Maksim Aleksandrovich Matveyev (born 28 July 1982) is a Russian film and theater actor. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018). Maksim Matveyev was born in Svetly, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in southern Russia. In 1999 Maksim graduated from high school № 2 in Saratov with a silver medal. During school years he thought of getting into a medical institute to become a surgeon, but later he changed his mind and decided to enter the Faculty of Law of the Volga Region Academy of Public Service. But an incident led him to the theater department. District ball of the medalists was led by Vladimir Smirnov, a student of Valentina Ermakova. This evening a variety of games and competitions were held and Smirnov noticed Maksim, gave him Valentina's phone number and forcefully urged to try his luck in the theater department. Maksim attempted to pass entrance examinations in two universities at once: the Academy of Civil Service and in the theater department of the Saratov Conservatory. As a result, he was accepted to study at the theater, and immediately for the second term.