Yuriy Tkach was born in 1983 in the city of
Dnipro (then known as Dnepropetrovsk) in the
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. He studied at the
National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, where he organized the Dnepropetrovsk National Team to compete on
KVN, a nationally televised comedy competition show. The group eventually rose to national and international prominence, placing third in the Ukrainian National Higher League of KVN in 2009 and becoming a silver medalist of the International Higher League of KVN in 2013. In 2013, he was cast by
Kvartal 95 Studio as the husband of a main character in the Ukrainian sitcom
Country U. Soon after, in 2014, he accepted a lead position in the same role on the Country U spinoff
Once Upon a Time Near Poltava, this time as one of the two lead roles along with his costar Irina Soponaru. Also in 2014, Tkach was cast in a lead role on the Kvartal 95 sitcom
Stories U. In 2017, he was a celebrity contestant on the Ukrainian version of
Dancing with the Stars,
Tantsi z zirkamy. In 2018, Tkach became a judge and coach on
Laughter League, a comedy competition show. In 2019, he replaced as a judge on the
Make the Comedian Laugh game show on
1+1. He became a contestant on the Ukrainian adaptation of
Lip Sync Battle in 2021. ==Filmography==