Maksim Sukhanov

Actor, producer, and composer Maxim Sukhanov was born on November 10, 1963 in Moscow. In 1985 he graduated from the Shchukin Theater School (studying under T. Kopteva, and V. Ivanov) and began working at the Vakhtangov Theater. He also performs with the Lenkom, Stanislavsky, and Mayakovsky Theaters. Since the mid-1980s he has been working in film in the most varied roles. He is best known for his work in Land of the Deaf (directed by Valery Todorovsky), Goddess: How I Fell in Love (directed by Renata Litvinova) and The Horde (directed by Andrei Proshkin). He was twice laureate of the State Prize for his roles of Khlestakov and Cyrano de Bergerac, and has won the Nika Russian national cinema award three times.

2013 – The Role

2011 – The Horde

2011 – Boris Godunov

2011 – Burnt By the Sun 2: The Citadel

2010 – The Target

2009 – The Man Who Knew Everything

2007 – 20 Cigarettes

2004 – Children of the Arbat

2004 – The Goddess: How I Fell in Love

1999 - Mama

1998 – Land of the Deaf