Biography
Mikhail Khimichev became an actor on the advice of his uncle, People’s Artist of Russia Boris Khimichev, who played iconic roles in the ballad about the knight Ivanhoe, the spy film “TASS is Authorized to Declare” and dozens of other films. However, being related to a star did not help with admission; I had to make my way on my own.
Actor Mikhail Khimichev
The artist likes to play in comedies, but the directors unanimously insist that Mikhail’s heroes are conquerors of women’s hearts or notorious scoundrels, “who will strangle you with a charming smile on their lips.”
Childhood and youth
Mikhail Valerievich Khimichev was born on September 23, 1979 in Bryansk into a family of simple Soviet engineers. Little Misha was in his hometown only on vacation with his grandmother, and spent his entire childhood in Moscow.
In 1986, the boy went to study at secondary school No. 1168. Mikhail devoted all his school time to sports, seriously thinking about a career as a football player. At one time, the actor even attended the Torpedo children's and youth sports school, where he met Sergei Ignashevich, with whom he is still friends.
Mikhail Khimichev loves football
At the age of 15, the young man began to become interested in music. In 1996, Khimichev graduated from school and continued his musical career by moving to Ukraine.
In 2001, when Mikhail was already 22 years old, he entered GITIS. This decision was made thanks to his famous relative Boris Khimichev, who saw talent and potential in the young guy. In 2006, the young man successfully graduated from university.
Mikhail Khimichev was the face of NESCAFE GOLD
At the same time, Khimichev starred in an advertisement for “NESCAFE GOLD” and remained the official face of this brand from 2006 to 2008. In addition, the actor has also made his mark in sports: today Mikhail is a member of the star football team “STARKO”, where he is the main goalkeeper.
Biography of Mikhail Khimichev
The biography of Mikhail Khimichev began in the village of Bryansk on September 23, 1979. After some time, the whole family moved to Moscow. When the future actor was seven years old, he began studying at the capital’s school No. 1168. During his school years, Mikhail did not even think that he would become an actor in the future. Then the boy was fond of sports.
Already at the age of 15, the guy began to get involved in music. After graduating from a general education institution, he moved to Ukraine, where he seriously began building a musical career. At the age of 20, Mikhail entered GITIS. The young man was recommended to take up a theatrical career by his uncle, the famous actor, People's Artist of Russia Boris Khimichev. In 2006, he received a diploma of higher education and entered the capital’s theater “At the Nikitsky Gate”. Already in 2014, Khimichev began working at the Independent Theater Company of Aldonin. So, Mikhail appeared in such productions as “Heart of a Dog”, “The Master and Margarita”, etc.
The movie in the biography of Mikhail Khimichev appeared in 2005. Then he appeared in the serial detective film “Adjutants of Love.” A little later, the actor starred in the famous TV series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful.” His character was Nikita Minaev. In 2007, the actor played the main role in the melodramatic project “Fire of Love”. Later, such films as “Lyubka”, “Samara”, “I will be a faithful wife”, etc. appeared in the biography of the filmmaker. Currently, Mikhail Khimichev continues to actively develop his creative career. As you know, the artist is used to agreeing to all roles in cinema and theater. He believes that this is how he can gain as much experience in the field of art as possible.
Music
Music appeared in Mikhail’s life with a gift from a friend - a compact cassette of the group “U2”, which prompted him to change his sports biography to a musical one. At school, a teenager and his friends create the rock band “The.Ru”. For fun, the guys decide to take beautiful pseudonyms for themselves. Khimichev performed under the stage name Elio. The team is known for the compositions “Flower in the Night”, “Take Your Time” and “Summer - Heat”.
Mikhail Khimichev in the group “The.Ru”
Khimichev received his first musical instrument from his mother for his birthday. It was a drum kit. The brother of a guitarist friend also helped a lot, who supplied the band with equipment copied from a professional studio. At first, the guys rehearsed in the school assembly hall, and six months later they gave their first concert at the last bell celebration at their home school.
The first album “Radiotochka” was recorded in Kyiv, the sound producer of which was guitarist Andrey Yatsenko (Diesel) from the rock band “Green Gray”. The group shot a video for the tracks “Telezombie” and “Children of September”.
Singer Mikhail Khimichev (Elio)
By 2000, the group had already achieved success and was popular in Ukraine. “The.Ru” participated in the festivals “Simply Rock” and “Mega House”.
However, promoting the team required money, which the guys did not have, and gradually the team began to disintegrate. Mikhail performed solo for some time at concerts and in clubs, but his musical career did not advance beyond this.
Childhood
Mikhail was born on September 23, 1979 in Bryansk. Almost immediately after his birth, the family moved to Moscow, and the boy came to his hometown only for vacations with his grandmother. His uncle, Boris Khimichev, held the title of People's Artist, and his parents were simple engineers.
