Vitaly Benko grew up in Washington D.C. in a family of Russian diplomats. Benko made his television debut portraying a young KGB agent in the hit FX show The Americans. Vitaly is a passionate Improv comedian, who has studied at UCB New York, The PIT. Vitaly has been to over 25 countries and lived permanently in a few, including Russia, Ireland, UAE. He is a bilingual English-Russian speaker who also mastered Arabic at Moscow State University where he acquired his Bachelor's degree in Eastern Studies.