| Mikhail Boyarsky | |
| Native Name: | Михаил Боярский |
| Birth Name: | Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Date: | 26 December 1949 |
| Birth Place: | Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation: | Actor, singer, television presenter, musician, stuntman |
| Years Active: | 1973–2023 |
| Website: | mboyarskiy.ru |
Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky (Russian: Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский; born 26 December 1949) is a Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing swashbucklers in historical adventure films; the role of d'Artagnan in the 1978 Soviet adaptation of Alexander Dumas' Three Musketeers elevated Boyarsky to the nationwide fame.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky was born 26 December 1949 in Leningrad in the family of Sergey Aleksandrovich Boyarsky and Yekaterina Mikhailovna Melentyeva, both Komissarzhevskaya Theatre actors. He studied piano in a music school affiliated with the Conservatory. After school, Boyarsky entered Institute of Theatre Music and Cinema, finishing in 1972, and began working in the Lensovet Theatre for Igor Vladimirov.
In the cinema, the actor made a debut in the films Bridges and The Straw Hat (1974), becoming well known in 1975 after his role in the picture Eldest Son. He found much greater popularity in the main role of Troubadour in the theatre musical The Troubadour and His Friends, with the princess played by Larisa Luppian, who soon became his wife. In 1976, he played the big bad wolf in the movie Ma-ma.
His popularity really took off in 1978 after Boyarsky starred in the musical film D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers. After that, he was typecast as a swashbuckler for two decades; he reprised his role as d'Artagnan in three sequels and portrayed other "sword and hat" characters in adventure movies like The Dog in the Manger (1978), The Prisoner of Château d'If (1988), Gardes-Marines, Ahead! (1988), Don César de Bazan (1989), Viva Gardes-Marines! (1991), Queen Margot (1996) and Taras Bulba (2009), among others. Being a singer, he also often starred in musical films. Occasionally he played against type, like in Extra Ticket or The Waiting Room.
In 2023 Boyarsky retired from acting, because of his age and health issues.[1]
In the 1996 presidential elections, Boyarsky campaigned for Boris Yeltsin, participating in the Vote or Lose program.[2]
Boyarsky supports the policies pursued by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev. In particular, he attributes to Putin the opening of the country's borders in the early 1990s:
By his own admission, Boyarsky is a conservative, a supporter of the monarchy, and an opponent of communist views.
In 2001, Boyarsky signed a letter in defense of the NTV channel.[3]
In 2003, Boyarsky supported Valentina Matviyenko during the election campaign for governor of St. Petersburg. He has repeatedly supported the construction project of the Gazprom City skyscraper (since 2007, Okhta Center), starring in commercials for this project. In 2009, he issued an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev for the construction of the Okhta Center. At the same time, many city residents actively opposed the project, and in December 2010, the decision to build it on the historical Okhtinsky Cape was canceled.
On 6 February 2012, Boyarsky was officially registered as a trusted representative of the presidential candidate and then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.[4]
Since April 2013, Boyarsky has been the leader of the Movement for the Rights of Smokers.[5]
In March 2014, Boyarsky supported the annexation of Crimea and signed a letter to President Putin in support of the annexation.[6] [7] [8]
In the 2016 Russian legislative election, Boyarsky became a trusted representative of the United Russia party.
In January 2018, Boyarsky was registered as a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin for the 2018 Russian presidential election.[9]
In June 2018, Boyarsky spoke out in favor of raising the retirement age.[10]
In December 2018, in a conversation with the general director of TV Rain, Natalya Sindeyeva, Boyarsky spoke in favor of introducing censorship in the field of cinema and theaters and for the re-establishment of artistic councils.[11]
In February 2022, he supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In February 2023, Canada sanctioned Mikhail Boyarsky for being involved in Russian propaganda and spreading misinformation relating to the 2022 war in Ukraine.[12]
With Larisa Luppian, he has a son, Sergey Boyarsky (born in 1980), and a daughter, Elizaveta Boyarskaya (born 20 December 1985).
