Oleksandr Pikalov
Oleksandr Viktorovych Pikalov is a Ukrainian actor, comedian, and member of Kvartal 95 Studio.
Biography
Pikalov was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine on 30 January 1976, and studied engineering at Kryvyi Rih National University, but did not work as an engineer.Pikalov is one of the founding members of Kvartal 95. He has participated in most Kvartal 95 projects, such as Servant of the People, Evening Kyiv, Evening Kvartal and others. He is also the art director of Women's Kvartal, a women's comedy show launched in 2018.
After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Pikalov joined the National Guard of Ukraine. He also founded the "Charitable Fund of Oleksandr Pikalov" in August 2022 to assist children forced to evacuate from Mariupol due to the Russian invasion, and to provide social and educational support for other children in Ukraine. Together with the rest of Kvartal 95, he has continued to perform for soldiers during the full-scale invasion; the group has performed hundreds of times for the military.