Acting · Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine] · Born June 13, 1958
Sergei Vasilevich Makovetsky was born on June 13, 1958, in Darnitsa, a suburb of Kiev, Ukraine. Though he excelled at swimming and water polo and had aspirations to join the Soviet Olympic Team, his single mother encouraged him to pursue a more creative line of expression. When his application to study acting at Kiev Theatrical College was denied, Makovetsky moved behind the scenes working as a set decorator in Kiev before relocating to Moscow. Rejection from several Moscow theater schools and acting companies was bolstered by a more welcome rejection from the Soviet Army after Makovetsky gave a performance of imaginary illness symptoms so convincing that Army medical examiners excused him from military service. Accepted to the Shchukin Theatrical School at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, Makovsky graduated in 1980 and became a member of Vakhtangov Theatre’s company. For nearly three decades Sergei Makovetsky has earned critical praise, audience loyalty, and multiple awards (including the title of People’s Artist of Russia) in a variety of stage roles highlighted by a 9 season run as the title character in Moliere’s “Amphitrion” and as Trigorin in Chekhov’s “The Seagull”. His film work includes the eponymous role in Dutch director Jos Stelling’s “Duska” and an appearance alongside Nikita Mikhalkov in Aleksei Balabanov’s 2005 violent black comedy “Blind Man’s Bluff”.
MovieDead Mountaineer's Hotel
2027
as Alek Snevar
MovieThree Heroes. Daily Tales 3
2026
as Knyaz (voice)
MovieТри богатыря и свет клином
2025
as Knyaz (voice)
MovieVolchok
2025
as Tarasov
MovieMy Pet Dragon
2025
as Knyaz
TVDear Willie
2025
as Леонид Ильич Брежнев
MovieThree Heroes. Daily Tales 2
2025
as Knyaz (voice)
MovieZhvanetsky
2025
as self
TVТри богатыря. Ни дня без подвига
2024
as Knyaz (voice)
MovieThree Heroes. Daily Tales
2024
as Knyaz (voice)
MovieThree Heroes and the Navel of the World
2023
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TVBodyguards
2023
as отец адвоката Александр Акрапович
TVOperation Neman
2023
as Соломатин
MovieTzadik
2023
as Reuben Yankel
MovieThe Art of Death
2022
MovieLayer
2022
MovieHorse Julius on the Throne and Three Heroes
2021
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieLiver, or Story of a Startup
2021
MovieHorse Julius and Big Horse Racing
2020
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TVWolf
2020
as Уманский
TVThe Terrible
2020
as Ivan Grozniy
MovieAlexey Balabanov. Find Your Own and Calm Down
2020
as Self
TVZuleikha Opens Her Eyes
2020
as Wolf Karlovich Leibe
MovieOdessa Steamboat
2019
as Kapitan parokhoda
MovieThe Foundling
2019
MovieTo Paris!
2019
as Stoletov
MovieThree Heroes: The Heiress to the Throne
2018
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TVBad Weather
2018
as Ярослав Александрович («Яр-Саныч») Куделин
TVGodunov
2018
as Иван Грозный
TVЗнакомство
2018
MovieThree Heroes and the Princess of Egypt
2017
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieGreen Cats
2017
as Eduard
TVТрасса смерти
2017
MovieThe Black Monk
2017
as Andrey Kovrin
MovieThree Heroes and the King of the Sea
2016
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieThe Day Before
2016
as Павел Евгеньевич Грушевский (министр культуры)
TVAnd Quiet Flows the Don
2015
as Пантелей Прокофьевич Мелехов
MovieNew Russians
2015
as ("Verpackungen")
MovieB/W
2015
as Алхан
TVРодина
2015
as Mikhail Volskiy
MovieThree Heroes and Julius Caesar
2015
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TVУмельцы
