Pavel Sergeevich Maykov (; born October 15, 1975, in

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) is a Russian theater, film and voice actor, TV presenter, singer and musician. Maykov is best known for starring as Viktor Pchyolkin in the TV series ''

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''Павел Майков Биография. Роли в театре. Роли в кино
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Life and career

Maykov was born on October 15, 1975. His father was a driver and mother an artist from a noble family. From 1982 to 1992 he lived in

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, Ukraine. In 1992 he graduated from high school No. 1 there. In 1994 he entered

GITIS The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) () is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, the school was founded on 22 September 1878 as the Shostakovsky Music School. It became the School of Mu ...

as an actor of the drama theater (workshop of Pavel Chomsky), which he graduated in 1998. In the graduation performance ''

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'' based on the play by William Shakespeare, he played one of the main roles of Proteus. Maykov was part of the

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troupe in the years 2000–2005. Pavel Maykov's acting breakthrough came in 2002 when he starred in the cult Russian crime miniseries ''

'' as the public-enemy gang member Viktor "The Bee" Pchyolkin. In 2018 Maykov described the series as a crime against Russia because he felt the popular series glamourised violence and influenced young people into becoming criminals. In 2003 he participated in the Russian version of the Fort Boyard game show. The team also included Ernest Mackevicius,

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, Dmitry Dyuzhev and Elena Vykhodtseva (Winnings - 90,030 rubles) In 2011, Maykov together with actor Mikhail Prismotrov founded the band "ButterBrodsky" where he himself composed the music and used lyrics from existing poems, including by

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. In 2017 he founded another music group - "Magrit". In 2020 Maykov was cast as police major Pavel Makarov who's in charge of the women's police division in procedural sitcom '' Girls with Makarov'' which airs on

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. As of 2022, two seasons of the series have aired, and the third is set to air. In 2021 he starred in drama television series ''Contact'' by

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. 9 episodes of the series have aired.

Personal life

*First wife (2001-2005) - Ekaterina Maslovskaya, actress and singer (born 1982) **Son - Daniil Maykov (born 2003) *Second wife (since 2006) - Maria Saffo (Slidovker), actress (born 1978)

Selected filmography

* 2002 —

as Viktor Pchyolkin * 2017 — You All Infuriate Me as Arseny, Galya's husband * 2017 —

Maximum Impact ''Maximum Impact'' () is a 2017 action comedy film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak, written by Ross LaManna, and starring Alexander Nevsky, Kelly Hu, Yevgeny Stychkin, Mark Dacascos, Danny Trejo, Tom Arnold and Eric Roberts. The film was released ...

as security guard at the cigar club * 2017 —

The Man Who Surprised Everyone The Man Who Surprised Everyone () is a Russian film-drama directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, shot according to their own script in 2018. Member for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section (Best Actress Award) of the 75th Venice Internatio ...

as Zakhar * 2018 —

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as Gena * 2019 —

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* 2020 — Sherlock in Russia as Lavr Trudniy * 2020–present — Girls with Makarov as Pavel Makarov * 2021 —

A Dog Named Palma ''A Dog Named Palma'' () is a 2021 Russian children's drama film directed by Aleksandr Domogarov Jr., based on real events that took place in 1974–1976 at the Moscow's Vnukovo International Airport. It was released theatrically on March 18, 202 ...

as Georgy Krasilov

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maykov, Pavel 1975 births Living people People from Mytishchi Russian Academy of Theatre Arts alumni Russian male stage actors Russian male film actors Russian male television actors Russian male voice actors Russian television presenters Russian male singers Russian male guitarists