Aleksandr Vladimirovich Revva (russian: Александр Владимирович Ревва; uk, Олександр Володимирович Ревва, Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Revva; born 10 September 1974), better known by his stage name Arthur Pirozhkov (russian: Артур Владимирович Пирожков), is a Russian
stand-up comedian
Stand-up comedy is a comedic performance to a live audience in which the performer addresses the audience directly from the stage. The performer is known as a comedian, a comic or a stand-up.
Stand-up comedy consists of one-liners, stories, ...
,
TV host
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and
voice actor
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of
Ukrainian
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* Something of, from, or related to Ukraine
* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* Som ...
origin. A former
KVN
''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...
player, in 2006 Revva became a "resident" of the Russian
Comedy Club
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show on
TNT
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. As of 2022, Revva is one of Russia's most popular pop stars, under his pseudonym 'Artur Pirozhkov'.
Early life
Aleksandr Revva was born in
Donetsk
Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loc ...
,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
. According to his own statement, announced in the program "Пока Все Дома" (While Everyone's Home), "Revva" is not his original surname. His family, who lived in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...
and used the name Erwa, immigrated to Ukraine, where he changed his name to Revva. He graduated from the College of Industrial Automation, then the Faculty of Management of the
Donetsk State University of Management
Donetsk State University of Management ( uk, Донецький державний університет управління) is a Ukrainian University founded in 1992 as the Donetsk State Academy of Management (with 31 graduates) and was awa ...
. He worked as an electrical mechanic at a mine.
Since 1995, he has been a member of the KVN team "Don State Agrarian University" from Donetsk and, since 2000, a member of the KVN team "Burnt by the Sun". As a
KVN
''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...
player, Revva performed alongside his teammate,
Mikhail Galustyan.
Television career
From 2006 to 2013, he was president of the Moscow «
Comedy Club
A comedy club is a venue—typically a nightclub, bar, hotel, casino, or restaurant—where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, impressionists, magicians, ventriloquis ...
». In 2013 he was a host of the show «
Repeat!». In 2015, he returned to the television show. In «Comedy Club», he performs acts with
Timur Batrutdinov,
Garik Martirosyan
Garik Yurievich Martirosyan (russian: Гарик Юрьевич Мартиросян, hy, Գարիկ Մարտիրոսյան; born February 13, 1974) is a Russian entertainer, comedian, TV host, actor and singer of Armenian origin. He is the co ...
, Andrei Rozhkov, and Garik Kharlamov.
With Andrey Rozhkov, he led the program
NTV "You're Funny!" Under the pseudonym Arthur Pirozhkov. December 25, 2010, the opening of the joint project of the restaurateur Dmitry Orlinsky and Aleksandr Revva - «Spaghetteria», has settled into a two-story house near Tver ulitsy.
November 3, 2013, to January 26, 2014, led by the
Channel One show "Repeat!".
From March 3 to May 26, 2014, Revva was one of the judges of the First TV channel, "One to one!". He is currently the producer of the animated series "Kolobanga," which was withdrawn in
Orsk
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,
Orenburg Oblast
Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' ...
. The series is scheduled for release by the end of 2014 on the channel
STS
STS, or sts, may refer to:
Medicine
* Secondary traumatic stress, a condition which leads to a diminished ability to empathize
* Sequence-tagged site, a gene-reference in genomics
* Soft-tissue sarcoma
* Staurosporine, an antibiotic
* STS (gen ...
.
Music career
In 2009, Revva started releasing music under his Arthur Pirozhkov pseudonym. His songs, combining comedic elements with catchy tunes, became very popular, and as of 2022 he is considered one of the most popular Russian pop stars.
Personal life
Revva is married to Angelia, their daughters are Alisa and Ameli.
Filmography
Actor
* 2005 ''
Comedy Club
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'' (TV Series)
* 2008 ''
Yeralash
''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Russian children's comedy TV show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''eralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from ...
'' (TV show) as Robot teacher
* 2008 ''
The Tale of Soldier Fedot, The Daring Fellow'' as Baba Yaga (voice)
* 2008 ''
Adventures of Alenushka and Erema'' as Voevoda Gordey (voice)
* 2009 ''The New Adventures of Alenushka and Erema'' as Voevoda Gordei / Hedgehog / Horse (voice)
* 2011 ''
Yeralash
''Yeralash'' ( rus, Ералаш, p=jɪrɐˈlaʂ) is a Russian children's comedy TV show and magazine. Yeralash also runs an actor studio and the "Yeralash Island" camp. The word ''eralash'' means "mixed, mishmash" or "jumble" and is taken from ...
