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Dmitry Chepovetsky was born in 1970 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Red (2010) and Man of the Year (2006).

Taras Kostyuk was born on 26 August 1966 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Elysium (2013), Untold (2002) and Dark Angel (2000). He died in June 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Waléra Kanischtscheff was born on November 12, 1965 in Lviv (Lvov/Lwiw / Lemberg), Galicia, Carpathian Mountains, Ukrainian SSR as Waléra. Parents: Maya Putiloff / Wolkow - ballet-dancer / choreographer, Pavel Kanischtscheff - ballet-dancer / musician... He is known for his work on Einspruch II (2001), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Snowman's Land (2010), Sing (2016) and Babylon Berlin (2017), Roxy (2022-23)...

Kira Soltanovich is a comedian, actress and writer best known for her correspondent work on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for almost 9 years. She was the Phony Photo Booth, which turned into the show's longest running comedy piece. (that didn't have Jay in it) Kira has a half hour stand up special on Showtime called Here Comes Trouble and a one hour stand up special on Amazon called You Did This To Me. She's the sidekick to host Donald Faison on the Netflix game show, Winsanity, and she's been a recurring comedian on several FOX television shows: Punchline and The Drama. Kira was a series regular on two seasons of TruTV's How To Be A Grownup, and also shot two seasons of the Facebook series The Turndown which was shot exclusively in a bed. She's currently a stand up comic on Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central, but many of her fans remember her from the hidden camera show, Girls Behaving Badly, where she was a series regular for 4 seasons. Kira has been featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Nickelodeon, the Disney network and one of her most unique claims to fame is when Hell's Kitchen made her the "prize" for the winning team of chefs who got a night out at The Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip. Kira has performed at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal several times and was the 2018 winner of the Big Sky Comedy Festival in Montana. Still, one of her greatest achievements in showbiz was writing jokes for Joan Rivers on the television series How'd You Get So Rich? on TV Land. Currently, Kira is working on writing and producing her own talk show that takes place inside of a sauna. It's called Let's Get Sweat! and she interviews celebrity comedians fully naked inside a blazing hot sauna. Kira is also gearing up to record a new one hour comedy album with the label 800 Pound Gorilla Records.

Aleksander Mincer was born on 4 June 1957 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Modì (1989) and War and Love (1985).

Olga Sumskaya is a Soviet and Ukrainian actress and TV presenter. Honored Artist and People's Artist of Ukraine. Olga Sumskaya was born in Lvov, Soviet Union in a family of actors of the Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko. In 1987 she graduated from KGITI named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyy. And the following year she became an actress of the National Academic Theater of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka.

The role of Roksolana in the series Roxolana (1997) and two sequels brought great popularity to Olga Sumskaya.

Yaroslav Poverlo is a Actor and also a Russian and Ukrainian Dialect-Dialogue Coach for Films, TV, and Commercial productions. During the past twenty years he have been work with many of the world's well-known stars in the film industry on a number of productions in Canada, USA and Europe. Yaroslav was born in Boryslav, Lvov Oblast, Ukraine, USSR. He is known for his work on Welcome to Marwen (2018), Six Season-2 (2018), Agent X (2015), Altered Carbon Season-1 (2018), Always Be My Maybe (2019).

Mark Zak was born in 1959 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Enemy at the Gates (2001), Speed Racer (2008) and The Tourist (2010).

Ruslana Lyzhychko was born on the 24 of May 1973 and was raised in L'viv, in the ancient capital of Galychyna. She graduated from L'viv Lisenko Concervatory. She's a song-writer, composer, producer, and arranger and director of her videos. She has recorded 8 CDs and is now the most popular singer in Ukraine. She won the 2004 Eurovision Song contest in Turkey and was the first Ukrainian to win World Music Award as Best Selling Ukrainian Act in Las Vegas.

Anzhelika Varum was born on 26 May 1969 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for 12 stulev (2004), Krasota trebuyet (2008) and YA tebya lyublyu - Je t'aime (2023). She has been married to Leonid Agutin since 15 July 2000. They have one child. She was previously married to Maksim Nikitin.

William De Vital - Director of two feature movies ("The Code of Cain" & "Red Dog" AKA "Dog Brown") and a short movie "Boomerang the Reckoning", which got 3 nominations on Action on Film International Festival, Winner on Texas Ultimate Shorts Festival and Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival.

