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Full name- Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin
Date of birth June 18, 1976
Place of birth Naro-Fominsky district, Moscow region, RSFSR, USSR
Years of activity 2000-present
Country Russia
Professions humorist, showman, TV presenter, actor,
Genres Variety, TV

Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin(born June 18, 1976, Naro-Fominsky district, Moscow region) - Russian parodist, humorist, TV presenter, film actor and singer.

Maxim Galkin's parents

Maxim Galkin's father, Alexander Alexandrovich (1935, Bulanovo - 2002, Moscow) - Colonel General armored forces, from 1987 to 1997 he headed the Main Armored Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation of the second convocation (1998-1999).
Maxim Galkin's mother, Natalya Grigorievna (1941, Odessa - 2004, Israel) - Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Senior Researcher, worked at the Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

early years Maxim Galkin

Maksim Galkin was born on June 18, 1976 in the Moscow region.
When he was 3 years old, the family lived in Germany. When Maxim was seven years old, his father received the rank of general, then the family lived in Odessa, where he studied the first three grades of school and worked in a children's art studio. Then the family moved to Buryatia and until the fifth grade Maxim studied at school number 5 in the city of Ulan-Ude. Maxim's childhood passed in a military town Pinery Republic of Buryatia, 30 km from the city of Ulan-Ude and 100 km from Lake Baikal, where he often visited. Then the family returned to Moscow.

Maxim has shown artistic talent since childhood. Acting in school plays Galkin visited a wide variety of roles: he played the role of the Dog, the Old Man-alcoholic, Ostap Bender, Tsar Solomon, Count Nulin, Don Carlos. In the middle classes of the school, Maxim actively began to practice parody. In companies, he portrayed classmates, teachers, directors. In the sixth grade Galkina the first creative evening took place: he arranged a puppet show, where different voices spoke for dolls.

Education Maxim Galkin

In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow gymnasium in the South-West No. 1543 and in the same year entered the Russian State Humanities University Faculty of Linguistics, graduating in 1998. After that, he entered graduate school, where he worked on a Ph.D. thesis on the topic “The Correlation of the Stylistic Systems of the Original and Translated Texts”, in which it was supposed to consider translations into Russian of Goethe’s tragedy “Faust” and analyze their stylistic differences. In 2009, he was expelled from graduate school due to serious disagreements with his supervisor S. I. Gindin.

Fluent in French, English and German.
Artistic debut Maxim Galkin took place in April 1994: he performed with parodies on the stage of the Student Theater of Moscow State University. The performance was called "Fountains of love for one's neighbor." Later he took part in the play "Cabaret 03". In June 1994, at the Variety Theater, Maxim participated in the program "Debuts, Debuts, Debuts", where, among the parodies, he performed the "speeches" of Zhirinovsky and Yeltsin. Since then, her artistic career has taken off. So, at one of the concerts, Boris Brunov noticed him and invited him to his Variety Theater. One time Galkin performed there, then toured for a year and a half with Mikhail Zadornov, who called Maxim his "successor".

In January 2001, Galkin received a grant from the Triumph Prize.

In April 2001, Galkin received the Golden Ostap award in St. Petersburg. In July 2001, Galkin's first solo concert took place at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk festival. From that moment, the artist's solo performances become regular.

Since October 2001, Maxim tried himself in a new role - he began to sing. His first vocal experience was the song "Be or not be", which he performed in a duet with Alla Pugacheva. Subsequently, Galkin performed and starred with her in New Year on the First and in Christmas Meetings. Galkin is actively touring Russia. Many show events on federal TV channels are not complete without his participation.
TV shows with Maxim Galkin

From October 2004 to December 2006 - permanent host of the music festival "New Songs about the Main" ("Channel One"). For some time he has been leading this project in tandem with the Honored Artist of Russia, singer Valeria.

In February 2001, he became the host of the television game Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and led this program until 2008. In 2007, he was a co-host in the second season of the television project of the First Channel "Two Stars" paired with Alla Pugacheva. In September 2008, he switched from Channel One to Russia.

In 2008 he was the host of the Star Ice show, and since 2009 he has been the host of the Dancing with the Stars show on the Russia-1 channel.

