Mikhail Yefremov (actor)


Mikhail Olegovich Yefremov is a Russian film and stage actor, Meritorious Artist of Russian Federation.

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 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 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. His third wife was actress Kseniya Kachalina, they have a daughter Anna Mariya. 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 search of long lost relatives and friends. In 2010's he collaborated Dmitry Bykov over their project "Citizen Poet". Yefremov reads 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 Russian government. Currently, the show is hosted in audio format by Echo of Moscow radio station.
On 8 June 2020, Efremov 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 Efremov speaking to the police in a slurred manner after the accident was widely published.

Selected filmography

YearFilmOriginal TitleRole
1979When I Grow Up To Be a GiantКогда я стану великаномPetya Kopeykin
1991Viva Gardes-Marines!Виват, гардемарины!Pyotr Fyodorovich
2000Романовы. 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 пиранью
200712128th Juror
2007Election DayДень выборов
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
2019Goalkeeper of the GalaxyВратарь Галактики