Maxim Stoyanov
Born (1987-06-29) June 29, 1987
Tighina (now Bender)
Nationality Russia
Occupationactor

Maxim Stoyanov (Russian: Максим Владимирович Стоянов; born June 29, 1987) is a Russian stage and film actor, known for his work in the 2019 American comedy drama Give Me Liberty.[1]

Biography

Stoyanov was born in Tighina, in the Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR (now Bender, under the control of Transnistria, which is internationally recognized as part of Moldova) into the family of a train machinist and a factory worker. He studied at the Moscow Art Theatre School under Konstantin Raikin, graduating in 2013.[2]

His first film role was in The Hope Factory, which premiered at the Rotterdam IFF.[3][4]

Stoyanov garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of Dima in Give Me Liberty.[5][6] Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times likened Stoyanov's character to “a walking mascot for the movie’s big-heartedness; he may be the one character who, no matter how chaotic things get — and they get pretty chaotic — is delighted simply to be there.”[7] “The movie's most big-hearted character is a Russian boxer named Dima played by Maxim Stoyanov with a boisterous charm that lights up his every scene.”[8] Film Comment compared Stoyanov to a “muscle-bound young James Gandolfini”, whose character “has the eagerness of a large Alsatian puppy, and exudes the sort of undiluted force-of-nature comic charisma that filmmakers pray will miraculously fall out of the sky and into their cast.”[9] Manohla Dargis of The New York Times placed “fantastic Max Stoyanov” in her 2020 list of Oscar-worthy performances.[10]

In Russia, Stoyanov's work in Give Me Liberty also received critical and public acclaim.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

Stoyanov has also appeared in the Russian TV series Shifr by Vera Storozheva[18] and The Missing by Vadim Perelman.[19]

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Break Loose
2014The Hope FactoryShkarupa
2017Lovelessapartment buyer
2017The Road to CalvaryDmitro
2018Better than UsYuriy
2019Give Me LibertyDima
2019-2020ShifrVyacheslav Agarin
2020AK-47Lieutenant
2021Captain Volkonogov EscapedLependin
2021GerdaAndrej
2021The MissingYegor Malevich

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultNotes
2013Golden Leaf AwardBest ActorA Streetcar Named Desire, Theatre Center "Na Strastnom"Won[20]

References

  1. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (February 1, 2019). "The Sundance Film Festival Comes Through (Again!)". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Sulkin, Oleg (2019-08-23). "О дайте, дайте мне свободу!". gazettco.com. Gazettco.
  3. ↑ Weissberg, Jay (April 8, 2014). "Film Review: 'The Hope Factory'". variety.com. Variety.
  4. ↑ Young, Neil (February 24, 2014). "The Hope Factory (Kombinat "Nadezhda"): Rotterdam Review". hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ↑ Dargis, Manohla (August 22, 2019). "'Give Me Liberty' Review: A Wild Ride With a Virtuoso of Chaos". The New York Times.
  6. ↑ Debruge, Peter (January 24, 2019). "Film Review: 'Give Me Liberty'". variety.com. Variety.
  7. ↑ Chang, Justin (August 29, 2019). "Review: 'Give Me Liberty' is a brilliant madcap farce on wheels". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ↑ Chang, Justin (September 3, 2019). "Come Along For The Ride: 'Give Me Liberty' Is A Full-Blown Farce On Wheels". npr.org. NPR.
  9. ↑ Romney, Jonathan (June 14, 2019). "Film of the Week: Give Me Liberty". filmcomment.com. Film Comment.
  10. ↑ Dargis, Manohla; Scott, A.O. (January 3, 2020). "And the 2020 Oscar Nominees Should Be". The New York Times.
  11. ↑ Khudenko, Christina (September 10, 2019). "Премьера. Актёр Максим Стоянов: "Заходим, сидит Тарантино, пузатенький такой..."". delfi.lv. Delfi.
  12. ↑ Ivanov, Aleksey (September 6, 2019). "Актёр Максим Стоянов: "Для меня важнее всего — объёмная роль"". mixnews.lv. MixNews.
  13. ↑ Trusova, Elena (May 19, 2019). "Канны 2019: в Российском павильоне представили фильм «Give Me Liberty»". proficinema.ru. Proficinema.
  14. ↑ Gulyan, Yulia; Belikov, Egor (August 5, 2019). "Кирилл Михановский, режиссёр "Гив ми либерти": "В России слишком много хороших актёров. Наверное. Я сомневаюсь"". kinoart.ru. Iskusstvo Kino.
  15. ↑ Filippova, Anna (July 31, 2019). "Искупая жертву. Рецензия на фильм Кирилла Михановского "Гив ми либерти"". kinoreporter.ru. КиноРепортёр.
  16. ↑ Moskvitin, Egor (September 11, 2021). "Режиссёры, сценаристы, артисты: 15 новых имен мира кино". rbc.ru. RBK.
  17. ↑ Ponomareva, Anastasia (September 12, 2019). "5 причин посмотреть фильм "Гив ми либерти": интервью с актером Максимом Стояновым". elle.ru. Elle.
  18. ↑ Bondarchuk, Oksana (October 14, 2019). "Вилкова, Спивак, Гаас: Шифр-2, интервью". tvmag.ru. TV Mag.
  19. ↑ Afanasyeva, Elena (September 12, 2021). ""Сериальные премьеры недели. "Контейнер" (Start), "Талисман" (Epic Media"), "Пропавшая" ("Кинопоиск HD"), "Историк" (ТВ-3), "Вертинский" (Kion)". echo.msk.ru. Echo of Moscow.
  20. ↑ Golden Leaf Award 2013
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