Yevhen Viktorovich Koshovyy (born April 7, 1983, in Kivsharivka,

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

) is a Ukrainian showman, TV presenter, and comic actor. In the past, he was a member of the KVN team "Va-Bank" from

Luhansk Luhansk (, ; uk, Луганськ, ), also known as Lugansk (, ; russian: Луганск, ), is a city in what is internationally recognised as Ukraine, although it is administered by Russia as capital of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). A ...

(2000–2005). Since 2005, he was the host of the show “Laugh Comic” and “Evening Neighbourhood”. Since 2019, he was the host of the TV program “League of Laughter”. Koshovyy is also known for being one of the closest friends of President

Volodymyr Zelensky Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

Early life

Yevhen Koshovyy was born in the family of a factory worker and a kindergarten teacher. In 1989, the family moved to

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. Koshovyy graduated from the Acting Faculty of Luhansk College of Culture. He graduated in absentia from the Director's Faculty of the Luhansk Institute of Culture and Arts. In addition, he studied at a music school to play the

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Career

Koshovyy is the only object of pranks and jokes in the cast of "

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". The bald comedian-character came to the studio from the Luhansk team of KVN "Va-Bank". He is the co-host of the morning Sunday entertainment program "Ukraine, get up!" on the TV channel "

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". Since 2012 he is the judge of the program “Laugh Comic”. Since 2017, he is a member of the jury of the "League of Laughter". In 2019, he became the host of the "League of Laughter", replacing

Volodymyr Zelenskyy Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy, ; russian: Владимир Александрович Зеленский, Vladimir Aleksandrovich Zelenskyy, (born 25 January 1978; also transliterated as Zelensky or Zelenskiy) is a Ukrainian politicia ...

, who resigned after being elected

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Family

Married since 2007, Yevhen's wife is a dancer of Olena Kolyadenko's ballet "Freedom". Together with his wife, he raises his daughters Varvara and Serafima.

Filmography

*2006 — «Police Academy» *2007 — «A Very New Year Film/Night in the Museum» — Nostradamus *2008 — «Shoot, Immediately!» — administrator of the hotel *2009 — «Like Cossacks…» (musical, Yevhen)Kino-Teatr
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) *2011 — «Bayky Mytyaya» — Yevheniy, student *2011 — «Heavenly Families» — the dry one, zek *2011 — « Office Romance. Our Time» (Stepan, system administrator) *2012 — « Rzhevsky vs. Napoleon» (Levsha) *2012 — «That Same Carlson!» (teacher) *2012 — «

8 First Dates ''8 First Dates'' (russian: 8 первых свиданий, 8 pervykh svidaniy; uk, 8 перших побачень, 8 pershykh pobachen') is a 2012 Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy directed by David Dodson and Aleksandr Malyarevsky. It stars ...

» (taxi driver) *2014 — « Love in the Big City 3» — Nikolaichuk, private detective (works for detective agency "Shield and Sword") *2015 — «

8 New Dates ''8 New Dates'' (russian: 8 новых свиданий, 8 novykh svidaniy; uk, 8 нових побачень, 8 novykh pobachen') is a 2015 Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy directed by Maryus Vaysberg. It is a sequel to the 2012 film ''8 First ...

» — guest at the wedding *2015 — «

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» — Serhii Viktorovich Mukhin, minister of international affairs *2016 — «

8 Best Dates ''8 Best Dates'' (russian: 8 лучших свиданий, 8 luchshikh svidaniy) is a 2016 Russian-Ukrainian romantic comedy directed by Maryus Vaysberg. It is a sequel to the 2015 film '' 8 New Dates''. The film stars Vera Brezhneva and Volodym ...

» — «driver of the main hero» *2017 — « Servant of the People 2» — Serhii Viktorovich Mukhin, minister of international affairs *2018 — «

Me. You. He. She ''Me. You. He. She'' (russian: Я, ты, он, она, Ya, ty, on, ona; uk, Я, ти, він, вона, Ya, ty, vin, vona) is a 2018 Ukrainian romantic comedy directed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and David Dodson. The film stars Anastasiya Korotkay ...

» — Boris

References

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