Mikhail Efremov

Mikhail Olegovich Efremov (genus. Honored Artist of Russia.

There are many interesting facts in the biography of Mikhail Efremov, which we will talk about in this article.

So, before you is a short biography of Efremov.

Biography of Mikhail Efremov

Mikhail Efremov was born on November 10, 1963 in Moscow. He grew up and was brought up in a famous creative family. His father, Oleg Nikolaevich, was People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Socialist Labor. Mother, Alla Borisovna, was the People's Artist of the RSFSR.

Both of Mikhail's parents played in cult Soviet films, and were also theater directors and teachers.

Childhood and youth

In addition to popular parents, Efremov also had many famous relatives. His great-great-grandfather was an Orthodox preacher, organizer of public schools, a writer and translator. In addition, he was the author of the new Chuvash alphabet and several textbooks.

Mikhail's great-grandmother, Lidia Ivanovna, was an art critic, philologist and ethnographer. In addition, the woman translated German and English works into Russian. Mikhail's maternal grandfather, Boris Alexandrovich, was a People's Artist of the USSR and an opera director.

Having such eminent relatives, Mikhail Efremov was simply obliged to become an artist. For the first time he appeared on the stage as a child, playing a small role in the production of “Leaving, Look Back!”.

In addition, Efremov acted in films and was a very cheerful and agile child. Having received a certificate, he entered the Moscow Art Theater School, but after the first year of study he was called up for the service, which he served in the Air Force.

Theatre

Returning home, Mikhail completed his studies in the studio and in 1987 was appointed head of the Sovremennik-2 Theater-Studio. However, a year before the collapse of the USSR, in 1990, Sovremennik-2 ceased to exist.

In this regard, the guy decided to go to work at the Moscow Art Theater, which was then headed by his father. He stayed here for several years, having played in dozens of performances. It is worth noting that during this period of biography, conflicts often arose between father and son.

Nevertheless, Efremov admits that the experience he received from his father helped him improve his acting skills in the future.

After the Moscow Art Theater, Mikhail worked at the famous Sovremennik, where he not only went on stage, but also staged performances himself. In addition, he periodically played on the stages of the School of Contemporary Play and the Anton Chekhov Theater.

Films

Mikhail Efremov appeared on the big screen at the age of 15, playing the main role in the lyric comedy "When I Become a Giant." Then he starred in the film "House by the Ring Road".

After 3 years, Mikhail was again entrusted with a key role in the film "All the way around". In the late 80s, he also played the main characters in the films "The Blackmailer" and "The Noble Robber Vladimir Dubrovsky".

In the 90s, Efremov took part in the filming of 8 projects, the most famous of which were “Midlife Crisis”, “Male Zigzag” and “Queen Margo”.

A new round of popularity was brought to the actor by the series “Border. Taiga Romance ”, released in 2000. He brilliantly played the officer Alexei Zhgut, who was burdened by his military service. Later, viewers saw him in the Russian action films Antikiller and Antikiller-2: Anti-terror, where he played a banker.

Oleg Efremov manages to masterfully transform not only into serious, but also into comedic characters. He played superbly Kulema in Listener, Colonel Karpenko in Frenchman and Monya in Mama Don't Cry 2.

In the 2000s, Mikhail Olegovich appeared in such iconic films as "The State Councilor", "9th Company", "Hunting for Red Manch", "Thunderstorm Gate", "Hunting for Piranha" and many others. Special attention should be paid to the legal detective Nikita Mikhalkov "12", in which the artist played one of the jury.

For this role, Efremov received the Golden Eagle in the Best Actor category.

In 2013, the man starred in the drama series Thaw, which described the Soviet era of the 60s. This project was awarded "Niki", and Mikhail was awarded "TEFI" in the nomination "Best Actor of a Television Film / Series".

