Yuriy Kukharenko

Yuriy Volodymyrovych Kukharenko
Date of birth – April 27, 1981
City – Visaginas (Lithuania)
Language – Ukrainian
Activity – theater and film actor

Formation artist

Yuriy Kukharenko is a Ukrainian theater and film actor, dubbing actor. The future star of the big stage and the big screen was born in Lithuania. In 1993, 12-year-old Yuriy moved with his family to Okhtyrka, in Sumy Oblast. After graduating from high school, he entered the correspondence department of Sumy State University. He studied mechanical engineering. In his youth, he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Feeling a pull towards the world of culture and creativity, Yuriy began his studies at the I. K. Karpenko-Kary Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television in 2005. Demonstrating a bright acting talent and using natural charisma, Kukharenko masters the art of acting under the guidance of Valentina Ivanovna Zimna.

Creative path

After receiving a university diploma, Yuriy Kukharenko joined the creative group of the Chernivtsi Academic Theater named after Olga Kobylyanska. There he made his acting debut and began his path to popularity and recognition of a wide audience. And in 2013, having gained experience and gaining the favor of theater art fans, he became an actor of the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theater.

In Yuriy Kukharenko's modern repertoire - performances and roles:

“For the Home” (Officer);
«The Ferryman» (Frank Magennis);
«Stefanik. Novels» (Prots);
«Zorya. Pochatok» (Anton Kvitka);
«Oh!.. Andersen! Fairy Tales» (Ole-Lukoye);
«Juliet and Romeo» (Paris);
«The Cripple from Inishmaan Island» (Doctor McSherry).

Yuriy Kukharenko also developed a career in the film industry, attracting the attention of famous directors and producers. The artist became the performer of the leading role in the series «My Real Mom». In total, the actor has played in over 40 films and TV series in such genres as melodrama, drama, and crime: