Denis Alien

Denis Vladimirovich Alesin, which is the real name of Russian standup comic, video blogger and screenwriter Denis Chuzhogo, was born on July 23, 1988 in Zheleznogorsk, Kursk region. Denis called his childhood a rather depressive period, as he lost his father early, who suffered from alcoholism. Later this was reflected in his monologues, where he mentioned his childhood years, as well as the peculiarities of life in his hometown.

Denis Chuzhoy: career and creativity

While still studying at Kursk State University, Denis Chuzhoy began to play in KVN, worked as a presenter and was a web designer. After finishing his studies, he moved to Moscow, where he continued his labor activity as an SMM-specialist, as well as a copywriter. As a scriptwriter, he collaborated with TNT in the production of TV series and TV shows.

In particular, he took part in the work on one of the projects from "Kamedi Klub", which in the end was not launched. But Timur Karginov advised Alien himself to try to star in a comedy show dedicated to standup.

Becoming a standup comic

Denis Alien's career as a standup comic began in 2016. He took part in the first season of the show "Open Mic", but dropped out already on the second stage. After this failure for a while decided to leave television and focused on his YouTube channel. However, later he still returned to the standup format, but began to develop as an independent author.

Personal blog

In his video blog, the humorist began to lead several rubrics, which quickly became popular. Among them - "Insecure Russia", "The Class of the People". In these rubrics, his humor was devoted to news and events in the world, and also his jokes he writes about the province, family, self-consciousness and death. In 2021, the comedian began writing about politics as well.

The original section "Bad Books".

The creativity of Denis Stranger also touches on the theme of literature. For example, in his original rubric "Bad Books", the comedian regularly reviews various works, mostly fantastic, in a critical and satirical manner.

Projects and movies

Of the comedy projects of the humorist is known not only for the video blog. Thus, between 2017 and 2021, Denis Chuzhy's standup tours across the country took place, and he also released several solo concerts on record.

In addition, as a scriptwriter, Chuzhoy participated in the creation of the series "Civil Marriage", which appeared on "TNT" in 2017.

For his creative work, the artist received wide recognition. In 2020 in the rating of popular humorists in Russia, according to Maxim magazine, he took 2nd place, and in 2021 he entered the top 15 best comedians in the country (according to the publication "Palach").

Personal life of the artist

With his future wife Olga Alesina, the comedian met while still studying at the university. The couple emigrated from the Russian Federation in 2022 and lived first in Turkey, then - in Germany. Denis Chuzhoy now lives in Spain, performs in Europe. Now he develops creativity in English, actively maintains a YouTube-channel, as well as his own podcast.

Interesting facts from the biography

1. When the comedian lived in Russia, the family of Denis Chuzhy received threatening calls from unknown people, and at one of his concerts someone gave the standup comedian a funeral wreath. The artist did not even take it as a bad sign at first, but thought that it was a joke of fans, because in his work he often touches on the themes of death. Later he decided to move and sold an apartment in Moscow.
2. With Denis Stranger, his wife went to emigrate together, and the couple also took their three dogs with them.