Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
96
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-01-25 (48 years old)
Place of Birth
Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine]
Also Known As
Vladimir Zelenskiy
Vladimir Zelenskij
Wolodymyr Oleksandrowytsch Selenskyj
Володимир Олександрович Зеленський
Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Зеле́нский
Volodymyr Zelenskyi
Volodymyr Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Biography
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician, former actor and comedian who has been serving as the president of Ukraine since 2019. Zelenskyy grew up in Kryvyi Rih, a Russian-speaking region in southeastern Ukraine. Prior to his acting career, Zelenskyy obtained a degree in law from the Kyiv National Economic University. He then pursued comedy and created the production company Kvartal 95, which produces films, cartoons, and TV shows including Servant of the People, in which Zelenskyy played the role of president of Ukraine. The series aired from 2015 to 2019 and was immensely popular. A political party bearing the same name as the television show was created in March 2018 by employees of Kvartal 95.