Author and presenter of the programs "New Year's Parade of Stars" on the channel "Russia": in 2008 in a pair with Nikolai Baskov, in 2009 - with Alla Pugacheva, in 2010 - alone, in 2011 - with Vladimir Zelensky, in 2012 - with Philip Kirkorov.

From January to August 2010 - the main participant in the show "Who wants to become Maxim Galkin?" on the channel "Russia-1". Since September 2010, he has been the host of the Ten Million and Stilyagi Show programs.

In 2011, he hosted the TV show Good Evening with Maxim.

Since February 13, 2011 - co-host of Alla Pugacheva in the Morning Mail program on the Ukrainian TV channel Inter.

Since May 6, 2012 - member of the jury (with Vladimir Zelensky) of the program "Make the comedian laugh" (Russian version).
Family Maxim Galkin

Wife Maxim Galkin- Alla Pugacheva. The marriage was registered on December 23, 2011. Since 2005, they lived together, Alla Borisovna admitted that they started dating in 2001, for the tenth anniversary of their relationship, the NTV channel prepared the films “Alla + Maxim. Confession of love” and “Alla and Maxim. Everything goes on!” On December 24, 2011, Alla and Maxim got married.
older brother Dmitry Galkin(November 22, 1964), former military man, engaged in business, producer [of the Centum production center.

Discography Maxim Galkin

"Smile, gentlemen!" Concert (DVD, 2002)
"This is Love!". Split album with Alla Pugacheva (CD, 2002)
"And I'm 26", as a response to Nikolai Baskov's concert program "I'm 25". Concert (DVD, 2002)
"NOT the last hero." Concert (DVD, 2003)
"Who want to be a millionaire?". Interactive Game for DVD Players (2005)
"Maksim Galkin. Classics of humor. Best Variety Numbers (CD, 2006)
"Maksim Galkin. The best". Three solo concerts (3DVD, 2007)

Filmography[edit | edit source]
Year Title Role
2001 f "Yeralash" teacher-trainee, issue No. 155 (Student)
2003 bless the woman partner Kunina
2003 - Chasing two hares Alexey Chizhov (Lyosha Chizh)
2004 Clara and Dora. Crazy grandmas voice acting
2004 f "Yeralash" Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, issue No. 179 (I am a monument to myself ...)
2007 tf First house entertainer
2010 tf Markovna. Reboot Character name not specified
2013 tf Kings can do anything Character name is not specified
The most famous humorous numbers Maxim Galkin

Monologue of the Odessa aunt;
singing duets;
The weak link with the stars - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Boris Moiseev, Yan Arlazorov, Renata Litvinova, Maria Kiseleva;
Parody of the Full House - Efim Shifrin, Klara Novikova, Vladimir Vinokur, Mikhail Zadornov, Regina Dubovitskaya;
What? Where? When? with politicians;
The last hero with politicians;
Yeltsin retired;
School of Political Excellence;
Dodik;
cow udder;
Political poem (prohibited from being shown on Russian television);
Renata Litvinova about her friends;
Renata Litvinova - a fairy tale about a kolobok;
Renata Litvinova - a fairy tale about Little Red Riding Hood;
Renata Litvinova - Little Red Riding Hood on a bicycle;
Renata Litvinova - a fairy tale about the Princess Frog;
Fashion sentence;
Trip to Australia;
Horror movie.

Career[edit | edit source]
Maxim Galkin during a concert in Reutov

1994 - debut on the stage of the Student Theater of Moscow State University with parodies in the play "Fountains of Love for Neighbour".

1994 - participation in the play "Cabaret 03".

1994 - at the Variety Theater participates in the program "Debuts, debuts, debuts" with parodies of famous politicians.

July 2001 - the first solo concert took place at the festival "Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk". From that moment, the artist's solo performances become regular.

2002 - solo concert "Smile, gentlemen!" in the concert hall "Russia".

2002 - two concerts "And I'm 26!" at the State Kremlin Palace. This concert was released new year's eve on Channel One between "Results of the Year" in the program "Time" and the New Year's address of the President of the Russian Federation.

2003 - third concert - "Not the last hero."

2004 - fourth solo concert "Christmas with Maxim Galkin".

2005 - until 2007 - "New Year's benefit performance with Maxim Galkin" (three benefit performances - 2005, 2006 and 2007).