Mikhail's uncle - People's Artist Boris Khimichev
As a child, little Misha never thought about becoming an actor. At first he dreamed of becoming a locomotive driver, then he became seriously interested in football. From the age of 12, the young man devoted all his free time to training, attended the Torpedo school, where he met the future Russian football star Sergei Ignashevich and became his good friend.
Mikhail Khimichev has been playing football since childhood
Despite the fact that his life has taken a different path, Mikhail still plays as part of the amateur football team “Artist”, which also includes Irakli Pirtskhalava, Pierre Narcisse, Viktor Saltykov and other pop stars.
Mikhail Khimichev’s height is 180 cm
In addition, in the first grade the boy was sent to a music school, where he learned to play the piano under pressure. As often happens, by the time he was in high school, Mikhail became obsessed with the idea of creating his own group. The result was the Fly group, in which Mikhail was a soloist.
After graduating from school, Mikhail began performing as part of the rock band “The.Ru”. The group had great potential: the guys released an album and several videos, found their audience, and performed in clubs in Moscow and Kyiv. However, further advancement required serious financial investments, which the group members could not provide.
Theater
Boris Petrovich Khimichev helped his nephew only once, telling him how to properly speak before the selection committee. Mikhail quickly became involved in his studies, became interested in literature, theater arts, and studied well.
Mikhail Khimichev in the theater
After 5 years of study, Khimichev receives a diploma and an invitation to perform at the Nikitsky Gate theater. He remains a member of the troupe to this day. In 2014, the artist began collaborating with the Independent Theater Company of Sergei Aldonin. In performances, Mikhail appears on stage with Ekaterina Volkova, Pyotr Krasilov, Oleg Sokolov.
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The newly-made spouses spent their honeymoon in Thailand. Marina completed her studies at the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics in 2003. As you know, Mikhail Khimichev’s wife does not work. The woman prefers to take care of family comfort and raising children - daughter Milana and sons Oscar and Dima. The artist protects his family as much as possible from the public and the press, so he absolutely does not publish their photos on the Internet.
In the photo: Mikhail Khimichev
Khimichev loves to travel. It is also known that the artist loves football and hunting. At the same time, he does not forget about more serious and dangerous entertainment. The actor publishes photos from extreme trips on social networks. The artist likes to spend his free time with his family. So, Mikhail Khimichev’s wife and children go to the dacha on weekends, where they started a small farm. At your summer cottage you can find rabbits, chickens, geese, bees and other animals.
Movies
While still a student, Mikhail began acting in the popular TV series “Adjutants of Love” and “Rublyovka Live”. In “Don’t Be Born Beautiful” he played Olga Lomonosova’s boyfriend; in “The Hijacking” he had the opportunity to learn from his uncle, although the artists never met in the same scene.
The actor has dozens of works in diverse projects. Mikhail continues to act in both leading and episodic roles. Khimichev became famous thanks to such films as “Fire of Love” and “Sleeping Area”. In the first, the hero of Mikhail is a kind of prince from a fairy tale: a rich, attractive banker who believed in an unjustly convicted woman and became her salvation from both poverty and loneliness.
Mikhail Khimichev in the series “Don’t Be Born Beautiful”
In the second film, Khimichev played a man who abandoned his family, parents and brother 17 years ago. Upon his return, he tries to regain the former favor of his relatives by giving gifts and surprising him with his courtesy. But relatives are not happy about this.
The roles of a seducer in the series “The Man in Me”, “Closed School”, “Samara”, “Female Doctor-2” are also very popular among the female audience. In the detective story “A Case for Two,” Mikhail was accompanied by Anna Peskova. The main characters - an investigator and a journalist - will have to solve the murder of an influential person.
Mikhail Khimichev in the series “Lyudmila Gurchenko”
In 2020, for the 80th anniversary of Lyudmila Gurchenko, a series of the same name was released, in which Mikhail Khimichev also received a role. He played in it the 5th husband of the famous actress Konstantin Kuperweis, with whom Gurchenko was married for 19 years.
The artist admitted that he played for the resistance. I’m used to having previously been reincarnated as dashing hussars, conquerors of hearts, but here I am a weak, inferior character who adapts to a woman. However, the scriptwriters, according to Mikhail, got a lot wrong. Nevertheless, Cooperweis liked Khimichev’s performance. And not without reason, because the actor, before starting to develop the image, met Konstantin Tobyashevich and bombarded the star’s ex-husband with awkward questions.
Mikhail Khimichev in the series “Women’s Doctor”
In the TV series “The Rescuer” and the melodrama “Through Troubles and Sorrows,” the actor got such rare leading roles.
In 2017, the long-awaited comedy “How to Get Your Husband Back in 30 Days” with the participation of Elena Zakharova and Yuri Baturin appeared in Khimichev’s filmography. This was followed by the mystical thriller “Lapsi” about a team of virologists investigating a fever that appeared out of nowhere in the Russian outback.
Filmography. Actor
- Taste of Happiness (2019)
- Personal Scores (2018)
- Unforeseen Circumstances (2018)
- Rustle. The Great Redistribution (2018), TV series
- Morozova-2 (2018)
- Swallow (2018), TV series
- Lapsi (2018), TV series
- Wife from the Other World (2018)
- Through troubles and sorrows (2017)
- Force Majeure (2017), TV series
- The one who reads minds (2017), TV series
- Millionaire (2017)
- How to get your husband back in 30 days (2017)
- High Relationships (2017)
- Rescuer (2016)
- Margarita Nazarova (2016), TV series
- Wife for rent (2016)
- Eight (2016)
- My Father's Son (2015), TV series
- Lyudmila Gurchenko (2015), TV series
- If you come back, we'll talk (2015)
- Samara-2 (2014), TV series
- Love ready-to-wear (2014)
- A Case for Two (2014), TV series
- Trust me (2014), TV series
- 118 seconds, before... and after (2014)
- Sea Devils. Smerch (2013), TV series
- Lyudmila (2013), TV series
- Female Doctor-2 (2013), TV series
- Two Ivans (2013)
- Frodya (2012)
- Samara (2012), TV series
- My Mommy (2012)
- Closed school (2011-2012), TV series
- Night of the Lonely Owl (2011)
- Our Space (2011), documentary
- The Man in Me (2011), TV series
- The Lavrova Method (2011), TV series
- I will be a faithful wife (2010)
- Sleeping area (2009-2010), TV series
- Lyubka (2009)
- Adult Games (2008), TV series
- Snowfall Crimson (2008)
- Fire of Love (2007-2009), TV series
- Stepmother (2007-2008), TV series
- On the way to the heart (2007), TV series
- Waiting for a miracle (2007)
- Balzac's age, or all men are... 3 (2006-2007), TV series
- My Prechistenka (2006-2007), TV series
- Hijacking (2006), TV series
- Dad of all trades (2006), TV series
- Don't Be Born Beautiful (2005-2006), TV series
- Rublyovka Live (2005), TV series
- Adjutants of Love (2005), TV series
Personal life
In his personal life, Mikhail has been happy since his school days. The actor and his wife Marina went to the same school for 9 years, but the future husband and wife studied in parallel classes and did not feel much interest in each other. The couple's romantic relationship began to develop with the unification of their graduating classes. From that time on, the lovers were inseparable, after graduating from school they began to live together, and at the age of 20 they got married.
Mikhail Khimichev with his daughter Milana
The newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Thailand. Marina graduated from the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Informatics with a specialization in financial law in 2003 and is a lawyer. Mikhail’s wife does not work, but takes care of the house and raising children - daughter Milana and sons Oscar and Dmitry.
Mikhail Khimichev fishing
Khimichev “collects” travel, from where he brings wine corks. The actor’s special pride is the collection of U2 concerts; Mikhail attended all the musicians’ live performances. He loves football and hunting, for the sake of the latter he is ready to climb into the wilds of Yakutia and Karelia. The artist shares photos from extreme trips with subscribers on Instagram. At a dacha near Moscow, the family started a small farm: rabbits, chickens, geese and bees.
Personal life of Mikhail Khimichev
In his personal life, Mikhail Khimichev has been happy since school. The future artist and his wife Marina attended the same educational institution for nine years, but the future spouses studied in parallel classes and did not experience any feelings. The couple's romantic relationship only began to develop when their classes were combined. It was from that very time that the chosen ones were absolutely inseparable. After receiving a school certificate, the couple began living together. When the lovers turned 20 years old, they formalized their marriage. This is how Marina became the legal wife of Mikhail Khimichev.
Mikhail Khimichev now
In 2020, the list of Mikhail’s main roles was expanded. In the film “The Wife from the Other World,” Khimichev played the unfaithful husband of the heroine Alisa Grebenshchikova. The woman was framed at work, and then mistakenly declared dead. There is no point in “resurrecting” until incriminating evidence on enemies has been collected.
Mikhail Khimichev in the 2020 series “Rustle. Big redistribution"
Soon Mikhail was approved for the role of the partner of the head of the criminal investigation department Pavel Shelest in the 2nd season of the series “Shelest. A big change." The team investigates high-profile cases, but the methods used by the police are sometimes far from those permitted by law. Vladimir Zaitsev, Olga Abramova, and Sergei Chirkov also donned law enforcement uniforms.
In the melodrama “Swallow,” Khimichev’s character falls into a whirlpool of revenge, which the main character, played by Ekaterina Rednikova, takes on.
