Ivan Andreyevich Urgant (born 16 April 1978) is a Russian television host, presenter and actor.

After his parents broke up, he lived with his mother and stepfather - Leningrad actor Dmitri Ladygin.

[11] He received an invitation to a casting at a time when Olga Shelest and Anton Komolov were looking for a couple of hosts to team up with on the show Cheerful Morning.

[11] Since 2002, after the departure of the original team of VJs of "MTV Russia", he began to host the programs Total Show[12] and Expresso.

[18] In December 2017, Urgant was one of the hosts of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Team Draw Show, with Gary Lineker and Maria Komandnaya.

[19] On 24 February 2022, he posted "No to War" on his Instagram account following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia after which his late-night programme was taken off-air.

[20] In 2024, Urgant played the lead role in the drama film You Cried in Your Sleep, which was produced by Aleksandr Sokurov.

Since 2011, Urgant has co-owned a restaurant in Moscow, The Sad (Russian: Сад) Garden, with Aleksandr Tsekalo.