2007 - the fifth solo TV concert "We are together again" took place. The premiere of the television version took place: in Ukraine - on the Inter TV channel in 2008, in Russia - on the Rossiya TV channel in 2009 (released under the name "Spring Aggravation"). In Russia, it was shown only in an abbreviated version than on Inter (the number “Political Poem” was cut out, in connection with the presidential elections in Russia in 2008, amendments were made to the number “Little Red Riding Hood on a Bicycle”).

2008-2012 - (after leaving Channel One in September 2008) hosts the Star Ice show (2008), since 2009 - host of the Dancing with the Stars show on the Russia-1 channel.

2010 - begins a new project of the TV channel Russia "Who wants to become Maxim Galkin?", Which lasted eight months. In September 2010, the program was replaced with another show - Ten Million. In 2011, he hosted the Good Evening with Maxim program.

In 2006 he was awarded the Order of Friendship for his great contribution to the development of television and radio broadcasting in Russia.

He starred in the video with Alla Pugacheva for the song "Be or not be" (2001)
Maxim Galkin could become the performer of one of the main roles in the film "Penal Battalion", but was forced to abandon this role due to the busy tour schedule and employment on television.
Galkin's three solo concerts ("Smile, gentlemen", "And I'm 26" and "Not the last hero"), the program "New Year's Eve with Maxim Galkin" and the musical with his participation "Chasing Two Hares", entered the 11-year-old TOP of the most popular broadcasts, programs, films and series in Russia from January 1, 2000 to September 30, 2011. Moreover, the concert "And I'm 26" is in second place after the New Year's address of Vladimir Putin in 2002.

Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin was born on June 18, 1976 in the Naro-Fominsk district of the Moscow region in the family of a colonel general, former boss Main Armored Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Alexandra Galkina and candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, senior researcher Institute for the Theory of Earthquake Prediction RAS Natalia Galkina. He has an older brother Dmitry- businessman, producer and one of the founders of the production center " Centum».

“I received the basics of the culture of communication from my parents all my childhood, without even noticing it, but realizing the effectiveness of these “lessons in passing” only later, when I looked back at my early years. Before me was always the example of my father, who held one of the highest posts in the Soviet, and then Russian army and at the same time he communicated equally democratically with his driver and with his superiors, ”says Galkin.

Outstanding artistic ability Maksim Galkin showed from childhood: first, the young artist performed at matinees in kindergarten, and then shone on the school theater stage. In the school theater, he coped well with complex character roles - he happened to play a dog, an alcoholic old man, Ostap Bender, Tsar Solomon, Count Nulin and Don Carlos.

In addition, in his youth, Maxim attended a children's art studio and was fond of zoology. At the age of 13, a schoolboy parodied for the first time politician- it turned out to be Mikhail Gorbachev.

After school Maksim Galkin entered the Faculty of Linguistics at the Russian State University for the Humanities, graduating in 1998. Speaks French, English and German. Then he entered graduate school, where he worked on his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “The Correlation of the Stylistic Systems of the Original and Translated Texts”, but in 2009 he was expelled due to disagreements with his supervisor. While studying at the university, the future artist played in the student theater of Moscow State University, performed at the Variety Theater at the invitation Boris Brunov and took part in the concerts of Mikhail Zadorny.

“My first performance took place in April 1994 at the student theater of Moscow State University. I did not know which side of myself to reveal and decided to consult with my mother. Mom always liked my parody performances and we decided to stop at this option. I knew that I was doing well, but I did not expect that those present would like it so much. Since then, I have often performed at various venues. Despite the success with the audience, they began to show me on the air only in 1998. The timing of some programs did not allow all the artists to be included in the on-air version, and they simply cut me out, as an unknown person at that time, ”Maxim said in an interview with Yuri Nikolaev in the Honest Word program.

Maksim Galkin. creative way

In 2012 Maksim Galkin together with Vladimir Zelensky was a member of the jury Russian version program " Laugh comedian". In 2014, as a member of the jury, he took part in the second season of the show “One to One! ", which aired on the channel" Russia ".

Many important events are not complete without the participation of the famous showman: KVN, Nika, Kinotavr, TEFI awards, various concerts or anniversaries of famous people.

In 2013, Galkin starred in a 12-episode adventurous adventure comedy with elements of fantasy "Kings can do everything." The premiere of the TV movie, in which Maxim played two central roles - a medieval duke and a Moscow manager, took place in December 2015. Alexander Baluev, Maria Semkina, Polina Filonenko, Alexander Sirin, Tatyana Rudina, Lyubov Germanova were also involved in the tape.

Maxim Galkin: “This project was made specifically for me. I've wanted to be in a movie for a long time. Yes, and Alla (wife. - Approx. ed.) More than once said that I need to act in films. And I wanted to take part in some costumed picture - to break away from the established image of Maxim Galkin. Now the serials are filmed on high level, and often even looks at them more people than full length films. Therefore, at some point I thought about the series and asked on the Rossiya channel, they say, is there any interesting project which would suit me. And this one was found. Everything matched perfectly.

In the fall of 2015, the artist returned to Channel One, where until January 2016 he participated in the third season of the show of reincarnations "Just the same", trying on the images of Charles Aznavour, Stas Mikhailov, Anna German, Till Lindemann, Boris Grebenshchikov , Alexander Vertinsky, Daniel Lavoie, Alla Pugacheva , Fedor Chaliapin .

Maxim Galkin: “Of course, I didn’t come to Just the Same for reasons of originality, but because I really love this genre, I really like to surprise the viewer with reincarnations.”

According to the voting results, Evgeny Dyatlov and Maksim Galkin also won the Audience Choice Award.

From May 2016 to January 2017, Galkin hosted the author's humorous program on Channel One Maxim Maxim, which closed due to low viewer interest. “Firstly, in my opinion, the channel closed this show, without giving it the opportunity to develop. Secondly, of course, I was too clever with him. I laid the irony of the second, third plan, which was absolutely not read by the audience. It was not always clear that when I show my castle, I am ironic at myself, ”the artist admitted.

Since the fall of the same 2016, Maxim Galkin has been hosting the Best Children's Talent Show on the First Children's Talent Show, which has been successfully held for the fifth season.

Triumph Award, grant (2001).
Prize "Golden Ostap" (St. Petersburg, 2001).
Order of Friendship for a great contribution to the development of television and radio broadcasting in Russia (2006).

Objects of parodies Maxim Galkin became various famous and popular people, including politicians - Leonid Brezhnev, Vladimir Zhirinovsky , Yuri Luzhkov , Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin , Yulia Timoshenko, Irina Khakamada , Vasily Shandybin; representatives of domestic show business - Liya Akhedzhakova, Lyudmila Gurchenko, Renata Litvinova, Vladimir Vinokur, Yuri Kuklachev, Zhanna Aguzarova , Nikolai Baskov , Dima Bilan , Laima Vaikule , Vitas , Joseph Kobzon , Boris Moiseev , Soso Pavliashvili ; foreign artists - Louis Armstrong, Montserrat Caballe, Edith Piaf, Anastasia Prikhodko, Verka Serduchka, Tina Turner and many others.

After leaving Channel One, the question arose about the host of the project "". The choice of the producers fell on Maxim Galkin and, who initiated the closing of her own show "". Another premiere of the autumn television season of 2017 with Galkin as a TV presenter was the show "" about talented pensioners, but it lasted only a few episodes.

In February 2018, the Stars under Hypnosis program launched on Channel One. “In my experience, this is the first show where a sleepy spectator is a sign of success!” Galkin joked. The program, in which the participants, under the influence of the “magic spell” of the hypnologist Isa Bagirov, temporarily lost their minds, was frozen in the summer of that year.

In the summer of 2018, Galkin, together with Ksenia Sobchak, Dmitry Nagiyev and Nastya Ivleeva, held the "MUZ-TV 2018 Award. Transformation". It is worth noting that he has been the host of this music award since 2012.

In the fall of 2018, the showman took part in the dubbing of the cartoon "Aliens in the House", where three aliens spoke at once in his voice. According to the TV presenter, agreeing to take part in the project, Galkin, first of all, thought about his children - Lisa and Harry: “I decided that it was necessary to lay bricks so that later I could say: “Listen, children, this is dad! Watch a cartoon with dad. Indeed, all three aliens speak differently: Mog lisps a little, Nag speaks in high notes, and Wabo, on the contrary, has a very deep voice.

In February 2019, on the eve of the release of the film "" - the directorial debut of the screenwriter and ex-editor-in-chief of the Russian GQ, it turned out that on leading role, which eventually played, was claimed by Maxim Galkin. “He did a really good audition. Moreover, Galkin really wants, it seems to me, to be a little more serious artist, ”Idov shared. He also opened another interesting fact about the showman. It turns out that more than 10 years ago, the comedian auditioned for the main role in the film "" - a biographical drama film directed by Ilya Khrzhanovsky based on a book of memoirs Kora Landau"Academician Landau: How We Lived".

Maksim Galkin. Personal life

In October 2001 Maksim Galkin and Alla Pugacheva for the first time sang the song " Be or don't be”, which became an instant hit. All sorts of rumors immediately began to circulate around them. And after the divorce of the singer and Philip Kirkorov, it became clear that Galkin and Pugacheva are not just friends. Together they went on tour, appeared hand in hand at social events and spent everything free time together.

“She's just my man. With her, I understood the most banal, trivial truth that people are divided into halves. Here I found my half. Well, they did not coincide in time, in age. But half is still half. I like everything: how she looks, sits, sings, is silent, how she thinks, how she cooks. And something else that is not customary to talk about.

Alla Pugacheva and Maksim Galkin legalized their relationship on December 24, 2011, after 10 years living together. The first to announce the wedding on his blog was the singer Elizabeth and Harry. Took out children surrogate mother. As it turned out, Pugacheva I froze my eggs many years ago.

Harry and Lisa Galkin visit French Kindergarten"Puss in Boots", located near their castle in the village of Mud. Education here costs 195 thousand rubles a month for one child. The kids are taught by native speakers. All lessons are held in the form of a game. In addition, the twins have a French tutor who graduated from the Sorbonne. The teacher comes to star children to study at home. Services cost about 110 thousand rubles a month for one child. Plus, there are always nannies with the kids who live in the castle. For two governesses celebrity couple spends about 200 thousand rubles a month. In general, the education of twins costs 6 million rubles a year.

Maxim actively maintains his photoblog in the social Instagram networks constantly posting pictures of his wife and kids. The TV presenter has more than 2.3 million subscribers, and photos gain up to 250 thousand likes. The most popular are photos and videos with twins.

On November 18, 2017, Maxim Galkin announced on his Instagram page that he and Alla Pugacheva got married.

“We have a joyful light event. We got married, ”the TV presenter signed the published video.

According to official data, Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin first met in the Republic of Belarus at the "Slavianski Bazaar" in 2001. However, in May 2018, the TV presenter denied this information, saying that he met the singer as a child. In support of his words, the Primadonna's husband published a rare picture on his Instagram microblog, which depicts his parents and Alla Borisovna. Galkin called the frame a “photobomb” and signed it like this: “Photobomb from the past. 1979 GDR. My parents are at dinner with Alla.”

Maksim Galkin. Filmography

2018 Aliens in the house (cartoon); dubbing
2015 Kings can do everything (TV series); Michael Cunningham / Misha Nikolaev
2007 First Home (TV); entertainer
2004 Clara and Dora. Crazy Grandmas (animated series); dubbing
2003 For two hares (TV); Alexey Chizhov
2003 Bless the woman; Kunina's partner
2001 - 2003 Kyshkin house (TV series); parodist
1974 - ... Yeralash (TV series); trainee student / Alexander Pushkin

Maksim Galkin. Discography

2007 Maxim Galkin. The best
2006 Maxim Galkin. Classics of humor
2005 Who wants to be a millionaire?
2003 NOT the last hero
2002 Smile, gentlemen!
2002 This is love!
2002 And I'm 26
2002 Smile, gentlemen!

Comedian and TV presenter Maxim Galkin lost both parents in the early 2000s. It was not easy for him and his older brother to come to terms with a heavy loss. As it turned out, the woman was sick, and the body could not overcome the disease. “Mom passed away exactly 14 years ago, on April 9, 2004. On April 7, between tours, I visited her in Israel, where she was undergoing treatment. The deterioration came suddenly. They say when and where you leave matters, I don’t know, but then everything coincided. Mom died in the Holy Land, on the week of the most important Jewish holiday, Pesach, on Good Friday, before Shabbat, on the eve of Orthodox and Catholic Easter, which were on the same Sunday that year. My brother and I flew to Israel when I went Holy Fire, and took my mother to Russia on Sunday on the bright holiday of Easter, ”Galkin recalled.