As a native of Saint Petersburg, Boyarsky is a fan of local FC Zenit.
| Film/TV | Year | Role | Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 3 | (2016) | Scholar Cat | Voice | |
| Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 2 | (2013) | Scholar Cat | Voice | |
| Sherlock Holmes | (2013) | TV Series | ||
| (2011) | TV Mini-Series | |||
| Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf | (2011) | Scholar Cat | Voice | |
| Taras Bulba | (2009) | Moisei Shilo | Based on novel by Nikolai Gogol | |
| The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin | (2009) | d'Artagnan | ||
| Schastliviy | (2005) | TV mini-series ... a.k.a. Lucky | ||
| (2003) | Keller | TV mini-series | ||
| Plachu vperyod! | (2001) | Mikhail Raspyatov, an actor | a.k.a. ... I Pay in Advance! | |
| The New Bremen Town Musicians | (2000) | King | Voice | |
| Zal ozhidaniya | (1998) | Vitya | TV series ... a.k.a. the Waiting Room | |
| Koroleva Margo | (1996) | Maurevel (Morvel) | TV series ... a.k.a. Queen Margot | |
| The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After | (1993) | d'Artagnan | ||
| Musketeers Twenty Years After | (1992) | d'Artagnan | ||
| Tartyuf | (1992) | Tartuffe | (TV) ... a.k.a. Tartuffe | |
| Choknute | (1991) | Nikolai I, the Tsar | a.k.a. Crazies | |
| Viva Gardes-Marines! | (1991) | de Brillieu | a.k.a. Vivat, Midshipmen! | |
| Don Cesar de Bazan | (1989) | Don César | (TV) a.k.a. Don César de Bazan | |
| Iskusstvo zhit' v Odesse | (1989) | M. Boyarsky | a.k.a. The Art of Living in Odesa | |
| The Prisoner of Château d'If | (1988) | Fernan Mondego, Count de Morcerf | a.k.a. The Count of Monte-Cristo, a.k.a. The Prisoner of If Castle | |
| A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines | (1987) | Cherny (Black) | ||
| Gardemarines ahead! | (1987) | Chevalier de Brillieu | TV mini-series ... a.k.a. Midshipmen, Charge! | |
| Higher Than Rainbow | (1986) | Alik's Dad | (TV) ... a.k.a. Above the Rainbow | |
| Gum-gam | (1985) | |||
| Geroy eyo romana | (1984) | a.k.a. Hero of Her Romance | ||
| Lishniy bilet | (1983) | a.k.a. Extra Ticket | ||
| Peppi Dlinniy Chulok | (1982) | Captain Dlinniy Chulok, Peppi's father | (TV) a.k.a. Pippi Longstocking | |
| Tamozhnya | (1982) | Yuri Khorunzhev | a.k.a. Customs | |
| Dusha | (1981) | a.k.a. Soul | ||
| Kuda on denetsya! | (1981) | |||
| Nesravnennyy Nakonechnikov | (1981) | a.k.a. The Incomparable Nakonechnikov | ||
| Letuchiy korabl | (1979) | (voice) | a.k.a. Flying Ship | |
| Svatovstvo gusara | (1979) | (TV) | ||
| d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers | (1978) | D'Artagnan | TV mini-series | |
| Komissiya po rassledovaniyu | (1978) | a.k.a. The Investigation Commission | ||
| Poka bezumstvuyet mechta | (1978) | a.k.a. While the Dream Is Raving | ||
| Povar i pevitsa | (1978) | (voice) Barmaleyev | a.k.a. A Cook and a Singer | |
| The Dog in the Manger | (1978) | Teodoro | (TV) | |
| Dikiy Gavrila | (1976) | |||
| Goluboy shchenok | (1976) | Pirate (voice) | a.k.a. Blue Puppy | |
| Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil | (1976) | Konokrad | a.k.a. How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder | |
| Ma-ma | (1976) | Seriy (Grey) the Wolf | a.k.a. Mummy; a.k.a. Rock'n Roll Wolf | |
| Poezd pamyati | (1976) | (voice) | ||
| Sentimental Romance | (1976) | |||
| New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya | (1975) | Kot Matvey | (TV) | |
| The Elder Son | (1976) | Silva | ||
| The Straw Hat | (1974) | Ninardi | TV mini-series | |
| Truffaldino from Bergamo | (1972) | Truffaldino (voice) (uncredited) | a.k.a. Truffaldino from Bergamo |