Mikhail Yefremov (actor) explained

Mikhail Yefremov
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Date:10 November 1963
Birth Place:Moscow, USSR
Years Active:1976 — 2020
Occupation:Actor

Mikhail Olegovich Yefremov (Russian: Михаи́л Оле́гович Ефре́мов; born 10 November 1963) is a Russian film and stage actor, Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (1995).[1]

Life and career

Mikhail is the son of People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Yefremov and Sovremennik Theatre actor Professor Alla Pokrovskaya (Boris Pokrovsky's daughter).[2] He made his stage and screen debut in mid 1970s as schoolboy. In 1982-1984 Yefremov served in Soviet Army. In 1987 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School.[2]

Yefremov was married four times and he has six children. His first wife was the editor Asya Vorobieva, their son Nikita is a Sovremennik Theatre actor. His second wife was the actress Yevgenia Dobrovolskaya, their son Nikolay is also an actor.[2] His third wife was actress Kseniya Kachalina, they have a daughter Anna-Maria. His fourth wife is audio engineer Sofiya Kruglikova, they have daughters Vera and Nadezhda, and son Boris.[2]

In 2009-2014, Yefremov presented Channel One show Wait for Me, dedicated to search of long lost relatives and friends.

In 2010's he collaborated with Dmitry Bykov on their project "Citizen Poet" (a pun on Nikolai Nekrasov's poem "Poet and Citizen").[2] Yefremov read poems, written by Bykov, which are usually satirical comments on the contemporary Russian society, politics and culture. Each poem parodies the style of a famous poet of the past, e.g. Pushkin, Nekrasov, Kipling, among others. It was originally broadcast on Dozhd TV channel, but the original project was closed because the poems were too critical towards the Russian government. Currently, the show is hosted in audio format by Echo of Moscow radio station.

On 8 June 2020, Yefremov was involved in a head-on collision while driving under the influence of alcohol. The driver of the other car died in the hospital. A video of Yefremov speaking to the police in a slurred manner after the accident was widely published.[3] The accident affected Yefremov's health, causing him to suffer an ischemic stroke during court proceedings.[4] On September 8, 2020, Yefremov was sentenced to 8 years in a medium-security prison, as well as obligated to pay 800,000 rubles (around $10,000) in restitution to the family of the deceased driver.[5] His lawyer, Elman Pashaev, has been banned from practicing law for one year. On appeal, Yefremov's sentence was reduced to 7.5 years.

Prior to the incident, Yefremov was set to star in the Russian detective/fantasy series Vampiry Sredney Polosy (Вампиры средней полосы, Vampires of Central Russia). Afterwards, the entire series was redone with actor Yuri Stoyanov and all traces of Yefremov's participation were wiped from the series.[6]

Selected filmography

YearFilmOriginal TitleRole
1979When I Will Become a GiantКогда я стану великаномPetya Kopeykin
1991Viva Gardes-Marines!Виват, гардемарины!Pyotr Fyodorovich
2000 Романовы. Венценосная семьяAlexander Kerensky
2002AntikillerАнтикиллерBanker
2002In MotionВ движенииVovan
2004Moscow SagaМосковская сагаparty organizer of the medical institute
2005The 9th Company9 ротаDembel
2005The State CounsellorСтатский советникMylnikov
2006Nobody Knows About SexНикто не знает про сексKesha's dad
2006PiranhaОхота на пираньюDorokhov
200712128th Juror
2007Election DayДень выборовFather Innokenty
2007Paragraph 78Параграф 78Prison commander
2007ActressАртисткаGusyatnikov
2007The Irony of Fate 2Ирония судьбы. ПродолжениеDed Moroz
2009The Best Movie 2Самый лучший фильм 2Sailor's father
2009Attack on LeningradЛенинградOmelchenko
2009The Book of Masters Книга мастеровThe bogatyr
2010Love in the Big City 2Любовь в большом городе 2coach
2011Generation PGeneration ПLeonid (Legion) Azadovsky
2012SoullessДухlessAlexey Alexeyevich Kondratov
2012Rzhevsky Versus NapoleonРжевский против НаполеонаLeo Tolstoy
2013The ThawОттепельFyodor Krivitsky
2015About LoveПро любовьgroom
2016The Good BoyХороший мальчикVladimir Dronov
2020Goalkeeper of the GalaxyВратарь ГалактикиVasiliy
2021Upon the Magic RoadsКонёк-горбунокTsar (voiced by Sergey Burunov); Filmed in 2018

Notes and References

  1. Web site: УКАЗ Президента РФ от 17.03.1995 N 284 "О ПРИСВОЕНИИ ПОЧЕТНЫХ ЗВАНИЙ РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ ТВОРЧЕСКИМ РАБОТНИКАМ". Kremlin.ru. 4 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120103212448/http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1%3B1258019. 3 January 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Михаил Ефремов - актер театра и кино, режиссер - биография | Последние новости жизни звезд 7Дней.ру. 7Дней.ру.
  3. https://meduza.io/en/feature/2020/06/09/russian-actor-facing-up-to-12-years-in-prison-following-fatal-car-crash-in-moscow Russian actor facing up to 12 years in prison following fatal car crash in Moscow
  4. News: Russian Actor And Kremlin Critic Yefremov's Trial Postponed Again Due To His Hospitalization. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 12 August 2020 .
  5. Web site: Суд вынес приговор Михаилу Ефремову. Онлайн-репортаж. 8 September 2020.
  6. Web site: Zaïka . Vasily . Юрий Стоянов заменит Михаила Ефремова в сериале . 5TV . 21 October 2020 . Russian . Yuri Stoyanov will replace Mikhail Yefremov in a TV series . 7 November 2021.