The artist is very grateful to his mother for what she did for him. The TV presenter shared the story of his family with subscribers. He published a clipping from an old newspaper in which they wrote about his parent when she was still small. Maxim, as it turned out, carefully stores everything related to the people closest to him.

“This is an article in the Svobodnaya Bolgariya newspaper dated July 31, 1946, where it is noted that five-year-old Natasha Pragina, my mother, performed successfully. Mom and her parents lived in Bulgaria for two years after the war, where they were quartered Soviet troops. Grandfather Grisha with his grandmother and little daughter were settled in the house of a Bulgarian manufacturer. Despite the situation of such housing compaction, the two families became very close friends. Unfortunately, upon returning to the USSR, my grandfather, being a high-ranking military man, could not keep in touch with his capitalist friends from Bulgaria in Stalin's time, and the thread of friendship was cut off, ”Galkin recalled.

The famous showman told how more than 20 years ago he traveled to the country where his mother spent her childhood. They tried to find the place where Natalya Grigorievna lived as a little girl. Surprisingly, they were able to find right house. Moreover, there they were waiting for a completely unexpected meeting.

“In 1996, I went to Bulgaria with my parents. We visited many Bulgarian cities, including the beautiful Sliven, where my mother lived as a child. Mom decided to try from memory, not really hoping for success, to find the house in which she lived. We walked around the old city and she stopped near one of the mansions. “This one, in my opinion,” my mother rang at the gate. A gray-haired man appeared in the yard. Mom said she lived here fifty years ago. The man's face changed, he smiled and exclaimed: "Natasha!" That was incredible! Half a century later! The man was the son of a manufacturer, in 1946 he was seventeen. In the photo he is with his mother on that memorable day. We sat for several hours at a party, he came older sister, they recalled those years and our family with great warmth, ”recalled the showman.

Maxim Aleksandrovich Galkin is a talented humorist, famous for parodies of celebrities, a charismatic showman and actor. He hosted many entertainment programs on federal TV channels.

The childhood of Maxim Galkin

In 1976, a son, Maxim, was born to a Colonel-General of the Armored Forces and an employee of the Geophysical Research Institute, who was destined to become one of famous artists Russian stage. Because of military career Alexander Galkin's family was often forced to move: from Naro-Fominsk near Moscow to Germany, from Germany to Odessa, from there to Ulan-Ude, and again to Moscow.

The boy first showed an artistic vein at the age of 4, playing the role of a chicken at a kindergarten matinee. At school, Maxim continued to develop acting skills, sometimes taking on completely non-childish roles: a dog, an old drunkard, Tsar Solomon, Count Nulin, Don Carlos, Ostap Bender. The desire for self-expression was fueled by the attention of friends who love Maxim's parodies of classmates, teachers and the school principal.

The first benefit performance of Maxim Galkin took place in the sixth grade: the boy staged a puppet show, voicing all the characters in the play in a different way.

At the age of 13, the teenager saw on TV a performance by Gennady Khazanov, who parodied Mikhail Gorbachev. It turned out that Maxim's talent was not inferior to the abilities of the famous humorist, at least the voice of the first president of the USSR turned out to be no worse for the young man.

Maxim Galkin parodies Gorbachev, 2009

It is noteworthy that in childhood, Maxim Galkin, despite his outstanding ability to imitate voices, did not strive to become a humorist. He attended an art studio, was madly in love with geography and was fond of zoology. The showman recalled that he loved to carve animal figures and carefully lay them out on a map in accordance with their habitats, but the desire to become a professional zoologist disappeared when a biology teacher showed Maxim to the class digestive system dove in the cut.

Then came a period of interest in writing. Maxim decided to write a fantasy novel: he drew a map of a fictional kingdom, came up with fairy tale characters and gave them names. The book called "The Power of Darkness" remained unfinished, but this hobby partly helped Galkin decide on a university. In 1993, just six months before graduating from Moscow school No. 1543, Maxim chose the linguistic faculty of the Russian State Humanitarian University, in the same year he entered the first year, and in 1998 his name appeared on the list of university graduates. The young man continued his studies in graduate school, worked on a candidate thesis dedicated to the translations of Doctor Faust, but he never defended his work, leaving graduate school in 2009.