'' (TV show) as psychologist
* 2011–2014 ''
Zaytsev+1'' (TV Series) as Sergei Mavrodi
* 2012 ''
Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon
''Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon'' (russian: Ржевский против Наполеона, Rzhevsky protiv Napoleona; originally planned title "Наполеон капут!" ''Napoleon goes Kaput!'') is a Russian 2012 comedy film, sequel to the 200 ...
'' as groom
* 2013 ''
Understudy
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'' as Igor Uspensky /
Mikhail Vladlenovich Stasov / Sebastian Ullenovich Vasilkov
* 2013 ''
Odnoklassniki: CLICK for Luck'' as Bum
* 2014 Russian: ''
Лёгок на помине'' as boatman Lenya
* 2014 ''Mixed feelings'' as Phil
* 2014 ''Parrot Club'' (TV) as Chaykin (voice)
* 2015 ''Bet on love'' – poker player
* 2016 ''Magic Cup Rorrima Bo 3D'' as Brazembeld
* 2016 ''Day all lovers''
* 2016 ''Bet on Love'' as Dyadya Leon
* 2016 ''Son wolverines''
* 2017 ''
Naughty Grandma'' as Sanya Rubenstein
* 2017 ''Kolobanga'' as a grandmother (voice)
* 2021 ''
Till Lindemann
Till Lindemann (; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer, songwriter and poet. He is best known as the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann. Rammstein has sold over 25 million records wo ...
– Ich hasse Kinder (The Short Movie)'' as a policeman Mikhail Korepin
Producer
* 2010 ''
The Devil's Flower''
Discography
Singles
* 2009 – «Пэрэдайс» ''Paradise''
* 2010 – «Революция» ''"Revolution"'' (with
Quest Pistols)
* 2011 – «Плачь, детка» ''Cry Baby''
* 2012 – «
Я не умею танцевать» ''I can't dance''
* 2012 – «Лучший спорт» ''Best Sport''
* 2012 – «Красивая песня» ''Beautiful song''
* 2013 – «Я-Звезда» ''I am a Star''
* 2014 – «Luna» ''Luna'' (featuring
Vera Brezhneva
Vira Viktorivna Halushka ( uk, Віра Вікторівна Галушка; russian: link=no, Вера Викторовна Галушка, ''Vira Viktorivna Halushka''; born 3 February 1982), better known by her stage name Vera Brezhneva (russi ...
)
* 2014 – «Не плачь, девчонка» ''Don't Cry Girl''
* 2015 – «На лету лето» ''On the fly summer''
* 2016 – «Я буду помнить» ''I will remember''
* 2016 – «#КакЧелентано» ''#Like Celentano''
* 2017 – «Либо Любовь» ''Either Love''
* 2018 – «Я не Андрей» ''I'm not Andrey''
* 2018 – «Чика» ''Chika''
* 2018 – «Запутался» ''Confused''
* 2019 – «Моя Богиня» ''My Goddess'(Feat.
Doni)''
* 2019 – «Зацепила»" ''(She) Hooked (Me)''
* 2019 – «Алкоголичка» ''Alcoholic Lady''
* 2019 – «Она решила сдаться» ''She Decided to Put Out''
* 2020 – «Летим со мной» ''Fly With Me''
* 2020 – «Перетанцуй меня» "Out-Dance Me"
* 2020 – «Перетанцуй меня" Remix ''Dance Me Remix (with DJ Nejtrino)''
* 2020 – «#туДЫМ-сюДЫМ» ''#there-here''
* 2021 — «#туДЫМ-сюДым Remix ''#there-here'' (withс DJ Nejtrino)»
* 2021 – "Dancing All Through the Night"
* 2021 – «Деньги» ''Money''
* 2021 – «Деньги» Remix (with DJ Leo Burn)
* 2021 – «Летом на фиесте» ''Summer at the Fiesta''
* 2021 – «Задыхаюсь» ''Suffocatin'' (cover of a song by
Dima Bilan
Dima Nikolayevich Bilan (russian: Ди́ма Никола́евич Била́н; born Viktor Nikolayevich Belan, russian: Ви́ктор Никола́евич Бела́н, links=no; 24 December 1981) is a Russian singer, songwriter and acto ...
)
* 2021 – «Хочешь» ''Do you want'' (featuring
Klava Koka
Klavdiya Vadimovna Vysokova (; born 23 July 1996), known professionally as Klava Koka (), is a Russian singer, songwriter, and YouTuber. Vysokova began her professional career in 2015, being signed to Russian record label Black Star after winnin ...
)
* 2022 — «Красивое тело» ''Beautiful Body''
References
External links
Revva's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Revva, Alexander
1974 births
20th-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male actors
21st-century Russian male singers
Living people
People from Donetsk
Donetsk State University of Management alumni
Russian stand-up comedians
KVN
Naturalised citizens of Russia
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male voice actors
Russian television presenters
Russian male comedians
Russian National Music Award winners