The Acting Journey of Ruslan Miroshnichenko

We hear a lot about famous actors; some people want to emulate them and enroll in higher education institutions. They move from small towns where they were born to build their careers. Among them is Ruslan Miroshnychenko, an actor from the town of Izyum.

Ruslan Volodymyrovych Miroshnychenko was born in Izyum, Kharkiv region, in 1979. After finishing school, he graduated from the Kharkiv National University of Arts named after Ivan Kotlyarevskyi, majoring in acting. He is also a model and participates in photo shoots.

Ruslan Miroshnychenko is known for his roles in films and series such as "Two Sisters," "GKChP," "Service 112," and others. He also works in voice acting, dubbing commercials, promotional videos, and audio guides, in addition to acting in theater.

In 2019, Ruslan Miroshnychenko completed a course in unarmed combat at the British Academy of Fight in Film and Stage Combat.

Ruslan has both leading and supporting roles in film. When mentioning his leading roles, one cannot forget the series "Manor," "Two Sisters," "Man," "GKChP," and "Wooden Wedding." Among his supporting roles, one can recall the series "Mentee Wars: Kharkiv-2," "District Officer from DVRZ," and "Heirs."

When the full-scale invasion began, Ruslan Miroshnychenko actively engaged in volunteering; the actor's family left during the occupation – his parents live abroad, while his sister and nephew currently reside in Kyiv.

Ruslan is also studying tactical medicine and undergoing military training, practicing shooting.

As for his additional skills, it is known that he speaks Ukrainian, Polish, English, and Spanish, sings beautifully (baritone), plays the piano, and dances jazz-modern and contemporary very well. He is into extreme driving – cars, motorcycles, bicycles – and engages in diving; he loves hiking in the mountains. He rollerblades and plays the guitar.

He enjoys sports like skiing, horseback riding, swimming, athletics, and speed skating. Ruslan Miroshnychenko’s experience in theater and television is quite impressive. His memorable theater performances include "The Marriage of Figaro" (2016), "Shelmenko, the Valet" (2017), "Enslavement by Love" (2019), and others.

In television, there are also notable roles: the "Bosch" advertisement (2013), a music video by Oleksandr Martsynkevych (2012), and a music video by singer Yaroslav, which was performed to the song "Birthday" in the same year.

Ruslan Miroshnychenko carefully guards his personal life; he does not mix personal matters with work, so it is unknown whether the actor has a wife or children, and he rarely attends social events.

In an interview, the actor stated about himself:

"I do not consider myself a media actor whose personal life is of great interest to the audience off-screen. I honestly try to do my job, which brings me satisfaction and without which I simply cannot imagine my life. Popularity has never been my priority, although I realize that a certain level of media presence is a guarantee of success in our profession. But this is precisely a certain dissonance, as I clearly separate my professional and personal life, and I would not want anyone close to me to suffer from my 'popularity.' I rarely go to parties related to film, and I maintain my Instagram more to preserve important moments of my life for myself and my friends."

So what is Ruslan Miroshnychenko doing today? We can learn more from the interview:

"Today, like millions of Ukrainians, I am trying to bring our victory closer. I do it in ways that I believe I do best. At the beginning of the large-scale war, I volunteered for quite a long time, spending my strength, energy, and money without considering how much I had at that time. When I realized that the war would last for a long time, I understood that I also needed to find a way to earn."

"I began to receive some job offers, and little by little I started to return to professional activity."

Although the actor previously participated in entrepreneurial projects, he has now turned them down, realizing that they no longer satisfy him. Instead, he has concentrated on current projects: for example, the project "Azovstal. Voices," and then the play "Beast," which deals with the theme of post-traumatic stress disorder. 

In many series, Ruslan Miroshnichenko played negative characters. However, in his opinion, playing the "bad guys" is more interesting because they have complicated emotional experiences and impulses. He only played a positive character in the series "Two Sisters."

Here is how Ruslan Volodymyrovych talks about his role in the series "Two Sisters," which we can learn from an interview excerpt:

"When I was invited to audition for the series 'Two Sisters,' I was trying out for the role of the rich kid Igor (nothing surprising, you might say). But I was also offered an audition for the role of the protagonist Viktor, which surprised me greatly. I won’t hide it—I was primarily interested in the first role—not only because I was used to playing bad guys, but also because the fate of this character was more interesting to me for exploration. However, the producers still saw me as Viktor, and that was when my puzzle scattered a bit. Because, indeed, I had never played a fully-fledged hero, a good, positive character, like in fairy tales, without any negative traits. And the series format required just such a hero."

The realization that Ruslan Volodymyrovych wanted to be an actor came later, even though he has a degree in economics. Initially, after university, he worked as an economist, but as the actor says, "nature took its toll," and at nearly 30 years old, Ruslan enrolled in the Kharkiv University of Arts in the theater faculty under the workshop of Yuriy Stepanovych Yevsyukov. Although his colleagues convinced him that getting into a theater higher educational institution and graduating from it after the age of 27-28 is nearly impossible, he managed to do it.

Now Ruslan Miroshnichenko is an actor in theater, film, dubbing, a model, and also a volunteer. He helps the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and is a happy person because he has loved ones he can rely on (parents, sister, and nephew), and he has work that brings him satisfaction.

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