Yevhen Koshovy
# Yevhen Koshovy

Yevhen Viktorovich Koshovyy (born April 7, 1983, in Kivsharivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian showman, TV presenter, and comic actor. In the past, he was a member of the KVN team "Va-Bank" from Luhansk (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.

## Early life

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

## Career

Koshovyy is the only object of pranks and jokes in the cast of "Kvartal 95 Studio". 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 "Inter". 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, who resigned after being elected president of Ukraine.

## 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)
* 2010 — «Love in the Big City 2» (gastarbeiter)
* 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» (taxi driver)
* 2014 — «Love in the Big City 3» — Nikolaichuk, private detective (works for detective agency "Shield and Sword")
* 2015 — «8 New Dates» — guest at the wedding
* 2015 — «Servant of the People» — Serhii Viktorovich Mukhin, minister of international affairs
* 2016 — «8 Best Dates» — «driver of the main hero»
* 2017 — «Servant of the People 2» — Serhii Viktorovich Mukhin, minister of international affairs
* 2018 — «Me. You. He. She» — Boris
