Vitaly Benko

Vitaly Benko, an actor and musician (Nirvan Vitaly, IG), grew up in Washington D.C. in a family of Russian diplomats and studied at Moscow State University, Russia. Benko made his television debut portraying a young KGB agent in the hit FX show The Americans. Vitaly is a passionate Improv comedian, who has studied at UCB New York, The PIT. Vitaly has been to over 35 countries and lived permanently in a few, including Russia, Colombia, Peru, Ireland, UAE. He is a bilingual English-Russian speaker who also mastered Spanish and Arabic at Moscow State University where he acquired his Bachelor's degree in Eastern Studies.