Maksim Averin

Maksim Viktorovich Averin (; 26 November 1975 ) 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.

Biography 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. 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.

Career 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.

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

Filmography 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