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Sergey Makovetskiy

Sergey Makovetskiy

Actor · Born June 13, 1958 (68) · Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]

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”.

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Born
June 13, 1958 (68)
From
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Works as
Actor
Titles
11 on MovieCove · 124 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 8% in 30 days

What are Sergey Makovetskiy's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.

Genres

Animation3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 16th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 12th percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Power
22%
Bonds
21%
Survival
21%
Morality
18%
Self
14%
Society
4%
Corruption2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 8 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 5 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 2 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 4 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 3

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Shadow: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Shadow
3 of 7
Mentor
2 of 7
Hero
1 of 7
Ally
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Warm
4
Joyful
3
Melancholic
4
Dread
3
Other
5

How their films linger

Feel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2
  • Tragic4
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Sergey Makovetskiy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Tubi (1).

Subscription and free streaming for Sergey Makovetskiy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

124 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Alek Snevar

  • Three Heroes. Daily Tales 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Knyaz (voice)

  • Tri bogatyrya i svet klinom(2025)

    as Knyaz (voice)

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Volchok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Tarasov

  • Dear Willie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · as Леонид Ильич Брежнев

  • Gorynych(2025)

    as Knyaz

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Three Heroes. Daily Tales 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Knyaz (voice)

  • Три богатыря. Ни дня без подвига (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 6 episodes · as Knyaz (voice)

  • Three Heroes. Daily Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Knyaz (voice)

  • Three Heroes and the Navel of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Bodyguards (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 32 episodes · as отец адвоката Александр Акрапович

  • Operation Neman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 5 episodes · as Соломатин

  • Tzadik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Reuben Yankel

  • The Art of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Layer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Actor

  • Horse Julius on the Throne and Three Heroes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Liver, or Story of a Startup (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Horse Julius and Big Horse Racing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 14 episodes · as Уманский

  • The Terrible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Ivan Grozniy

  • Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 8 episodes · as Wolf Karlovich Leibe

  • Odessa Steamboat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Kapitan parokhoda

  • The Foundling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    Actor

  • To Paris! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Stoletov

  • Three Heroes: The Heiress to the Throne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Bad Weather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 11 episodes · as Ярослав Александрович («Яр-Саныч») Куделин

  • Godunov(2018)

    Show 8 episodes · as Иван Грозный

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Знакомство (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Uncle Vanya From Moscow’s Vakhtangov Theater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky

  • Three Heroes and the Princess of Egypt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Green Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Eduard

  • Трасса смерти (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 10 episodes · Actor

  • The Black Monk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Andrey Kovrin

  • Three heroes and the King of the Sea(2017)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Day Before (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Павел Евгеньевич Грушевский (министр культуры)

  • And Quiet Flows the Don (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 14 episodes · as Пантелей Прокофьевич Мелехов

  • New Russians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as ("Verpackungen")

  • B/W (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Алхан

  • Родина (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 12 episodes · as Mikhail Volskiy

  • Three Heroes and Julius Caesar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Умельцы (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Купцов

  • Verpackungen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Actor

  • Demons(2014)

    Show 4 episodes · as Павел Дмитриевич Горемыкин

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows

  • Ilfipetrov (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Narrator / Ilya Ilf (voice)

  • Eternal Homecoming (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Actor

  • Three Heroes on Distant Shores (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • The Girl and Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Old Nicolai

  • Life and Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 12 episodes · as Shtrum

  • Burnt by the Sun 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 13 episodes · as Лунин - капитан

  • Delo gastronoma No. 1(2011)

    Show 8 episodes · as Georgiy Berkutov

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Peter the Great: The Testament (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Utomlennye solntsem 2: Tsitadel(2011)

    as Lunin

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Three Heroes and the Shamakhan Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • The New Year's Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Actor

  • Burnt by the Sun 2(2010)

    as captain Lunin

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Isayev (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 16 episodes · as Леонид Иванович Никандров, литератор

  • The Miracle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Kondrashov

  • The Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as отец Александр Ионин

