Maxim Galkin

What stays with me about Maxim Galkin is not the impressions or the prime-time hosting gigs, impressive as they are, but the quieter act of conscience underneath. Here was a beloved entertainer who had every commercial reason to stay silent, yet he left Russia in March 2022 over the invasion of Ukraine and accepted being branded a foreign agent for it. I find that genuinely admirable. A man who built a career mimicking other people's voices ultimately chose to speak in his own. Comedy at its best takes that kind of nerve, and Galkin's story reads to me as proof that laughter and backbone can live in the same person.

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Name (English)

Maxim Galkin

Name (Japanese)

マクシム・ガルキン

Reading

まくしむ・がるきん

Born

June 18, 1976 (age 50)

Origin

Naro-Fominsky district, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Occupation

television presenter / impressionist / comedian / stand-up comedian / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Dragon

University

Russian State University for the Humanities

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Order of Friendship
• Golden Ostap
• Silver Play Button
• Triumph

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://maxgalkin.ru
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/maxgalkinru/
• Xhttps://x.com/MaxGalkinRU
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%20Galkin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q559485

Tags

• Moscow Oblast
• television presenter
• impressionist
• comedian

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.