Yuriy Volotovskyi

Yuriy Viktorovych Volotovskyi (Юрій Вікторович Волотовський; 7 November 1982) is a Ukrainian theater and cinema actor, and Master of Sports in Powerlifting.

Biography
Volotovsky's father is a forest warden and his mother is a kindergarten teacher. Yuriy was a skinny kid and hoping to overcome his defects one day he decided to go for sport.

He started with running, ice hockey, skiing, and martial arts but when he got into a gym for the first time he quickly realized that was exactly what he was looking for. In 2000 he graduated from school and entered the National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute NTUU "KPI", faculty of physical education and sport, and specialized in powerlift coaching.

Being a student he was coached by Viktoria Posmitna, the strongest woman in Ukraine. In 2005, graduated from the Institute. In 2007, Yuriy started his own gym named "Yuria" in his hometown of Shpitky.

Thanks to the steel he loved so much and the popularity of movies starring extremely fit actors, Yuriy developed a burning desire to work as an actor. In 2008 he took model and photo model classes in Models College ruled by the "Oleg & Eve" agency. The classes included studying acting technique.

Awards and titles
Master of Sport of Ukraine in powerlifting &mdash; Yuriy received many awards for his contribution to the development of physical education and sport.

Creative activity
Theater roles 2009 Folk Amateur Theater: 2010-2011 Theater of Alive Sculpture:
 * Easter's Eve play – Kayapha's servant;
 * Vertep – King Irod's warrior;
 * Ukrainian Fashion Week, Viktoriya Gres – statue;
 * Opening event of «Oscar» Cinema – Oscar statue;
 * Pharaoh statue;
 * Travel Agency Award – white statue.

Movie and TV shows
2008 2009 2010 2012
 * Kvartal-95 project on Inter TV channel «Novogodniy ogonek» (New Year's Eve party) 2008 – Rodin statue, image of a Bogatyr – 33 Bogatyria, image of a Spartan warrior – 300 Spartans.
 * TV channel inter project – «Ranok iz Interom» (Morning with Inter), self-defense heading.
 * «Vozvraschenie Mukhtara» (Mukhtar comes back) – fifth season, episode «King's pawn».
 * TV channel 1+1 project, show «Simeyni Dramy» (Family drama), episode «Gigolo» (Alphonce), as fitness centre manager.
 * TV channel STB along with KVN team 4P Minsk shooting comic show «Smeshnie Ludy» (Funny people).
 * «Taksi» (Taxi) – episode 63 «Revnost» (Jealousy)
 * TV channel show «SHury-amury»

Music video
2009
 * Myata – "Ya zadikhaus" (I'm suffocating)

Advertising video
2007 2009 2010
 * "Antral"
 * TM Skvortsovo "Kolbasnyi Kray"
 * Old Slavonic Complex "Yarilo" – Ivana Kupala Day
 * Hotel complex "Perekrestok"
 * Euro windows "KBE"

Computer games/software
2011
 * SOSISKA.RU – sausage tug-of-war
 * Apple Inc. – working name "fitness instructor"