William De Vital is a multi talented Actor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator, Director and musician. His fondness for performing arts and film has taken him on a long and successful journey through three countries and over 350 film productions.

In 1998 he has moved to United States where he has enjoyed a successful career as an Actor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator and Director.

In 1991 he immigrated to Israel where he organized and managed a stunt production company. In the eight years under William's leadership the team worked with a multitude of American, French, and British productions companies on film and stunt productions.

In his career as an actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and director 2nd unit William has worked on over 250 features before his departure from Russia in 1991.

William received his education at the Institute of Physical Education and received his postgraduate degree at the Russian Federation National University of Cinematography (VGIK) with a degree of Film Director. While attending college William worked at the Lviv Theater of Youth as an instructor of theatrical stage movement, stunt coordinator and actor.

Post his Military Service he has held a position with the national Sports Committee of Ukraine while continuing his film career until he fully dedicated his life to film in 1984.

His first full length film Stuntman experience was in the Magical Voice of Djelsamin with the Odessa movie studios in 1976.

In his early school years he studied Fortepiano, Danced with a national dance company for ten years, as well as achieved an Elite sportsmanship level in Judo and Archery.

Ivan Gavrilyuk was born on 15 October 1948 in Iosifovka, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor and director, known for Chotyry lysty fanery (1992), Nebylytsi pro Ivana (1989) and Khlib i sil (1971).

Emanuel Ax was born on 8 June 1949 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Horse Whisperer (1998) and The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002). He is married to Yoko Nozaki. They have two children.

Oleg Primogenov is a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor.

Born in the Ukrainian SSR, in the city of Lvov. The future actor spent part of his childhood with his family in the Belarusian city of Gomel. Returning to the Ukrainian SSR, Primogenov graduated from high school, but for a long time he could not decide on his future profession. For some time he worked in the circus, changed several working specialties. After that he became a student of KNUTKiT named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyy. After graduating from the university, he got a job in the troupe of the Ivano-Frankovsk Theater, on the stage of which the first serious roles of Oleg Primogenov were played.

He made his film debut in 1989, playing a small role in the Soviet film Inoy (1989). He began to actively act in films already in the 1990s, appearing in such projects as Doloy styd! (1994), Operatsyya 'Kontrakt' (1996), Dve luny, tri solntsa (1998). He also often appears in TV series. During his career, the actor has played more than a hundred film roles. He continues to actively act in film, in parallel he collaborates with the Kiev theater 'Koleso'.

Marina Kotovnikov was born on 30 November 1972 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), As the World Turns (1956) and Sex and the City (1998).

Alona Kimhi was born in 1966 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress and writer, known for Abba Ganuv (1987), Abba Ganuv II (1989) and Haya O Lo Haya (2003). She is married to Izhar Ashdot. They have one child. She was previously married to Oded Kimhi.

Irina Barinova was born on 4 May 1982 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for The Zohar Secret (2016), Domrabotnitsa (2011) and Idealist (2019).

Lyubov Arkus was born on 20 September 1960 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is a director and actress, known for Anton's Right Here (2012), What Beat You Nothing (2021) and Balabanov. Kolokolnya. Rekviyem (2022).

Yaroslav Gavrilyuk was born on 29 October 1951 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Dudaryky (1980), Tri gilzy ot angliyskogo karabina (1983) and Skazki starogo volshebnika (1985). He died on 25 May 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Andrei Prachenko was born on 15 September 1950 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Dama s popugaem (1989), Pilgrim's Captain (1987) and Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1992).

Valery Borzov was born on 20 October 1949 in Sambor, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine].

Andrey Podubinskiy was born on 12 January 1944 in Stryy, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Naimychka (1964), Tam vdali, za rekoy (1975) and Parol znali dvoye (1986). He died on 23 March 2018.

Aleksandr Didenko was born on 18 October 1949 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Zagovor skurlatayev (1993), Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980) and Nam - 75! (2000). He died on 16 July 2004.

Yuriy Loparyov was born on 20 September 1952 in Lvov oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Ballada o bombere (2011), Ballada o bombere (2011) and Pokhishchenie Evropy (1992).

Yaroslav Lupij was born on 2 June 1946 in Novokamenka, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Prince Daniil Galitsky (1987), Moi dorogiye (1976) and Sekretnyy eshelon (1993).