Yevhen Koshovyi

Yevhen Viktorovych Koshovyi (; born April 7, 1983) is a Ukrainian showman, TV presenter, and comic actor. In the past, he was a member of the KVN team "VaBank" from Luhansk (2000–2005). Since 2005, he has been a host of the show "Evening Kvartal". Since 2019, he has hosted the TV program "League of Laughter". Koshovyi is also known for being one of the closest friends of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Early life Yevhen Koshovyi was born into the family of a factory worker and a kindergarten teacher in Kivsharivka, Kharkiv Oblast, Soviet Union (now Ukraine). In 1989, the family moved to Alchevsk in Luhansk Oblast. Koshovyi 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 Koshovyi is the only member of Kvartal 95 Studio who is a professionally trained actor. He joined the KVN team "Who to Call" in his first year in university, and later also joined the Luhansk KVN team "VaBank". In 2004, Zelenskyy invited Koshovyi to join Kvartal 95 after VaBank took part in a Kvartal 95 project in Crimea.

Koshovyi's nickname is "Lysyy" ("the bald one"), due to his bald head. However, he is not naturally bald, but has shaved his head since a KVN sketch in 2002 when his bald head became his trademark. They have two daughters, Varvara and Serafima.

Awards In August 2022, Koshovyi received the Order of Merit (3rd class), together with fellow Kvartal 95 member Oleksandr Pikalov and others.

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