Debut of Maxim Galkin

While studying at the Russian State Humanitarian University, Maxim Galkin not only actively studied foreign languages, but also continued creative experiments. In 1994, he first performed with a parody number "Fountains of Love for Neighbour" in front of the general public on the stage of the Student Theater of Moscow State University.

The continuation of her stage career was participation in the Variety Theater program "Debuts, debuts, debuts" with parodies of Putin, Yeltsin and Zhirinovsky. At one of the performances, artistic director Boris Brunov drew attention to the young comedian and invited him to the cast of the Variety Theater. In 1999, after a successful series of performances, Galkin went on tour with Mikhail Zadornov for a year and a half.

After returning, Galkin's career rapidly went uphill: in early 2001, he was awarded the Triumph and Golden Ostap awards. In the summer of the same year, Maxim's first solo concert took place at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk festival.

Maxim Galkin on television

Galkin's television career began, as they say, "right off the bat." In February 2001, the popular quiz game "Oh, Lucky Man" changed both the name and the presenter at once. Show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" went on the air with the charming, broadly smiling Maxim Galkin, who replaced Dmitry Dibrov. The audience liked the new presenter, and Galkin accompanied the participants in the intellectual race for fortune every week until 2008.

From the end of 2004 to 2007, Maxim Galkin led the music festival "New Songs about the Main" on Channel One. His co-host was the singer Valeria.

Galkin and Valeria in the show "New songs about the main thing", 2005

In 2008, Galkin became the host of the second season of the Two Stars project in a pair of Alla Pugacheva. Unexpectedly for the audience, in September of the same year, he left Channel One and began working with the Rossiya channel. According to official reason On Channel One, the management was dissatisfied with the fact that Maxim began to devote more time to his personal life, rather than professional activities.

Galkin's first projects at the new location were the Star Ice and Dancing with the Stars shows. Under the leadership of Maxim, the New Year's Parade of Stars appeared on the channel - an analogue of the Blue Light on the First. In 2008, Nikolai Baskov turned out to be the co-host artist, in 2009 - Alla Pugacheva, and in 2011 - Vladimir Zelensky. This was followed by "Who wants to be Maxim Galkin?", "Ten million", "Hipsters show", "Good evening with Maxim." A little later, the presenter appeared on the Ukrainian channel "Inter" in the program "Morning Mail".

In September 2015, Galkin returned to Channel One, taking part in the new entertainment project Just Like It. During the show, Maxim had to reincarnate as Boris Grebenshchikov, Stas Mikhailov, Rammstein soloist Till Lindenmann, Anna Herman and even his own wife.

Film career of Maxim Galkin

Right after the phenomenal start of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Galkin made his film debut. In 2001, he was called to the shooting of Yeralash for the role of a trainee teacher. In 2004 he was back on film set series, this time in the role of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin.

Maxim Galkin was born on June 18, 1976 in the Moscow region. In the summer of the same year, Maxim's first solo concert took place at the Slavianski Bazaar in Vitebsk festival. From the end of 2004 to 2007, Maxim Galkin led the music festival "New Songs about the Main" on Channel One. Subsequently, Galkin appeared with a prima donna in the program "New Year's Eve on Channel One" and in Pugacheva's "Christmas Meetings".

When he was 3 years old, the family lived in Germany. Then the family moved to Buryatia and until the fifth grade Maxim studied at school number 5 in the city of Ulan-Ude. Maxim's childhood was spent in the military town of Sosnovy Bor of the Republic of Buryatia, 30 km from the city of Ulan-Ude and 100 km from Lake Baikal, where he often visited. Then the family returned to Moscow. Later, Galkin's parents separated.

In the middle classes of the school, Maxim actively began to practice parody. Since 2005, they lived together, Alla Borisovna admitted that they started dating in 2001, for the tenth anniversary of their relationship, the NTV channel prepared the films “Alla + Maxim.

