# Petro Ninovskyi (Петро Ніньовський)
**Petro Ninovskyi** (Петро Ніньовський; full name Petro Myroslavovych Ninovskyi, born 1998) is a Ukrainian stage and screen actor, known in Ukraine for the comedy series *Sydorenky-Sidorenky* and internationally for the film *SHTTL* and the Peacock series *[Ponies](https://www.edgepedia.org/ponies-tv-series)*. He trained at the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University and is a graduate of the MFA acting program at The Juilliard School in New York.
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1998, Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) |
| Training | Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, 2015–2019, workshop of Yuriy Vysotsky; Kolomyia Music School No. 1 (violin)[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) • [2](https://dzygamdb.com/en/persons/1869) |
| Breakthrough role | Vova in the comedy series *Sydorenky-Sidorenky* (2019–2020), 40 episodes[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/) |
| International work | Demyan (Noach) in *SHTTL* (2022); Sasha Shevchenko in *Ponies* (2026, 8 episodes)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/) |
| Juilliard | MFA acting program; described as the first Ukrainian actor in the history of The Juilliard School; received the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Prize in Acting at graduation[4](https://tisto.nyc/courses/presence-play) • [5](https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/5.24_commencement_4.pdf) |
| Recitation awards | First place (2014) and Grand Prix (2018) at the All-Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko recitation contest in Kyiv; Grand Prix at the Lesia Ukrainka professional readers contest in Lutsk (2017)[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) • [6](https://kinorating.com.ua/people/540915) |
## Early life and education
Ninovskyi was born and grew up in Kolomyia, a city in the [Ivano-Frankivsk](https://www.edgepedia.org/ivano-frankivsk) region of western Ukraine, and attended the Stefanyk school there[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) • [7](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/). He is the son of a priest, and has said that his family never lived in luxury and that he first traveled abroad at about 17 or 18[8](https://1plus1.ua/sidorenki-sidorenki/novyny/a-prostij-sin-svasenika-aktor-serialu-sidorenki-sidorenki-petro-ninovskij). In primary school he joined the folk poetry theater "Orfei", in which he remained active for years; a Kolomyia television report from his school years describes him as an honor-roll student and active participant in the group[7](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/) • [9](https://www.ntktv.ua/news/pershe_mistse_na_konkursi_chyttsiv_otrymav_kolomyyanyn_video/). He also graduated from Kolomyia Music School No. 1, studying violin[2](https://dzygamdb.com/en/persons/1869).
He entered the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University in 2015 and graduated in 2019 from Yuriy Vysotsky's workshop as an actor of theater and cinema[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) • [2](https://dzygamdb.com/en/persons/1869). In the university's training theater he played the title role in Molière's *Tartuffe*, Prince Vano Pantiashvili in Avksentiy Tsagareli's *Khanuma*, Pavel Faryatev in Alla Sokolova's *Fantasies of Faryatev*, and, in [Lina Kostenko](https://www.edgepedia.org/lina-kostenko)'s *Marusia Churai*, Colonel Pushkar and [Bohdan Khmelnytsky](https://www.edgepedia.org/bohdan-khmelnytsky)[2](https://dzygamdb.com/en/persons/1869).
## Screen career
**Television.** Ninovskyi began filming while still in his early years of study, appearing in series such as *Fugitive* (Beglyanka, 2018), *The Post* (2019), *Vskrytiye pokazhet* (2019), and *Nightmare Director, or School #5* (2019), in which he played Dima Krotenko[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/) • [7](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/). His casting in the 1+1 comedy *Sydorenky-Sidorenky* took five attempts; he said the production initially resisted his long hair, which he could not cut because he was filming another project at the same time[7](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/). The role of the restless teenager Vova made him known across Ukraine, and he returned for the second season in 2020[7](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/). His other Ukrainian television credits include Leonid in *Playing with Fate* (2020), Anton in *No Translation Required* (2020), Ivan in *Beglyanka 2* (2020), and Viktor in the crime series *The Silence* (2021, 5 episodes)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/).
**Film.** His early film work includes *A Tale of Money* (2017) and *My Young Prince* (2022)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/). In Ady Walter's *SHTTL*, a French-Ukrainian film shot in Yiddish near Kyiv about a shtetl on the eve of the Nazi invasion of Soviet Ukraine, he played Noach (credited as Demyan on IMDb)[10](https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/shttl/) • [3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/). He took part in the film's North American presentation, including a question-and-answer session with fellow actors at the Jacob Burns Film Center in 2023[10](https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/shttl/).
**International television.** In 2026 he appeared as Sasha Shevchenko in all 8 episodes of *Ponies*, a Peacock Cold War spy thriller starring [Emilia Clarke](https://www.edgepedia.org/emilia-clarke) and [Haley Lu Richardson](https://www.edgepedia.org/haley-lu-richardson)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/) • [11](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/447221/petro-ninovskyi). Peacock decided against a second season[12](https://www.fernsehserien.de/petro-ninovskyi/filmografie). His other recent credits include the short film *Ravel* (2025) and the short *Certain Thomas* (2026)[3](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/).