  • 2-Assa-2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    as Pyotr

  • Live and Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Actor

  • Ilya Muromets and Sparrow the Robber (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Liquidation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 14 episodes · as Фима Петров (Полужид)

  • Duska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Duska

  • The Russian Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Shvokhnev

  • Gloss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • Temptation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Actor

  • 12(2007)

    as juror #1

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • ‎The Slacker‎ (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Semyonych

  • Carnival Night 2, or 50 Years Later (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Кабачков Сергей Сергеевич (директор ДК)

  • It Doesn't Hurt Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Doctor

  • Happy birthday, Your Majesty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Edward

  • Dobrinya and the Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

  • Неверность (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Eduard Kostyga

  • Blind Man's Bluff(2005)

    as Корон

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • The Fall of the Empire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 10 episodes · as Nesterovskiy

  • Alyosha Popovich i Tugarin Zmey(2004)

    as Knyaz of Kiev (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • 72 Meters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • 72 Meters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Chernenko

  • Третий вариант (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • A Key to the Bedroom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Ivanitsky

  • Amphitryon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Actor

  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 5 episodes · as Dr. James Sheppard

  • Mechanical Suite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Plyuganovsky

  • Just the Two of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Vasily

  • Brother 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Belkin

  • Russian Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    as Alexey Shvabrin

  • An Essay for Victory Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Chichevikin

  • Of Freaks and Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Yohan

  • Retro Threesome (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Sergey

  • He Didn't Tie His Shoelaces (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Actor

  • Three Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Tikhomirov

  • Rothschild's Violin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Shostakovich

  • The Arrival of a Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Actor

  • Operation 'Happy New Year'! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Hopelessly Sick

  • Summerfolk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Сергей Басов

  • Trofim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Трофим

  • The Black Veil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Синев Пётр Дмитриевич

  • A Play for a Passenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Actor

  • Round Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Actor

  • Trotsky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Лев Седов, сын Троцкого

  • Little People of the Bolshevik Lane, or I Want Beer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • Makarov (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Actor

  • A Child by November (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    as Lyosha (husband Nadya)

  • Moscow Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Apnoe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Patriotic Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Наш американский Боря (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Actor

  • Sons of Bitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Borya Sinyukhaev

  • Mother (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Actor

  • Chernov/Chernov (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Kostya Shlyapin

  • The Initiated (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Леха

  • The Brest Peace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Trotsky

  • The Life of Klim Samgin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 14 episodes · as Dmitry Samgin - Klim's Brother

  • American Artichokes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • The Will (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Actor

  • Tevye the Milkman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Мотл

  • Malva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • Obstacle Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Actor

  • I, Son of the Working People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • The Crew of a Battle Vehicle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as заряжающий Гриша Чумак

  • The Flood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Actor

  • Take Alive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Alexander Proletkin, scout, Odessa

  • The Belkin Tales: The Shot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    as Officer

  • Trivial Of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Dr. Belyaev

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 124 titles, 122 of them dated from 1981 to 2026; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Gorynych (2025)

$20M worldwide

Highest rated

12 (2007)

Midcredits 88th

Most popular right now

Godunov (2018)

Film career

19812026

Peak 2006 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1998Screen debut· Of Freaks and Men
  • 1998First top-billed film· Of Freaks and Men
  • 2007Career best· 12

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting124 of 124: 124 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score28th

By decade

1980s12 · acting1990s25 · acting2000s31 · acting2010s34 · acting2020s20 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 33% of 21 roles
980813

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Sergey Makovetskiy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 15th percentile, the median of all 8; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 20th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

20thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Approval · how many liked their films

16thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Reach · how many have seen their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 8

Midcredits score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 11 titles are Mixed.

  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed6

Most divisive · actor

Burnt by the Sun 2 (2010)

91st percentile spread · 62% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

12 (2007)

Midcredits 88th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 33. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Sergey Makovetskiy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Sergey Makovetskiy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sergey Selyanov shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers