# Bilguun Ariunbaatar

Bilguun Ariunbaatar (born 31 January 1987) is a Mongolian-Polish television presenter, musician, and actor. He was a singer in the rock band Lavina.

## Early life and education

Ariunbaatar was born on 31 January 1987 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. His parents are physicians. His family emigrated to Warsaw, Poland when he was nine years old. He has two siblings; a brother born in 1990, and a sister born in 2009. Ariunbaatar is of Mongolian descent and has Polish citizenship.
He studied for two years at the Medical University of Warsaw before dropping out. He then began studying advertising and marketing at a private university in Warsaw, from which he graduated with a bachelor's degree.

## Career
### Television

In 2010 and 2011 he acted in the TVN programme Szymon Majewski Show and then he co-hosted the programme HDw3D Telewision with Szymon Majewski. In 2012 he acted in TVN programme Szymon na żywo. In each programme he portrayed a Mongolian journalist who speaks in broken Polish and is confused by Polish customs.
In 2011 he participated in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami. He was paired with Janja Lesar. They came in the second place. Later he would be a backstage co-host in the show from 2014 to 2015.
In 2013 he hosted Viva Polska programmes Spanie z gwiazdami and Puk, puk, to my!. In 2014 he participated in talent show Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo. In 2015 he participated in the programme Celebrity Splash!. Between 2013 and 2018 he also performed as a guest singer in several episodes of the game show Jaka to melodia?.

### Other media

In 2012 he worked for the Rock Radio and hosted the radio programme Szybki Bill at the Radio Zet.
In 2015 and 2016, he acted in Udając ofiarę, a play by Krystyna Janda The play was performed in the Och-Teatr theatre in Warsaw.
He formed the rock band Lavina with Rafał Żukowski, Paweł Paszczyk, and Mateusz Banasiuk in 2015. Their debut album was released on 4 September 2020. The band was disbanded in October 2023.

### Controversy

Ariunbaatar was named in a leaked list of cocaine dealer clients in 2018. As a result he was blacklisted by major television studios. At the time he was struggling with clinical depression. He decided to end his career and retreat from public life.
Ariunbaatar returned to acting in 2022 and had a minor role in the feature film Szczęścia chodzą parami.

## Private life

Together with a now ex-girlfriend, Izabela, he has a daughter, Antonina, who was born in 2016. For years, he struggled with a clinical depression.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2010–2011 | Szymon Majewski Show | Mongolian journalist | Main role |
| 2011 | HDw3D Telewision | Mike | Main role |
| 2011 | Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami | Himself (contestant) | Talent show |
| 2014–2015 | Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami | Himself (backstage co-host) | Talent show |
| 2012 | Szymon na żywo | Mongolian journalist | Main role |
| 2013 | Spanie z gwiazdami | Himself (host) | Talk show |
| 2013 | Puk, puk, to my! | Himself (host) | |
| 2013–2018 | Jaka to melodia? | Himself (guest singer) | Game show |
| 2018 | Jaka to melodia? | Himself (contestant) | Game show |
| 2014 | Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo | Himself (contestant) | Game show |
| 2015 | Celebrity Splash! | Himself | Reality show |
| 2021 | Kuba Wojewódzki | Himself (guest) | Talk show; 1 episode |
| 2021 | Fort Boyard | Himself | Game show |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Brzuszek | Dentist | |
| 2015 | Bangistan | Wong | |
| 2022 | Szczęścia chodzą parami | Taxi driver | |
| 2022 | The Last Day of Work | Hero | Short film |

### Polish dubbing

| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
| 2011 | Gnomeo and Juliet | Fawn | |