Danila Poperechny

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexeyevich and the family name is Poperechny.
Danila Poperechny
Poperechny in 2022
Personal information
Born
Danila Alexeyevich Poperechny

(1994-03-10) 10 March 1994 (age 30)
Voronezh, Russia
Occupations
  • Animator
  • Comedian
  • YouTuber
  • Actor
  • Screenwriter
Websitewww.poperechnytour.ru
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subscribers3.43 million[1]
Total views580 million[1]
Network
  • Spasibo, Eva!
  • Yoola
100,000 subscribers2015
1,000,000 subscribers2017
Last updated: 2 Sept, 2024

Danila Alexeyevich Poperechny (Russian: Данила Алексеевич Поперечный, Ukrainian: Данило Олексійович Поперечний, born March 10, 1994) is a Russian stand-up comedian, YouTuber, actor and podcaster.

Early life

Poperechny was born in Voronezh, Russia. When he was in high school, his family moved to Kyiv, Ukraine, where they have lived for six years.[2] After graduating from school, Poperechny studied computer engineering in Rzeszów, Poland, but dropped out during his second year.

Career

Poperechny created his YouTube channel Spoontamer on December 11, 2009. The first videos he uploaded were self-made humorous cartoons. He also has worked for Spasibo, Eva! network as an animator, but soon left it because of its connection with Russian government.[3][4] He started his stand up career in 2013 and has filmed seven specials for his YouTube channel. Poperechny names Louis C. K., Doug Stanhope, Jim Jefferies, and Joe Rogan among his inspirers.

Poperechny is also known for his podcast Soulless (Russian: Без души, Bez dushi) where he speaks to Russian and foreign celebrities from different areas, such as Jacques Anthony, Gennady Khazanov, Irina Gorbacheva, L'One, Timur Batrutdinov, Daniel Sloss, Garic Kharlamov, Leonid Parfenov, Yolka, Ilya Naishuller, Ilya Prusikin, Morgenshtern, Yuri Kuklachov, Ekaterina Schulmann etc.

Poperecnhy also wrote scripts for Noize MC's music videos. As for 2021, he is cast in the leading role in Ilya Naishuller's Young Man (Russian: Молодой человек, Molodoy chelovek).

Political activity

Poperechny is famous for his active citizenship. He stands for the LGBT rights and opposes the Russian Orthodox Church. He has also repeatedly expressed support for Alexei Navalny and criticized current Russian government, especially Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Ramzan Kadyrov, and Vitaly Milonov. The latter even sued him for filming a satirical music video POPE culture (Russian: ПОП-культура, POP-kul'tura), in which Poperechny had parodied stereotypical Russian Orthodox priest.[5]

Two years later Poperechny published a parody on Ramzan Kadyrov.[6] Chechen Press Minister Dzhambulat Umarov rated the video as an unprofessional performance and called Poperechny an idiotic donkey.

The Security Service of Ukraine banned Poperechny from entering Ukraine on May 15, 2018, for his anti-Ukrainian position, which caused the cancellation of his stand-up shows in Kyiv, Odesa, and Kharkiv.[7] Later Poperechny claimed to challenge Ukrainian government in court.

In 2021, Poperechny paid a fine of $7.000 for Svetlana Prokopyeva, a journalist who had been charged with 'justifying terrorism'.[8]

In February 2022, Poperechny opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Poperechny's video in which he condemns the Russian invasion was included in the list of prohibited materials by Roskomnadzor.[9]

List of stand up specials

  1. Stand Up in St Petersburg (Russian: Stand Up в Питере, Stand Up v Pitere), 2014
  2. Without Swearing (Russian: Без мата, Bez mata), 2015
  3. The Big Lie (Russian: Большая ложь, Bol'shaya lozh), 2015
  4. The D_CK (Russian: Х_Й, H_Y), 2016
  5. Where to Laugh? (Russian: Где смеяться?, Gde smeyatsya?), 2017
  6. The Unflattering (Russian: Нелицеприятный, Nelitsepriyatny), 2018
  7. Special fo Kids (Russian: Спешл фо Кидс, Speshl fo kids), 2020
  8. The Fun Life (Russian: Весёлая Жизнь, Vesyolaya Zhizn'), 2023

Notes

  1. ^ a b "About Данила Поперечный". YouTube.
  2. ^ "Комик Данила Поперечный выступит в Воронеже с новым стендап-концертом" [Comedian Danila Poperechny will come to Voronezh with a new stand-up show] (in Russian). vrn.mk.ru. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-09.
  3. ^ Danila Poperechny (2013-04-04). "Spoontamer – СПАСИБО, "ДРУГ"!" [Spoontamer – THANK YOU, 'FRIEND'!]. YouTube. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  4. ^ Yury Dud (2018-02-13). "Поперечный – о цензуре, геях и чувствах верующих / вДудь" [Poperechny on censorship, gay people and feelings of believers / vDud]. YouTube. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  5. ^ "Депутат Милонов выйдет на рэп-батл с блогером Поперечным" [Deputy Milonov will face blogger Poperechny in a rap battle]. Komsomolskaya Pravda (in Russian). 2018-06-23. Retrieved 2019-06-08.
  6. ^ "Видеоблогер Данила Поперечный снял пародию на Рамзана Кадырова. В Чечне его назвали «ослом-недоумком»" [Vlogger Danila Poperechny filmed a parody on Ramzan Kadyrov. He was called an idiotic donkey in Chechnya.]. Meduza (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  7. ^ "Даниле Поперечному запретили въезд на территорию Украины" [Danila Poperechny was banned from entering Ukraine]. Радио Свобода (in Russian). Radio Svoboda. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  8. ^ "Журналистка Светлана Прокопьева попросила помощи в оплате штрафа по делу об оправдании терроризма. Данила Поперечный перевел ей полмиллиона рублей" [Journalist Svetlana Prokopyeva asked for help in paying a fine in the case of justifying terrorism. Danila Poperechny transferred half a million rubles to her.]. Meduza (in Russian). 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  9. ^ "Roskomnadzor added Poperechny's video to the list of prohibited materials". ИА REGNUM (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-04-02.