22:30 to 23:30 EET and hosted by Slavi Trifonov. Occasionally, the show also aired live at 20:00 EET. The program ...

''. He was also a host of ''

Gospodari na efira ''Gospodari Na Efira'' (Lords of the Air) was the highest rated and longest running original daily comedy TV show in Bulgaria, which aired for 15 years from 2003 to 2018. The show was hosted by two presenters and together with the "Adrenaline girls ...

''. In 2007, he joined up with fellow actors Lyubomir Neykov, Krastyo Lafazanov and Hristo Garbov and launched ''Komitsite'' (The Comedians), a stand-up comedy show aired on bTV on Friday evening. Television aside, Maynov has also participated in a number of theatrical plays and has released five music albums. Discography: * Руслан Mъйнов Пее Любими Руски Песни (2014) * Българско Хоро (2017)

References

1976 births Living people Bessarabian Bulgarians Bulgarian male television actors Bulgarian male stage actors 21st-century Bulgarian male singers Bulgarian folk-pop singers People from Izmail 21st-century Bulgarian male actors {{Bulgaria-singer-stub