2014
as Купцов
MovieVerpackungen
2014
TVDemons
2014
as Павел Дмитриевич Горемыкин
MovieIlfipetrov
2013
as Narrator / Ilya Ilf (voice)
MovieEternal Homecoming
2013
MovieThree Heroes on Distant Shores
2012
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieThe Girl and Death
2012
as Old Nicolai
TVLife and Fate
2012
as Shtrum
TVBurnt by the Sun 2
2011
as Лунин - капитан
TVTrouble in Store
2011
as Georgiy Berkutov
TVPeter the Great: The Testament
2011
MovieBurnt by the Sun 2: Citadel
2011
as Lunin
MovieThree Heroes and the Shamakhan Queen
2010
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieThe New Year's Mystery
2010
MovieBurnt by the Sun 2: Exodus
2010
as captain Lunin
TVIsayev
2009
as Леонид Иванович Никандров, литератор
MovieThe Miracle
2009
as Kondrashov
MovieThe Priest
2009
as отец Александр Ионин
Movie2-Assa-2
2008
as Pyotr
MovieLive and Remember
2008
MovieIlya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber
2007
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TVLiquidation
2007
as Фима Петров (Полужид)
MovieDuska
2007
as Duska
MovieThe Russian Game
2007
as Shvokhnev
MovieGloss
2007
MovieTemptation
2007
Movie12
2007
as juror #1
MovieThe Slacker
2007
as Semyonych
MovieCarnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later
2007
as Кабачков Сергей Сергеевич (директор ДК)
MovieIt Doesn't Hurt Me
2006
as Doctor
Happy birthday, Your Majesty
2006
as Edward
MovieDobrinya and the Dragon
2006
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
MovieНеверность
2006
as Eduard Kostyga
MovieDead Man's Bluff
2005
as Корон
TVThe Fall of the Empire
2005
as Nesterovskiy
MovieAlesha Popovich and Tugarin the Dragon
2004
as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)
TV72 Meters
2004
Movie72 Meters
2004
as Chernenko
MovieТретий вариант
2003
MovieA Key to the Bedroom
2003
as Ivanitsky
MovieAmphitryon
2003
TVThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd
2002
as Dr. James Sheppard
MovieMechanical Suite
2002
as Plyuganovsky
Just the Two of Us
2001
as Vasily
MovieBrother 2
2000
as Belkin
MovieHow «Brother 2» Was Filmed
2000
as self
MovieRussian Riot
2000
as Alexey Shvabrin
MovieAn Essay for Victory Day
1999
as Chichevikin
MovieOf Freaks and Men
1998
as Yohan
MovieRetro Threesome
1998
as Sergey
MovieHe Didn't Tie His Shoelaces
1997
MovieThree Stories
1997
as Tikhomirov
MovieRothschild's Violin
1996
as Shostakovich
MovieThe Arrival of a Train
1996
MovieOperation 'Happy New Year'!
1996
as Hopelessly Sick
MovieSummerfolk
1995
as Сергей Басов
Trofim
1995
as Трофим
MovieThe Black Veil
1995
as Синев Пётр Дмитриевич
MovieA Play for a Passenger
1995
MovieRound Dance
1994
MovieTrotsky
1994
as Лев Седов, сын Троцкого
MovieLittle People of the Bolshevik Lane, or I Want Beer
1993
MovieMakarov
1993
MovieA Child by November
1992
as Lyosha (husband Nadya)
MovieMoscow Parade
1992
MovieApnoe
1992
MovieНаш американский Боря
1992
MoviePatriotic Comedy
1992
MovieSons of Bitches
1991
as Borya Sinyukhaev
MovieMother
1990
MovieChernov/Chernov
1990
as Kostya Shlyapin
MovieThe Initiated
1990
as Леха
The Brest Peace
1989
as Trotsky
TVThe Life of Klim Samgin
1988
as Dmitry Samgin - Klim's Brother
MovieAmerican Artichokes
1987
MovieThe Will
1986
MovieTevye the Milkman
1985
as Мотл
Malva
1984
MovieObstacle Course
1984
MovieI, Son of the Working People
1983
MovieThe Crew of a Battle Vehicle
1983
as заряжающий Гриша Чумак
MovieThe Flood
1983
MovieTake Alive
1982
as Alexander Proletkin, scout, Odessa
MovieThe Belkin Tales: The Shot
1981
as Officer
MovieTrivial Of My Life
as Dr. Belyaev
