A genius demanded Russian artist, whose biography does not need special promotion. His unique manner of acting and charisma, his love for theater and cinema is instantly recognizable by the audience. Mikhail Olegovich Efremov is a popular hereditary theater and film actor, theater director, TV presenter.
Biography and merits
Mikhail was born on November 10, 1963, in an acting family. Mikhail's mother and father are People's Artists, workers in the field of acting education, theater and film actors. His grandfather is an opera director. Great-great-grandfather - the creator of the new Chuvash alphabet and educator, who opened more than 300 schools, at one time was friends with Lenin's father.
Mikhail received his theatrical education at the Moscow Art Theater School, to which he returned after serving in the army. Upon graduation and until 1991, Mikhail organized and headed the Sovremennik-2 youth theater-studio. After its collapse, Mikhail worked at the Moscow Art Theater for another 8 years, before the aggravation of the conflict with the management of the theater on the topic of the fight "against the terrible theatrical system", after which Mikhail was forced to leave the Moscow Art Theater forever.
The acting debut of 13-year-old Mikhail took place on the stage of the theater, in the play "Leaving, Look Back …". After that he was invited to take part in the productions: "Chapaev and Emptiness", "People-Mice", "Woe from Wit", "Amadeus", "Little Scams of the Big City", "Three Sisters", "Slap", "Duck Hunt "," Seagull "and many others.
In addition to the Moscow Art Theater and Sovremennik, Mikhail worked at the School of Contemporary Play, at the Anton Chekhov Theater, in the Entreprise.
Since 1995, Mikhail has been holding the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 2007, Mikhail Efremov was awarded the Golden Eagle in the Best Male Movie Role nomination for his role in the film 12.
In 2009, for his role in the film "Pussycat", Mikhail received the "Silver Boat" prize for "best male role" at the "Window to Europe" film festival in Vyborg XVII.
In 2015 he was awarded the Nika Prize in the Best Supporting Actor nomination in the film About Love.
Personal life of Mikhail Efremov
Mikhail turned out to be very loving. Only officially, he took his chosen ones to the registry office five times.
The first wife is actress Elena Golyanova. The marriage with her was concluded with the aim of solving Elena's housing issue and lasted only a month. In the union of Mikhail and Elena, the child did not appear. They parted with his wife peacefully.
The second wife was Asiya Bikmakhmetova, a philologist, literary editor at Sovremennik. Asya Vorobyova (as she called herself), the wife of a friend of Anton Tabakov, went to Mikhail after a stormy office romance. With Asya, Mikhail had a child in 1988 who followed in the footsteps of his father.
The attention of the third darling of the actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya Mikhail sought for two years. In 1990, Mikhail became the husband of Eugene, but due to interest in another woman, the marriage broke up in 1997.
Quadruple wife - Ksenia Kachalina, an actress in the past, conquered Mikhail during the filming of “The Romanovs. Crowned family. Today, Xenia is not involved in acting and, according to neighbors, has problems with alcohol and bailiffs, debts to the housing office. In a marriage with Ksenia, Mikhail had a daughter, Anna-Maria, who recently confessed her non-traditional sexual orientation.
Having lived for several years in a marriage with his last wife, Sofya Kruglikova, Mikhail took her to church to get married in 2016. It is Sophia, who works in the field of acting education, that Mikhail calls "the love of all life." The family of the spouses had three children (Vera, Nadezhda and Boris).
Today, you can often find articles that describe cases of Mikhail's abuse of alcohol and the public scandals associated with this. Mikhail himself does not deny these "bright and juicy spots" of his personal life.
Filmography and television career
Mikhail's film debut took place in 1976, in the film "Days of the surgeon Mishkin", on the same stage with his father (Oleg Efremov), Innokentiy Smoktunovsky, Rolan Bykov. In 1978, he starred in the film about touching teenage love and morality "When I Become a Giant", in the role of Petit Kopeikin, which brought popularity to young Mikhail. The next brilliant work was the role of Andrei in the film about school love "All the other way around" (1981). Here Mikhail played on the same site with Oleg Tabakov and Svetlana Nemolyaeva. Then the roles in the films "The Blackmailer" (1987), "The Noble Robber Vladimir Dubrovsky" (1988) and "Vivat, Midshipmen!" (1991). In the 90s, during the financial crisis in the country, Mikhail agreed to any role. Works of this period: "Midlife Crisis", "Queen Margot", "Marcephal", "D. D. D. Dossier of detective Dubrovsky.
In the 2000s, Mikhail played in the TV series "Kamenskaya", "Border. Taiga Novel "," Deadly Power "," Site "," Moscow Saga "," Hunt for Red Manchurian ", etc.
Until 2005, the actor's filmography includes about 30 films: “The Romanovs. Crowned family "," Rescuers. Eclipse”,“Holiday”,“Hypnosis”,“Joker”,“Antikiller”,“Antikiller-2”,“Superfather for a loser”,“Dunechka”,“Love me”,“9th company”and many others.
Mikhail played both serious, deep roles and comedic ones. He knows how to be funny and laugh at himself. In any role, Mikhail Efremov stood out for his charisma and special style of play. He played in Nikita Mikhalkov's film "State Councilor", in Tigran Keosayan's film "Hare over the Abyss", Oleg Fomin's "Election Day", played Santa Claus in the film "Irony of Fate. Continuation ", the warden in the film" Paragraph 78 ", the captain in the film" Stormgate ", the juror in the film" 12 ", who jokes and clowns, and after a piercing monologue, turns into another person who radically changes his attitude …
Michael can be seen both in strong, popular films, and in weak ones, with a small number of viewers. In films with deep meaning and light, comedic ones, such as "The Best Film", "Rzhevsky against Napoleon", "Prisoner of the Caucasus!" (2014). In 2016, Mikhail Efremov starred in the film Good Boy by Oksana Karas, which was recognized as the best film at the Kinotavr festival.
Mikhail's last work was in the film "Team B" (2018).
Mikhail began to build a career on television in 2009. The first work was the "Wait for me" project. As an actor, not devoid of a sense of humor, he is often invited as a jury member to the major league of KVN. As a sports lover, they are also invited to various football reports.
Since 2011, Mikhail has read poetry by Dmitry Bykov in the Citizen Poet project. Since 2013, on the Dozhd TV channel, he has become a co-author of the discussion project “Good Lord”.
How does Mikhail Efremov live today?
Currently, Mikhail accepts only single invitations from directors for filming and dubbing. He hardly works in the theater. Only sometimes he goes out "in the light" with his wife and children. You can see articles in the press about his scandalous statements and actions. However, he was and remains the favorite actor of thousands of viewers.
