Pavel Sergeevich Maykov (russian: Па́вел Серге́евич Ма́йков; born October 15, 1975, in

Mytishchi Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow on the Yauza River and the Moscow–Yarosla ...

) 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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Girls with Makarov Girls with Makarov (russian: Девушки с Макаровым), also known as Makarov and the Girls, is a Russian comedy television series produced by Comedy Club Productions. The main roles are played by Pavel Maykov, Alevtina Tukan, Vladis ...

''. He is the older brother of singer and actress Anastasia Stotskaya.Павел Майков: Бог не даёт нам с женой детей!
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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 Kiev, Ukraine. In 1992 he graduated from high school No. 1 there. In 1994 he entered

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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

Mossovet Theater Mossovet State Academic Theatre (Государственный академический театр имени Театр Моссовета) is one of the oldest theatres of Moscow, opened in 1923 and based at Bolshaya Sadovaya, 16. History Mos ...

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,

Ekaterina Guseva Yekaterina Konstantinovna Guseva (russian: Екатери́на Константи́новна Гу́сева; 9 July 1976) is a Russian film, theater, TV actress and singer, Meritorious Artist of Russia. She became famous for her role in the 2002 ...

Vladimir Vdovichenkov Vladimir Vladimirovich Vdovichenkov (russian: Влади́мир Влади́мирович Вдовиче́нков; born 13 August 1971) is a Russian theater and screen actor known for his roles in ''Brigada'' (2002) ''Leviathan'' (2014), '' Bu ...

, 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 Joseph Brodsky. 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 ''

'' 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

Yevgeny Stychkin Yevgeny Alekseevich Stychkin (russian: Евге́ний Алексе́евич Сты́чкин; born 10 June 1974) is a Russian actor and director known for his roles in '' God Loves Caviar'' and ''Trotsky''. Biography Yevgeny Stychkin was born ...

. 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 as security guard at the cigar club * 2017 — The Man Who Surprised Everyone as Zakhar * 2018 —

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as Gena * 2019 —

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Alexander Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izho ...

* 2020 — Sherlock in Russia as Lavr Trudniy * 2020–present —

as Pavel Makarov * 2021 — A Dog Named Palma as Georgy Krasilov

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maykov, Pavel 1975 births Russian male actors 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