On December 24, 2011, Alla and Maxim got married. Galkin's artistic debut took place in April 1994: he performed in the performance of the Student Theater of Moscow State University "Fountains of love for one's neighbor." Since then, her artistic career has taken off. So, at one of the concerts, Boris Brunov noticed him and invited him to his Variety Theater.

Since October 2001, Maxim tried himself in a new role - he began to sing. His first vocal experience was the song "Be or not be", which he performed in a duet with Alla Pugacheva. Galkin is actively touring Russia. This concert was released on New Year's Eve on Channel One between "Results of the Year" in the program "Time" and the New Year's Address of the President of the Russian Federation.

December 30, 2002 held the second round in the New Year's edition of the capital show "Field of Miracles". For some time he has been leading this project in tandem with the Honored Artist of Russia, singer Valeria. He was also the author and presenter New Year's programs on Channel One. Maxim Galkin could become the performer of one of the main roles in the film "Penal Battalion", but was forced to abandon this role due to the busy tour schedule and employment on television.

In 1976, a son, Maxim, was born to a colonel-general of the armored forces and an employee of the geophysical research institute, who was destined to become one of the most famous Russian pop artists. Due to the military career of Alexander Galkin, the family was often forced to move: from Naro-Fominsk near Moscow to Germany, from Germany to Odessa, from there to Ulan-Ude, and again to Moscow.

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At school, Maxim continued to develop acting skills, sometimes taking on completely non-childish roles: a dog, an old drunkard, Tsar Solomon, Count Nulin, Don Carlos, Ostap Bender. The first benefit performance of Maxim Galkin took place in the sixth grade: the boy staged a puppet show, voicing all the characters in the play in a different way. At the age of 13, the teenager saw on TV the performance of Gennady Khazanov, who parodied Mikhail Gorbachev.

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While studying at the Russian State Humanitarian University, Maxim Galkin not only actively studied foreign languages, but also continued creative experiments. The continuation of her stage career was participation in the Variety Theater program "Debuts, debuts, debuts" with parodies of Putin, Yeltsin and Zhirinovsky. At one of the performances, artistic director Boris Brunov drew attention to the young comedian and invited him to the cast of the Variety Theater.

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After returning, Galkin's career rapidly went uphill: in early 2001, he was awarded the Triumph and Golden Ostap awards. Galkin's television career began, as they say, "right off the bat." In February 2001, the popular quiz game "Oh, Lucky Man" changed both the name and the presenter at once.

It was with this experiment that the biography of Maxim Galkin began as a parodist

In 2008, Galkin became the host of the second season of the Two Stars project in a pair of Alla Pugacheva. Unexpectedly for the audience, in September of the same year, he left Channel One and began working with the Rossiya channel. According to the official reason for Channel One, the management was unhappy that Maxim began to devote more time to his personal life, rather than professional activities.

Performed by Maxim Galkin, the audience then saw very successful parodies of famous politicians

Under the leadership of Maxim, the New Year's Parade of Stars appeared on the channel - an analogue of the Blue Light on the First. In 2008, Nikolay Baskov took the place of the co-host artist, in 2009 - Alla Pugacheva, and in 2011 - Vladimir Zelensky. A little later, the presenter appeared on the Ukrainian channel "Inter" in the program "Morning Mail".

During the show, Maxim had to reincarnate as Boris Grebenshchikov, Stas Mikhailov, Rammstein soloist Till Lindenmann, Anna Herman and even his own wife. Right after the phenomenal start of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Galkin made his film debut. In 2001, he was called to the shooting of Yeralash for the role of a trainee teacher.

In 2003, Galkin twice got on big screen. The first time - in the company of Svetlana Khodchenkova, Inna Churikova and Alexander Baluev (the film "Bless the Woman"). In 2015, Galkin appeared in the series "Kings Can Do Everything". Maxim played two roles at once: the medieval baron Michael Cunningham and the Moscow office worker Misha Nikolaev, changing places according to the plot.

With the birth of children, Maxim Galkin tried to change his work schedule so as to devote as much time as possible to his relatives. Frequent relocations for the Galkin family were commonplace. When Maxim was three years old, the family moved to Germany. Then the Galkins moved to Odessa, where Maxim graduated from three classes of a comprehensive school. The family also managed to visit Transbaikalia, but the young man graduated from school in Moscow.

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