Bohdan Mykhailovych Beniuk (; born 26 May 1957) is a Ukrainian film and theatre actor and politician who served as a

People's Deputy of Ukraine A people's deputy of Ukraine (, ) is a member of parliament and legislator elected by Direct election, popular vote to the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine. They are often referred to simply as "deputies". Prior to 1991, the Verkhovna R ...

from 2012 to 2014.

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine () is an honorary title awarded by the government of Ukraine. It is the highest title awarded to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts, inc ...

(1996). Along with Anatoliy Khostikoiev, he is a creator of the Theatrical company Beniuk and Khostikoiev.

Biography

Beniuk was born on 26 May 1957, in town of

Bytkiv Bytkiv (; ) is a rural settlement in Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine. It belongs to Pasichna rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population was Location Bytkiv is located 12 kilometers west of Nadvirna between ...

Nadvirna Raion Nadvirna Raion () is a raion (district) of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (region). The town of Nadvirna is the administrative center of the raion. Population: On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of I ...

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. ...

. He has two brothers:

Petro Beniuk and Vasyl Beniuk. Bohdan Beniuk graduated the National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kyiv in 1978. In 1978–80 he worked in the Kyiv theater of young viewer. After that, Beniuk was an actor of the

Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater (), located in Kyiv, was founded in 1920. It plays an important role in the history of Ukrainian culture. Real masters worked here and continue to delight their fans: actors, directors, composers, se ...

Kyiv Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. Since February 2018, Professor Bohdan Beniuk has been the head of the Department of Acting and Drama Directing at the Karpenko-Kary National University of Kyiv. On November 8, 2022, he was temporarily appointed artistic director of the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil for the period of martial law.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (Дама с попугаем, 1988) as ''Director of the pioneer camp'' * The Captain Brovary (2022). Ukrainian, short film, in the genre of mockumentary.

Politics

During the

2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 28 October 2012.Parli ...

Beniuk was placed second on the proportional list list of

Svoboda Svoboda () means "freedom" in various Slavic languages. It may refer to: People * Svoboda (surname) Organizations Media * Radio Svoboda, operated by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty * ''Svoboda'' (newspaper), a daily Ukrainian language newspa ...

. On 18 March 2014, Beniuk, along with his teammates on the "Svoboda" party, including the deputy of the

Verkhovna Rada The Verkhovna Rada ( ; VR), officially the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, is the unicameralism, unicameral parliament of Ukraine. It consists of 450 Deputy (legislator), deputies presided over by a speaker. The Verkhovna Rada meets in the Verkhovn ...

Ihor Miroshnychenko Ihor Mykhailovych Miroshnychenko (; born 20 February 1976) is a Ukrainian sports journalist and far-right politician who was a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 2012 to 2014.

, by the use of physical force pushed the head of the National Television Company of Ukraine Oleksander Panteleimon to resign. Beniuk's outrage was triggered by displays of Russians celebrating the

annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russ ...

on television. The actions of Svoboda were condemned by Prime Minister

Arseniy Yatsenyuk Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served two terms as Prime Minister of Ukraine – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016. He was t ...

. In the

2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 21 July 2019. Originally scheduled to be held at the end of October, the elections were brought forward after newly inaugurated President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dissolved parli ...

Beniuk was placed sixth on the joint proportional list of Svoboda with the

National Corps The National Corps (), also known as the National Corps Party, a far-right political party in Ukraine, was founded in 2016 and then led by Andriy Biletsky. Biletsky had previously founded and led two far-right groups, the Patriot of Ukraine (200 ...

, the

Governmental Initiative of Yarosh Dmytro Anatoliiovych Yarosh (; born 30 September 1971) is a Ukrainian activist, politician, nationalist and military commander who is the main commander of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army. From 2013 to 2015, he led the Right Sector nationalist o ...

and

Right Sector Right Sector () is a loosely defined coalition of right-wing to far-right Ukrainian nationalist organizations. It originated in November 2013 as a right-wing, paramilitary confederation of several ultranationalist organizations at the Euroma ...

Recognition

* Merited Artist of Ukrainian SSR (1988) * People's Artist of Ukraine (1996) * Laureate of the Dovzhenko State Prize (1998) * Laureate of the Shevchenko National Prize (2008) * Knight of the Order "For Merit": ** "For Merit, 1st Class" (2017) ** "For Merit, 2nd Class" (2010) ** "For Merit, 3rd Class" (2007)

External links

Profile
at the Franko National Academic Drama Theater
Unofficial website

Official website

Beniuk and Khostikoiev

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beniuk, Bohdan 1957 births Living people People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University alumni Ukrainian male stage actors Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada Svoboda (political party) politicians Ukrainian male film actors 20th-century Ukrainian male actors 21st-century Ukrainian male actors Laureates of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class