Denis Kukoyaka (Bread group) – biography, photo, personal life, wife, height 2020

Versatile teacher and psychologist

During his school years, Kukoyaka attended many sections and clubs, among them: fine arts, aircraft modeling, acting. Denis was always among the social activists who never missed a single event. Parents and friends believed that the guy would enter a theater university, but the future artist made his own choice.

Denis easily entered one of the capital's institutes, choosing the faculty of pedagogy and psychology. As a student, he was inspired by the idea of ​​​​creating short sketches that would charge viewers with positivity. Having received a diploma of higher education, Kukoyaka, in the company of friends: Alexander Shulik and Kirill Trifonov, continued to work on the humorous Internet stand-up “What a Show .

The project quickly gained popularity among Internet users. Soon the guys presented videos entitled: “I Like” and “Tell Your Friends.” At the same time, Denis was writing rap songs and even took the pseudonym Deni Deni.

Subsequently, Kukoyaka and his friends organized the group “Bread”, which blew up the network with the track “Tea. Sugar".

Denis Kukoyaka

Denis Kukoyaka was born on January 31, 1986 in Moscow.

Since childhood, he was fond of music, sang, and composed his own compositions. According to him, he was a fan of the Spice Girls.

After school, he entered the Moscow Social Pedagogical Institute at Moscow State University, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology.

During his student years, together with Alexander Shuliko and Kirill Trifonov, he created a humorous project on the Internet called “What a Show.” This project brought Denis his first fame and recognition.

Then there were the same Internet projects “I Like” and “Tell Friends”. They themselves wrote scripts for humorous skits, and then filmed stories - short videos. On the Internet they are also called vines.

At the same time, he did not forget about his passion for music. Works under the pseudonym Deni Deni. His style is close to rap. Among the most famous compositions are “Delete Me”, “Letter to an Arab Girl”, “Like”.

In 2012, together with Alexander Shuliko and Kirill Trifonov, they organized the group “Khleb”, which quickly gained popularity on the Internet due to its sarcastic compositions. They released several albums, incl. “White bread”, which was presented on the eve of 2020.

Denis Kukoyaka in childhood

Internet projects eventually brought Denis into cinema. Since he had experience writing scripts for his videos, he was offered to work on the script for the film “Police Days,” and then audition for a role in this film.

Then he starred in small roles in the films “Real Boys” and “CHOP”.

At the beginning of 2017, comedies with his participation “Drunk. Moreover, in the second he played his first leading role - Tyoma. His filming partner was Agata Muceniece, who played his common-law wife Nika.

According to the plot of the film “Civil Marriage,” a couple has been dating for more than a year, and then decides to live together - to prove to their parents and themselves that they are ready for an independent life. They decide to move in together and live in Nika's grandmother's apartment. But this apartment is only a few floors below Nika's parents' apartment. And quarrels, conflicts, etc. begin.

Denis Kukoyaka in the series “Civil Marriage”

As Denis said, the role in the series was easy for him, since he himself went through a civil marriage: “Only after 10 years of marriage did I propose to my girlfriend. This is generally a very familiar phenomenon for Russia. We found out that everyone involved in our series went through a civil marriage, except for the main character Agatha. So civil marriage is normal. I would wish everyone to try to live in a civil marriage first. When a guy and a girl start living together, the rose-colored glasses come off. This is a kind of test drive.”

Denis Kukoyaka is also trying himself as a producer. In 2015-2016, he produced the TV series “CHOP”.

Denis Kukoyaki's height: 173 centimeters.

Triumph of the group "Bread"

The guys’ creativity and positive attitude were noted by the owner of the Booking Machine PR agency, Ilya Mamai, who offered them a lucrative contract. Denis, Alexander and Kirill gave their consent without hesitation and began with performances at small venues in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Despite the surprise and skepticism of some envious people, the guys gathered impressive audiences.

Soon the group “Khleb” presented their debut album called “Black”. Three years later, the guys recorded the album “White”, which included 13 tracks. 2020 turned out to be the most eventful year, when the “Spiner” video received more than a million views in the first days of rotation. The following tracks became no less popular: “Sex with Oxxxymiron” and “Crying to Techno.”

A parody of the song “Few Halves” by the “mega-talented” singer Olga Buzova, performed by the cheerful guys from the group “Khleb”, received no less number of views and likes than the original version. At the beginning of 2020, a new video “Taxi” was released, which also featured banter and sparkling humor.

Video clips

• 2013 — “Tea, Sugar”
• 2013 — “Cameroon”
• 2013 — “Rap, chains”
• 2016 — “My rap”
• 2016 — “Eba”
• 2016 — “Eba (DJ Oguretz Remix)”
• 2016 - “Eba (4eu3 Remix)”
• 2016 — “Eba (Joy Police Remix)”
• 2016 — “Spice”
• 2016 — “Come to me”
• 2017 — “Sex with Oxxxymiron”
• 2017 — «21»
• 2017 - Dzharakhov - “Blockers” (participation)
• 2017 — “District”
• 2017 - “Mohair” (feat. “Disco Crash”)
• 2017 - “Full BREAD” (feat. Transverse)
• 2017 — “Spinner”
• 2017 — “Catfish”
• 2017 — “Drum-n-Bass”
• 2017 — “Stone Island Jacket”
• 2017 — “I’m crying on techno”
• 2017 — “Halves are not enough”
• 2018 — “Taxi”
• 2018 — “Sprite”
• 2018 - “KUKOYAKA - POOPIN”
• 2018 — “Shashlyndos”
• 2018 — “Friendship”
• 2018 — “Wine”
• 2018 — “Well, you understand”
• 2019 - Dzharakhov (feat. Tilex, Big Russian Boss, Young P&H, , Morgenstern & Bread) - “Gena Bukin”
• 2019 — “200 den”
• 2019 - "OPPA"
• 2019 — “Horses”
• 2019 — “Ebobo”
• 2019 — “AirPods”

Cinematic activities

In 2012, Kukoyaka acted as a screenwriter for the film “Police Days,” where he played a small role. Then the talent of the young actor was noted by the authors of the humorous project Real Boys, inviting Denis to play the role of supermarket salesman Alik.

