Andrey Burkovsky

Andrey Vladimirovich Burkovsky (; born November 14, 1983) is a Russian actor and a former KVN member of «Maximum» team. Since 2014, he has been an actor of the Moscow Art Theatre He is known for starring in Start original series Mediator and Let's youngers (Даёшь молодёжь!).

Life and career Burkovsky was born in Tomsk. In 2000, after graduating from school, he entered the Law Institute of Tomsk State University, graduating in 2005.

In 2010, Burkovsky entered the Moscow Art Theatre School for the course of Igor Zolotovitsky and Sergei Zemtsov. He graduated in 2014.

In 2016, Andrey Burkovsky enjoys playing ice hockey in his spare time.

In 2022, Burkovsky and his family moved to Los Angeles. In January 2023, he performed a role in Aleksandr Molochnikov's theatrical production of Chekhov in the Chelsea in the United States.

However, the artist continued to be a member of the Moscow Art Theater troupe until August 2023.

Television At the beginning of 2009, together with his KVN teammate Mikhail Bashkatov, he was invited to the cast of the sketch-comedy series Give Youth! which aired originally on STS channel, where he played the metrosexual Danila Fox, the gopnik Rzhavy, the policeman Vyushkin and the young spouse Valera, as well as a number of other characters. The show lasted for 9 seasons.

In 2012, Burkovsky got the role of Ilya in the sitcom Kitchen on the STS channel, where he appeared for the first two seasons.

Since March 2016, he has been the host of the Not Fact program on the Zvezda TV channel.

On October 1, 2016, Ice Age ice skating competition show returned to Channel One, and among the participants was Andrey. His partner in the project was the famous figure skater Tatiana Navka.

In 2021 Burkovsky starred in the lead role of Mediator, a Start original crime drama series about a manipulative negotiator Andrei Pavlov who saves hostages and people who attempt suicide. Two seasons have been released.

In 2022 Burkovsky starred in Amore More - a dramedy series about poly-amorous relationships.

Family Father - Tomsk businessman Vladimir Grigorievich Burkovsky. Mother - Burkovskaya Lyudmila Ivanovna, owner of the restaurants "Eternal Call" and "Hmel" in the city of Tomsk. Brother - Alexander. On January 8, 2009, at the age of 23, he crashed at a ski resort in Sheregesh in the Kemerovo region (while skiing, he crashed into a tree at full speed, as a result of which he received multiple injuries which led to his death). Wife - Olga Burkovskaya (the wedding took place on August 29, 2008). Children: March 14, 2011 son Maxim was born. On June 5, 2013, daughter Alisa was born.

Controversy In 2016, Andrey Burkovsky together with dancing partner Tatiana Navka drew ire from the public as they appeared in Ice Age - the Russian version of Dancing on Ice dressed as Holocaust concentration camp prisoners. Burkovsky and Navka said that the dance was inspired by the 1997 film Life Is Beautiful and was not meant to cause offense.

