| Birth Name: | Maksim Viktorovich Averin |
| Birth Date: | 26 November 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Occupation: | Actor, presenter |
| Alma Mater: | Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute |
| Years Active: | 1998–present |
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 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]
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.
| 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 |