Bohdan Kapon

Birthplace

Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR

Biography

Bohdan Kapon was born in Kharkiv into a large family. From an early age, he was involved in various clubs and activities. Around the age of 10, he joined a renowned children's theatre, where he began performing on big stages and going on tour. As a teenager, Bohdan started working in the event industry, hosting both adult and children's events at corporate parties. At 17, he became the official mascot of the Kharkiv Falcons basketball team. When he turned 18, he and his future girlfriend traveled to Kyiv for a casting call for a major TV series. On the night of the full-scale invasion, they were returning from Kyiv to Kharkiv by train. In the first weeks of the war, he tried to enlist in the territorial defense. Later, he managed to leave Ukraine and arrived in Switzerland, where he studied for six months as a guest student at the Hochschule der Künste in Bern. In September 2022, he moved to Dublin, Ireland, where he currently resides.