Yury Tsykun is a Ukrainian-born American actor and producer based in New York City. His exact birthday is not publicly available in major sources. He trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and is a member of SAG-AFTRA. He has been active since the mid-2000s with over 40 film and television credits, and is also affiliated with Capital Repertory Theatre.

As an actor, Tsykun is best known for playing the Senior Russian Embassy Man in the Coen Brothers' Burn After Reading (2008), with additional film credits in World Trade Center (2006, starring Nicolas Cage and Michael Peña), The Good Shepherd (2006, directed by Robert De Niro), War of the Worlds (2005, directed by Steven Spielberg), Sex and the City (2008), The Devil Wears Prada (2006, starring Meryl Streep), What Happens in Vegas (2008, starring Cameron Diaz), Superheroes (2010, as Alosza), Alien Connection (2011, as Lavrenti Beria), Bumpin Uglies (2017), and As They Made Us (2022, as Rabbi Alexander, with Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen). On television he has appeared in The Knick (2015, as Mr. Tibor, directed by Steven Soderbergh), Louie (2014), Nurse Jackie (2014), Hunters (2020), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017), Billions (2023), The Michael J. Fox Show (2013), Brotherhood (2006), and The Sopranos. He has also co-produced short films, including Cocktail Muerte (2018).