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Volodymyr Zelenskyy

Acting

Born January 25, 1978 · Krivoy Rog, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine]

Also known as Vladimir Zelenskiy · Vladimir Zelenskij · Wolodymyr Oleksandrowytsch Selenskyj

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Biography

Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war with Russia's annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas, and has continued to serve during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has been ongoing since February 2022.

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Awards & recognition

  • Distinguished Member of the European Order of Merit · 2026
  • The Cross of Good Neighbourliness · 2026
  • Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland · 2025
  • Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross · 2024
  • Charlemagne Prize · 2023
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  • Global Citizen Awards · 2023
  • Grand Collar of the Order of Liberty · 2023
  • Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour · 2023
  • Award "For Freedom of Mass Media" · 2022
  • Coat of Arms of Tallinn · 2022
  • Financial Times Person of the Year · 2022
  • Grand cross of the Order of the White Lion · 2022
  • Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great · 2022
  • Order of the White Eagle · 2022
  • Order of Viesturs, 1st class · 2022
  • Profile in Courage Award · 2022
  • Ronald Reagan Freedom Award · 2022
  • State Award of Alexander Dubček · 2022
  • The City of Athens Democracy Award · 2022
  • Time Person of the Year · 2022
  • Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine · 2003
  • Boris Nemtsov Prize
  • Order of Liberty
  • Order of the White Double Cross
  • Order of the White Lion
  • Order of the White Rose of Finland
  • Order of Viesturs
  • Order of Vytautas the Great
  • Philadelphia Liberty Medal
  • Sakharov Prize
  • Teletriumph
  • weapon of honor

Filmography16 titles

Freedom on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

2022as Self

The Zelensky Story

2024as Self - President of Ukraine

Our War

2025as Self

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

2024as Self - President of Ukraine (archive footage)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud

2025as Self (archival footage)

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy

2022as Self - Featured Guest

60 Minutes

1968as Self

War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy

2023as Self

Turn in the Wound

2024as Self (archive footage)

Zelenskyy: The Man Who Took on Putin

2022as Self (archive footage)

The Long Breakup

2020as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Superpower

2023as Self - President of Ukraine

I'll Be Around

2012Producer

Two Men at War

2022as Self (archive footage)

Zelenskyy: Spirit of Ukraine

2023as Self