In 2020, Denis received a cameo role in another project of the TNT channel “ChOP”. In the image of law student Kostya Nekrasov, Kukoyak starred in the film Drunken Firm by Grigory of Constantinople. The following popular artists became his partners on the set:

• Mikhail Efremov;
• Ivan Makarevich;
• Marat Basharov;
• Elizaveta Boyarskaya;
• Victoria Isakova.

Denis received his first leading role in 2020 in the comedy film by Dina Shturmanova - Civil Marriage. The actor played a young man named Artem, who loves his girlfriend Nika, but is in no hurry to propose marriage to her. After a year of dating, the couple got tired of the monotony and decided to take a desperate step - a civil marriage. The girl’s image was played by the wife of the country’s main “Major” and a talented actress – Agata Muceniece.

The tandem of young artists brilliantly coped with the director's task. The project was graced by such actors as: Dmitry Astrakhan, Anna Legchilova, Dmitry Averin, and Mikhail Grushevsky. The second part of the fascinating story of two young and promising people: Artem and Nika is scheduled for 2018, but the exact release date of the new season is still unknown.

Actor career

After this, the young actor played consultant Alik in the popular TV series “Real Boys.”

Having settled down on the TNT channel and having understood the specifics of the work, Denis offered his help in writing a script for the new sitcom “CHOP”, in which he did not forget to leave a place for himself.

In a very successful year for him in 2020, Denis played a small role in the four-part comedy “Drunken Company”, on the set of which he met a whole constellation of famous Russian actors. His partners were Mikhail Efremov, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Victoria Isakova, Marat Basharov, Ivan Makarevich.

The actor’s real finest hour came in 2020, when he was invited to the main role in the new project of the TNT channel “Civil Marriage”. The partner in the series was the wife of “major” Pavel Priluchny, actress Agata Muceniece. His hero Tema is a rather irresponsible young man who just can’t decide to propose to his girlfriend.

Filmography

Video clips[ | ]

• 2013 — “Tea, Sugar”
• 2013 — “Cameroon”
• 2013 — “Rap, chains”
• 2016 — “My rap”
• 2016 — “Eba”
• 2016 — “Eba (DJ Oguretz Remix)”
• 2016 - “Eba (4eu3 Remix)”
• 2016 — “Eba (Joy Police Remix)”
• 2016 — “Spice”
• 2016 — “Come to me”
• 2017 — “Sex with Oxxxymiron”
• 2017 — «21»
• 2017 - Dzharakhov - “Blockers” (participation)
• 2017 — “District”
• 2017 - “Mohair” (feat. “Disco Crash”)
• 2017 - “Full BREAD” (feat. Transverse)
• 2017 — “Spinner”
• 2017 — “Catfish”
• 2017 — “Drum-n-Bass”
• 2017 — “Stone Island Jacket”
• 2017 — “I’m crying on techno”
• 2017 — “Halves are not enough”
• 2018 — “Taxi”
• 2018 — “Sprite”
• 2018 - “KUKOYAKA - POOPIN”
• 2018 — “Shashlyndos”
• 2018 — “Friendship”
• 2018 — “Wine”
• 2018 — “Well, you understand”
• 2019 - Dzharakhov (feat. Tilex, Big Russian Boss, Young P&H, , Morgenstern & Bread) - “Gena Bukin” (participation)
• 2019 — “200 den”
• 2019 — “OPA”
• 2019 — “Horses”
• 2019 — “Ebobo”
• 2019 — “AirPods”
• 2020 — “Bambaleila”
• 2020 - “Crying to Techno” (feat. Cream Soda)

Time-tested feelings

Kukoyaka met his wife Elena Panarina in 2004 at a party of mutual friends. After several months of meetings and dates, the couple began to live under the same roof, like the characters from the TV series “Civil Marriage”, where Denis played a key character.

After ten years of marriage, Panarina and Kukoyaka registered their marriage in one of the capital’s registry offices. The newlyweds made a touching video where they take an oath of fidelity and declare their love. Denis posted this video on his YouTube channel and the video received a huge number of views.

Adulthood

After receiving his university diploma, Denis Kukoyaka did not go to work in his specialty. He wanted to realize himself creatively. Our hero, together with friends Kirill Trifonov and Sasha Shuliko, created a humorous Internet project called “What kind of show?” In a short time they gained a whole army of fans. However, the project soon became obsolete. And then the guys launched a new Internet program - “I Like It.” Their next project was called “Tell Your Friends.”

Our hero has established himself not only as a comedian. Under the pseudonym Deni Deni, he recorded several compositions in a style close to rap. His songs such as “Like”, “Letter to an Arab Girl” and “Delete Me” won the greatest popularity. More recently, Den and his friends organized a musical group called “Bread”. They have already released several tracks, including “My Rap”.