Bohdan Beniuk

Beniuk was born on 26 May 1957, in town of Bytkiv, Nadvirna Raion, Ukrainian SSR. He has two brothers: People's Artist of Ukraine 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 in Kyiv.

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.{{cite web|url=http://knutkt.com.ua/struktura/teatr/akorskemustectvo.html|title=І кафедра акторського мистецтва та режисури драми|author=|publisher=КНУТКТ|lang=uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903213835/http://knutkt.com.ua/struktura/teatr/akorskemustectvo.html|archive-date=2018-09-03|access-date=2018-03-09}} On November 8, 2022, he was temporarily appointed artistic director of the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil for the period of martial law.

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

During the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election Beniuk was placed second on the proportional list list of Svoboda. On 18 March 2014, Beniuk, along with his teammates on the "Svoboda" party, including the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Ihor Miroshnychenko, by the use of physical force pushed the head of the National Television Company of Ukraine Oleksander Panteleimon to resign.{{cite web| url = http://fakty.ua/178603-svobodovcy-izbili-rukovoditelya-nacionalnoj-telekompanii-video| title = "Свободовцы» избили руководителя Национальной телекомпании (видео) - «ФАКТИ"}} {{cite web |url=http://www.informator.su/etogo-vyi-ne-uvidite-v-youtube-mark-gres-o-vcherashnih-sobyitiyah-v-svechke/ |title=Этого вы не увидите в youtube - Марк Гресь о вчерашних событиях в "свечке" | Інформатор |accessdate=2014-12-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128023202/http://www.informator.su/etogo-vyi-ne-uvidite-v-youtube-mark-gres-o-vcherashnih-sobyitiyah-v-svechke/ |archivedate=2014-11-28 }} Beniuk's outrage was triggered by displays of Russians celebrating the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation on television. The actions of Svoboda were condemned by Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

In the 2019 Ukrainian parliamentary election Beniuk was placed sixth on the joint proportional list of Svoboda with the National Corps, the Governmental Initiative of Yarosh and Right Sector.{{Cite web|url=https://m.glavcom.ua/country/politics/yarosh-tyagnibok-bileckiy-taki-sformuvali-jediniy-spisok-na-vibori-600508.html|title = Ярош, Тягнибок та Білецький таки сформували єдиний список на вибори| date=9 June 2019 }}

• 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){{Cite web |title=Про відзначення державними нагородами України з нагоди Дня незалежності України |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/251/2017 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}
• "For Merit, 2nd Class" (2010){{Cite web |title=Про нагородження працівників Національного академічного драматичного театру імені Івана Франка, м. Київ |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/455/2010 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}
• "For Merit, 3rd Class" (2007){{Cite web |title=Про відзначення державними нагородами України |url=https://zakon.rada.gov.ua/go/21/2007 |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=Офіційний вебпортал парламенту України |language=uk}}

• [http://ft.org.ua/staff/84/ Profile] at the Franko National Academic Drama Theater
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100914210116/http://benyuk.com.ua/ Unofficial website]
• [http://benyk.com.ua/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306224738/http://benyk.com.ua/ |date=2014-03-06 }}
• [http://benhost.com.ua/ Beniuk and Khostikoiev] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207132051/http://benhost.com.ua/ |date=2009-02-07 }}

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Category:1957 births

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Category:People from Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Category:Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine

Category:Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize

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Category:Ukrainian male stage actors

Category:Seventh convocation members of the Verkhovna Rada

Category:Svoboda (political party) politicians

Category:Ukrainian male film actors

Category:20th-century Ukrainian male actors

Category:21st-century Ukrainian male actors

Category:Laureates of the Oleksandr Dovzhenko State Prize

Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 2nd class

Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 1st class