{{Short description|Ukrainian actor (1993–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Yurii Felipenko | native_name = Юрій Феліпенко | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Yuriy Serhiyovych Felipenko | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1993|5|8}} | birth_place = Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2025|6|15|1993|5|8}} | death_place = | death_cause = Killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War | other_names = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2014–2025 | known_for = | notable_works = | education = Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University | spouse = Kateryna Motrych<ref name="death"/> }}
'''Yuriy Serhiyovych Felipenko''' ({{langx|uk|Юрій Сергійович Феліпенко}}; 8 May 1993 – 15 June 2025) was a Ukrainian theatre and film actor.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Зірка серіалу "Обіцянка Богу" Феліпенко долучився до ЗСУ. Відео |url=https://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/focus/aktor-yuriy-felipenko-doluchivsya-do-zsu-video-2003845/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250615141936/https://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/focus/aktor-yuriy-felipenko-doluchivsya-do-zsu-video-2003845/ |archive-date=15 June 2025 |access-date=2025-06-17 |work=ТаблоID |language=uk |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Life and career == Felipenko was born on 8 May 1993 in Zaporizhzhia, and graduated from the Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television in 2016. He was an actor at the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://teleportal.ua/ua/person/yuriy-felipenko|title=Юрій Феліпенко|access-date=2025-06-17 |website=teleportal.ua|language=Ukrainian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Феліпенко Юрій {{!}} Особа {{!}} Theatre.love – сервіс рекомендацій, заснований на думці реальних людей |url=https://theatre.love/persons/yur-y-fel-penko/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203235001/https://theatre.love/persons/yur-y-fel-penko/ |archive-date=2021-02-03 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=theatre.love}}</ref>
In 2014, he made his television debut in Season 9 of the Russian detective series ''Muhtar's Return.'' He also appeared in ''Unit 44'' and ''The Color of Passion.''<ref name="show.24tv.ua">{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Після п'яти років разом: відомий актор, яки служить в ЗСУ, одружився з коханою у Харкові |url=https://show.24tv.ua/aktor-yuriy-felipenko-yakiy-znimavsya-seriali-obitsyanka-bogu_n2584885 |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=24 Канал |language=uk}}</ref>
In 2019, he was awarded the Kyiv Art Award.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-20 |title=Мистецька премія «Київ» на горизонті |url=http://www.t-fishing.co.ua/fests/mystetska_premiya_kyiv_na_horyzonti/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Театральна риболовля |language=uk}}</ref>
In April 2024, Felipenko joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of the Achilles UAV of the 92nd Assault Brigade and served in the Russo-Ukrainian War.<ref name="show.24tv.ua"/> He was killed in action on 15 June 2025, at the age of 32 at the Pokrovsk front.<ref name="death">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-15 |title=На фронті загинув актор театру і кіно Юрій Феліпенко |url=https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/113762/ |access-date=2025-06-17 |website=Вечірній Київ |language=uk}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Felipenko, Yurii}} Category:1993 births Category:2025 deaths Category:21st-century Ukrainian male actors Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Pokrovsk offensive Category:Actors from Zaporizhzhia Category:Military personnel from Zaporizhzhia Category:Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Category:Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University alumni Category:Ukrainian male stage actors