## Theater work
While a student, Ninovskyi also appeared on the professional stage of the Kyiv Academic Theater on Podil as Jan in Yevhen Schwartz and Mykola Erdman's *Kain XVIII, or Beware of the Mosquito!*, and earlier performed with the Kolomyia folk drama theater named after V. Simchich[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/). [In New York](https://www.edgepedia.org/in-new-york) he has worked with the Yara Arts Group, a resident company of La MaMa, playing Yaroslav in one of its productions after appearing in the group's *Radio 477!* the previous year[13](https://www.yaraartsgroup.net/_files/ugd/5643fd_d619bdf87e7e4c5f8dba3387dcb7f717.pdf). He also performed in the United Nations Movie Society's Shakespeare program in 2026, delivering Henry VI, Part 3, Act II, Scene 5[14](https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/unms_shakespeare_2026_programme.pdf).
## Awards
Ninovskyi's recitation prizes came early: first place at the All-Ukrainian Taras Shevchenko readers contest in Kyiv in 2014, while he was still a schoolboy, and the Grand Prix of the same contest in 2018 as a university student[1](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/) • [9](https://www.ntktv.ua/news/pershe_mistse_na_konkursi_chyttsiv_otrymav_kolomyyanyn_video/). Ukrainian theater sources also record a Grand Prix at the Lesia Ukrainka contest of professional readers in Lutsk in 2017, and festival Grand Prix wins in academic vocal categories during his university years[6](https://kinorating.com.ua/people/540915) • [15](https://nstdu.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Laureati_konkurs-Lesi_1996-2024-rr..pdf) • [16](https://knutkt.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Vidomosti-SO-OTP_021.pdf). At Juilliard's commencement he received the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Prize in Acting, awarded for outstanding achievement and exceptional professional promise[5](https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/5.24_commencement_4.pdf).
## Juilliard and New York work
After graduating in Kyiv, Ninovskyi moved to New York for the MFA acting program at The Juilliard School, which a course listing describes as making him the first Ukrainian actor in the school's history[4](https://tisto.nyc/courses/presence-play) • [10](https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/shttl/). His Juilliard profile lists Ukrainian and Russian as fluent languages, violin, basic guitar and piano, and singing in opera and baritenor ranges[17](https://www.juilliard.edu/ju_field_formatters/media-download/79981). He has also worked as a facilitator alongside his acting career[4](https://tisto.nyc/courses/presence-play).
## References
1. [Пётр Нинёвский (Петро Ніньовський), biography, Кино-Театр.Ру](https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/post/486753/bio/)
2. [Petro Ninovskyi, Dzyga MDB](https://dzygamdb.com/en/persons/1869)
3. [Petro Ninovskyi, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11963303/)
4. [Presence & Play, TISTO](https://tisto.nyc/courses/presence-play)
5. [Departmental Commencement Prizes, The Juilliard School](https://www.juilliard.edu/sites/default/files/5.24_commencement_4.pdf)
6. [Петро Ніньовський, КіноРейтинг](https://kinorating.com.ua/people/540915)
7. [Прикарпатський актор зіграв одну з головних ролей у популярному серіалі, PRAVDA.IF.UA](https://pravda.if.ua/prykarpatskyj-aktor-zigrav-odnu-z-golovnyh-rolej-u-populyarnomu-seriali/)
8. [«Я простий син священика», інтерв'ю, 1+1](https://1plus1.ua/sidorenki-sidorenki/novyny/a-prostij-sin-svasenika-aktor-serialu-sidorenki-sidorenki-petro-ninovskij)
9. [Перше місце на конкурсі читців отримав коломиянин, НТК](https://www.ntktv.ua/news/pershe_mistse_na_konkursi_chyttsiv_otrymav_kolomyyanyn_video/)
10. [SHTTL, Jacob Burns Film Center](https://burnsfilmcenter.org/booking/shttl/)
11. [Petro Ninovskyi, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/447221/petro-ninovskyi)
12. [Filmografie Petro Ninovskyi, fernsehserien.de](https://www.fernsehserien.de/petro-ninovskyi/filmografie)
13. [Yara Arts Group cast biography](https://www.yaraartsgroup.net/_files/ugd/5643fd_d619bdf87e7e4c5f8dba3387dcb7f717.pdf)
14. [UNMS Shakespeare 2026 programme, United Nations](https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/unms_shakespeare_2026_programme.pdf)
15. [Лауреати конкурсу ім. Лесі Українки 1996–2024, НСТД України](https://nstdu.com.ua/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Laureati_konkurs-Lesi_1996-2024-rr..pdf)
16. [Відомості, КНУТКіТ](https://knutkt.edu.ua/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Vidomosti-SO-OTP_021.pdf)
17. [Petro Ninovskyi, media download, The Juilliard School](https://www.juilliard.edu/ju_field_formatters/media-download/79981)
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