Photo: Alexander Khanin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
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.
Overview
Maxim Alexandrovich Galkin (Russian: Максим Александрович Галкин; born 18 June 1976) is a Russian and Israeli comedian, television presenter and singer. Galkin left Russia in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and was subsequently listed as a foreign agent by the Russian government.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- 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 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dragon
- Origin
- Naro-Fominsky district, Moscow Oblast, Russia
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television presenter / impressionist / comedian / stand-up comedian / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Russian State University for the Humanities
Awards & achievements
- 2006 Order of Friendship
- Golden Ostap
- Silver Play Button
- Triumph
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Big Trip | — |
6. Links
Television presenter — see all → · More people from Russia →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.