Efremov is very easily and plausibly given the role of merry fellows or people suffering from alcoholism. He does not hide the fact that in his biography there were many episodes when he went into binges. Many note that alcohol abuse has negatively affected his appearance and facial skin.

Nevertheless, Mikhail Efremov is not afraid of self-criticism and often jokes about alcohol. In 2016, the premiere of the comedy mini-series "The Drunken Firm" took place, in which his character, a former doctor, treated wealthy people for alcoholism.

After that, Efremov played the main roles in the films "Investigator Tikhonov", "VMayakovsky", "Team B" and "Goalkeepers of the Galaxy". In total, over the years of his creative biography, he participated in the filming of about 150 films, for which he often received prestigious awards.

TV

Since 2006, Mikhail Efremov has been a member of the refereeing team of the Higher League of KVN. From autumn 2009 to spring 2010, he replaced the sick Igor Kvasha in the famous "Wait for me" program. After the death of Kwasha, the actor was the regular host of this program from September 2012 to June 2014.

During the biography of 2011-2012. Efremov participated in the Citizen Poet Internet project. At the same time, he collaborated with the Dozhd channel, and later with the Echo of Moscow radio station, on which he read "topical" poems, the author of which was Dmitry Bykov.

In the spring of 2013, Mikhail at the Dozhd, together with Dmitry Bykov and Andrey Vasiliev, launched the Good Mister project. Its meaning was to show 5 videos on topical news with their subsequent commenting.

Efremov often gives concerts, reading satirical poems written by Bykov, in which he pokes fun at Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin.

Personal life

Over the years of his personal biography, Mikhail Olegovich was married 5 times. His first wife was actress Elena Golyanova. However, shortly after the wedding, the couple realized that their meeting was a mistake.

After that, Efremov married the philologist Asya Vorobyova. In this union, the couple had a boy, Nikita. A couple of years after the birth of the child, the young people decided to leave. The third wife of Mikhail was the actress Evgenia Dobrovolskaya, who gave birth to his son Nikolai.

For the fourth time, Mikhail went down the aisle with the film actress Ksenia Kachalina. The couple lived together for about 4 years, after which they decided to divorce. In this marriage, a girl named Anna Maria was born. An interesting fact is that when the actor's daughter turned 16, she openly admitted that she was a lesbian.

The fifth wife of the man was the sound engineer Sophia Kruglikova. The woman gave birth to Efremov three children: a boy Boris and 2 girls - Vera and Nadezhda.

The actor is fond of football, being a fan of the Moscow "Spartak". He often comes to various sports programs to comment on certain matches.

Mikhail Efremov today

In mid-2018, Efremov gave a long interview to Yuri Dudyu, where he shared many interesting facts from his biography. In 2020, he starred in the adventure film The Humpbacked Horse, in which he got the role of the king.

Mikhail Olegovich's speeches with poems denouncing the authorities caused a violent reaction from Russian officials. After a series of concerts in Ukraine, during which he criticized the Russian leadership, a member of the expert council on media development, Vadim Manukyan, urged to deprive the actor of the title of "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for unpatriotic sentiments.

Fatal road accident Efremov

On June 8, 2020, the Moscow police opened a criminal case under part 2 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic rules while intoxicated) against Mikhail Efremov after an accident on Smolenskaya Square in Moscow.

Sergey Zakharov, a 57-year-old driver of a VIS-2349 passenger van, into which the actor was driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, died on the morning of June 9. After that, the case was re-qualified to part 4 of clause "a" of the same article 264 of the Criminal Code (an accident that resulted in the death of a person). Later, traces of marijuana and cocaine were found in the blood of Mikhail Efremov.

On September 8, 2020, the court found Efremov guilty of committing a crime under paragraph "a" of part 4 of Article 264 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, and sentenced him to imprisonment for a period of 8 years, with serving the sentence in a penal colony of general regime, with a fine of 800 thousand rubles in favor of the injured party and deprivation of the right to drive a vehicle for a period of 3 years.