Filmography and theater Filmography Year Title (original) Role Notes 2009–2013 Give Youth! (ДаЁшь молодЁжь!) Various (trainer; dentist; gopnik Rzhavy; metrosexual Danila Fox; father Valera; policeman Vyushkin; vampire Denis; chairman of “Young Russia”) Television sketch-comedy 2010 One for All (Одна за всех) Assistant to the president Television 2013–2014 Kitchen (Кухня) Ilya Vladimirovich, waiter Television; seasons 2–3 2013–2015 The Last of the Magikyans (Последний из Магикян) Yegor Nikolayevich Shcherbakov Television; seasons 1–5 2015 Boarding House "Skazka", or Miracles Included (Пансионат «Сказка», или Чудеса включены) Andrey Television 2015 Bet on Love (Ставка на любовь) Kostya Feature film 2015 Society of Anonymous Optimists (Общество анонимных оптимистов) Boris Short film 2016 Pushkin (Пушкин) Grigory Baranov, film producer Television/mini-series 2017 Adaptation (Адаптация) Roman Television; season 1 2017 Furious (Легенда о Коловрате) Rostislav Feature film 2017 Yolki 6 (Ёлки новые) Igor Feature film 2018 Call DiCaprio! (Звоните ДиКаприо!) Lev Ivanovsky Television 2018 Tobol (Тобол) Johan Gustav Renat Feature film 2018 KVNshchiki (КВНщики) cameo Television 2019 Sober Driver (Трезвый водитель) Stanislav Feature film 2020 Deadly Illusions (Смертельные иллюзии) Denis Romanov Feature film 2020 An Hour Before the Dawn (За час до рассвета) Capt. Denis “Ptakha” Zhuravlyov Television 2020 The Babe! (Красотка в ударе) Ilya, plastic surgeon Feature film 2020 For the First Guy You Meet (За первого встречного) Anton Ignatyev Feature film 2020 Doctor Liza (Доктор Лиза) Maj. Sergei Kolesov (FSKN) Feature film 2020 A Good Man (Хороший человек) Boris Lebedev Television 2020 Passengers (Пассажиры) Nikita Television; episode 5 2021 Mediator (Медиатор) Andrei Pavlov Television 2021 Milk (Молоко) Seryozha Feature film 2021 Bender: The Final Hustle (Бендер: Последняя афера) Crowley, illusionist Feature film 2021 The Official (Чиновник) Maxim Eduardovich Feature film 2021 The Sun Line (Солнечная линия) Husband TV film / feature (as released) 2022 Amore More Georgy Television 2022 Tchaikovsky’s Wife (Жена Чайковского) Vladimir Meshchersky Feature film 2022 Nina (Нина) Kostya Television/feature (as released) 2022 I’m on Rewind! (Я на перемотке!) Maxim Feature film 2023 Frozen Land (Мёрзлая земля) Vladislav Aydarov Feature film 2023 Lord of the Wind (Повелитель ветра) Rakitin Feature film 2024 The Flying Ship (Летучий корабль) Paul Feature film 2025 Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears: A New Beginning (Москва слезам не верит. Всё только начинается) TBA Announced 2025 Clown Story COCO Short film; Motherfather Production. New York

Theatre Year (premiere) Play (original) Role Venue/Notes 2011 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Белоснежка и семь гномов) Royal wishes executor Moscow Art Theatre 2011 The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита) Georges Bengalsky Moscow Art Theatre 2013 The Pickwick Club (Пиквикский клуб) President of the Court Moscow Art Theatre 2013 An Ideal Husband. A Comedy (Идеальный муж. Комедия) Moloch/TV diva Moscow Art Theatre 2014 No. 13D (№ 13D) by Ray Cooney Waiter Moscow Art Theatre. 2014 Leading Ladies (Примадонны) by Ken Ludwig Leo Clark Moscow Art Theatre 2015 The Musketeers. Saga. Part One (Мушкетёры. Сага. Часть первая) Porthos Moscow Art Theatre 2016 Central Park West (350 Сентрал-парк Вест, New York, NY 10025) by Woody Allen Howard Moscow Art Theatre 2017 Sun Line (Солнечная линия) Verder Meyerhold Theatre Center (Театр имени Мейерхольда, Moscow) 2018 The Sun Rises. An Evening dedicated to Gorky (Солнце всходит. Вечер Горького) actor Moscow Art Theatre 2018 The Man from the Fish (Человек из рыбы) Benoît Moscow Art Theatre 2019 Run (Бег) by Mikhail Bulgakov Sergey Pavlovich Golubkov Moscow Art Theatre 2024 Our Class Menakhem Production MART Foundation and Arlekin Players Theatre; BAM/Classic Stage Company (New York) 2024 The Dybbuk (Диббук) The Dybbuk/Khonen Arlekin Players Theatre; Vilna Shul, Boston 2025 Seagull: True Story MC/Barry La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York