Maksim Viktorovich Averin (Russian: Макси́м Ви́кторович Аве́рин;[1] 26 November 1975 [2]) is a Russian actor who works in theater, film and television. He is best known for starring in the long running medical drama television series Sklifosovsky. He is also a television director and presenter. He was named an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation in 2014.[3]

Maksim Averin
Maksim Averin at the premiere in 2009
Born
Maksim Viktorovich Averin

(1975-11-26) 26 November 1975 (age 48)
Alma materBoris Shchukin Theatre Institute
Occupation(s)Actor, presenter
Years active1998–present
Awards

Biography

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Maksim Averin was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His father worked at the Mosfilm as a painter-decorator. Averin made his debut on the silver screen at the age of six.[4] Once in second grade Maksim refused to write a math test and said that he did not need it at drama school.

In 1997 he graduated with honors from Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, at the Vakhtangov State Academic Theatre. He played in the Satyricon Theatre for eighteen years, In Satyricon he played in Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Lion in Winter, Hamlet, Hedda Gabler and others.

January 7, 2023, against the backdrop of 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, was included in the sanctions list of Ukraine.[5]

Career

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Maksim Averin’s film career began in 1999 with the role of Korabelnikov in the comedy Love is Evil directed by Vladimir Zaykin. After this work, the actor even was called Russian Jim Carrey. He won the TEFI Award for Best Actor on TV in 2011.[6]

Since 2014 Averin host of the show Three Chords on Channel One Russia.

 
Maksim Averin at the Day of Books in the Russian State Children's Library. 2017

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 Love is Evil Korabelnikov
2003 Firefighters Denis Rogozin TV series
2003 Magnetic Storms Valera
2005 Carousel Oleg Korneev TV series
2005 City Without the Sun Yegor
2006 Doctor Zhivago Man-'bush' TV mini-series
2006 Cat's Waltz Murz
2007 Love One Denis Shumsky
2007 Varvara's Wedding Yusup Bekirov
2008 Glukhar Captain Sergei Glukharyov TV series
2009 Glukhar. Come the New Year! Captain Sergei Glukharyov TV series
2010 Glukhar. Return Captain Sergei Glukharyov TV series
2010 Glukhar the Movie Major Sergei Glukharyov Film
2011 Glukhar. Coming Back Major Sergei Glukharyov TV series
2011 Homecoming Gleb Belov TV series
2011 Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman Alexander
2012 Serving Soviet Union! Dontsov
since 2012 Sklifosovsky Dr. Oleg Bragin TV series
2013 Goryunov Pavel Goryunov TV series
2014 Kuprin. Pit Zheltkov TV mini-series
2014 Man-Bait Gena TV series
2016 The Partners Yegor / Matvey TV series

References

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  1. ^ Распоряжение Правительства Российской Федерации от 28 декабря 2005 года
  2. ^ "Официальный сайт Максима Аверина". maximaverin.ru.
  3. ^ Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 20 апреля 2014 года № 253 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации» Archived 2014-04-23 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Максим Аверин — биография
  5. ^ "Украина ввела санкции против Владимира Преснякова и Басты". InterMedia (in Russian). 7 January 2023.
  6. ^ "ТЭФИ-2010". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
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