Maxim Shchyogolev

Maxim Valerievich Shchyogolev (, also tr. Maksim Valerievich Shchyogolev; born 20 April 1982) is a popular Russian theatre and film actor, best known for roles in criminal and romantic movies and serials like Karpov, The Second Breath (2008), which earned him a Russian Army "Fighters' Brotherhood" Medal, and The Lone Wolf, 2012. In 2011 he received the Golden Rhino Award for the Best male supporting role in the film Marriage at Will (2011).

Biography Maxim Shchyogolev was born in Voronezh, to Valery Konstantinovich Shchyogolev, a Soviet Army officer, and Irina Alexandrovna, a doctor. He excelled at school and after the graduation joined the Drama faculty of the Voronezh State Academy of Arts. Here, as a first year student, he was noticed by the Moscow Luna Theatre's director Sergey Prokhanov who invited him to join his own troupe and transferred him to his own class in Russian Academy of Theatre Arts. In 2003, after the graduation, Shchyogolev joined the Moscow Art Theatre's Anatoly Vasilyev-led Drama Art studio, to study there under the supervision of the guest directors, Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards.

Career In 2001-2005 Shchyogolev was cast in several small (mostly, villainous) parts in films. Then came the 150-series long TV criminal drama The Young and the Angry (2006) where he starred in the leading part of Demidov. It was followed by the Second Breath (2008), for which he received the Fighters Brotherhood medal. Several more serials, including One Day (2008), Girl Hunters (2011), I Will Come Myself (2012) and The Lone Wolf (2013), further cemented his reputation of one of the leading Russian actors of his generation.

Private life In the early 2000s Maxim Shchyogolev had the relationship with the actress Tatyana Solntseva; in 2002 their son Ilya was born. Then Shchyogolev married the actress Alla Kazakova; they have two daughters, Maria (b. 2007) and Ekaterina (b. 2008).

Selected filmography 2001 - Under the North Star 2002 - Shoemaker 2004-2013 - Kulagin and Partners 2004 - Moscow Saga 2006 - Night express (Short) as He 2006 - The First Circle (miniseries) as torturer, episode 2006 - Soldiers 6 2006 - Who's the Boss? (TV Series) as Andrey 2006 - The Young and the Angry as Aleksandr Demidov 2007 - The Moon Theatre, or Space fool 13.28 2008 - One Day as Aleksey 2008 - Second Breath as Yuriy Yulev / "Elephant" 2009-2010 - Carmelita. Gypsy passion (TV Series) as Stanislav Zhdanov 2009 - City attractions (TV Series) as Roman Parov 2009 - Barvikha (TV Series) as bartender 2009 - Everything you need - it's love (TV Series) as Denis 2010 - Lawyer 7 (TV Series) as Krasilnikov 2010 - Marriage as a bequest as Andrey Tikhomirov 2011 - Declared wanted list (TV Series) as Petr Volgin 2011 - Bombila (TV Series) as Ignat 2011 - Hiromant 2 (TV series) as Roman Belkin 2011 - Girl Hunters (TV series) as Georgiy Volkov, General Director 2011 - Secrets of Palace Revolutions as chanter Alexei Razumovsky 2012 - Sklifosovsky (TV series) as Anton 2012 - I Will Come Myself (TV series) as Oleg 2012 - Karpov (TV Series) as Vadim Melnikov 2012 - The Lone Wolf (2 (TV series) as Maksim Dobrynin "Wolf" 2013 - Puppeteers (Mini-series) as Aleksandr, owner of the club 2014 - Anton (Short) as Brother 2014 - The cops 2 (TV series) as Yuriy Zozulya, Captain CID 2015 - Sword (TV series) as Roman Vinnikov 2015 - Molodezhka (TV Series) as Aleksandr Tochilin, head coach of "Titana"