Mikhail Yefremov (actor)


Mikhail Olegovich Yefremov is a Russian film and stage actor, He was honored as the Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
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Life and career

Mikhail is the son of People's Artist of the USSR Oleg Yefremov and Sovremennik Theatre actor Professor Alla Pokrovskaya. He made his stage and screen debut in mid 1970s as a schoolboy. In 1982-1984 Yefremov served in Soviet Army. In 1987 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School.
Yefremov was married four times and 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. 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.
In 2009-2014, Yefremov presented Channel One show Wait for Me, dedicated to the search of long lost relatives and friends.
In the 2010s, he collaborated with Dmitry Bykov on their project "Citizen Poet". 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 TV Rain 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. The accident affected Yefremov's health, causing him to suffer an ischemic stroke during court proceedings. On September 8, 2020, Yefremov was sentenced to 8 years in a medium-security prison, as well as obligated to pay 800,000 rubles in restitution to the family of the deceased driver. 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. Afterwards, the entire series was redone with actor Yuri Stoyanov and all traces of Yefremov's participation were wiped from the series.

Selected filmography

YearFilmOriginal TitleRole
1979When I Will Become a GiantКогда я стану великаномPetya Kopeykin
1991Viva Gardes-Marines!Виват, гардемарины!Pyotr Fyodorovich
2000The Romanovs: An Imperial FamilyРомановы. 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 MastersКнига мастеровThe bogatyr
2010Love in the Big City 2Любовь в большом городе 2coach
2011Generation PGeneration ПLeonid 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 ; filmed in 2018