{{Short description|Russian actor and singer (born 1949)}} {{family name hatnote|Sergeyevich|Boyarsky|lang=Eastern Slavic}} {{Expand language|topic=bio|langcode=ru|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Mikhail Boyarsky | honorific_suffix = | image = Михаил Боярский 2017.jpg | caption = Boyarsky in 2017 | native_name = Михаил Боярский | birth_name = Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky | native_name_lang = ru | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]], [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]] | occupation = Actor, singer, television presenter, musician, stuntman | years_active = 1973–present (concert activity until 2023) | spouse = | children = | title = [[People’s Artist of the RSFSR]] {{small|(1990)}} | website = [https://mboyarskiy.ru mboyarskiy.ru] }}
'''Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky''' ({{langx|ru|Михаи́л Серге́евич Боя́рский}}; born 26 December 1949) is a Russian actor and singer. He is best known for playing [[swashbucklers]] in historical adventure films; the role of [[d'Artagnan]] in the [[d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers|1978 Soviet adaptation]] of [[Alexander Dumas]]' ''Three Musketeers'' elevated Boyarsky to the nationwide fame.
== Biography == Mikhail Sergeyevich Boyarsky was born 26 December 1949 in [[Saint Petersburg|Leningrad]] in the family of Sergey Aleksandrovich Boyarsky and Yekaterina Mikhailovna Melentyeva, both [[Komissarzhevskaya Theatre]] actors. He studied piano in a music school affiliated with the Conservatory. After school, Boyarsky entered [[Russian State Institute of Performing Arts|Institute of Theatre Music and Cinema]], finishing in 1972, and began working in the [[Lensovet Theatre]] for [[Igor Vladimirov]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
In the cinema, the actor made a debut in the films ''Bridges'' and ''[[The Straw Hat]]'' (1974), becoming well known in 1975 after his role in the picture ''Eldest Son''. He found much greater popularity in the main role of Troubadour in the theatre musical ''The Troubadour and His Friends'', with the princess played by [[Larisa Luppian]], who soon became his wife. In 1976, he played the big bad wolf in the movie ''[[Ma-ma (1976 film)|Ma-ma]]''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
His popularity really took off in 1978 after Boyarsky starred in the musical film ''[[D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers]]''. After that, he was [[Typecasting|typecast]] as a [[swashbuckler]] for two decades; he reprised his role as d'Artagnan in three sequels and portrayed other "sword and hat" characters in adventure movies like ''[[The Dog in the Manger (1978 film)|The Dog in the Manger]]'' (1978), ''[[The Prisoner of Château d'If]]'' (1988), ''[[Gardes-Marines, Ahead!]]'' (1988), ''Don César de Bazan'' (1989), ''[[Viva Gardes-Marines!]]'' (1991), ''[[Queen Margot (TV series)|Queen Margot]]'' (1996) and [[Taras Bulba (2009 film)|''Taras Bulba'']] (2009), among others. Being a singer, he also often starred in musical films. Occasionally he played against type, like in ''Extra Ticket'' or ''The Waiting Room''.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
In 2023 Boyarsky retired from acting, because of his age and health issues.<ref>[https://www.5-tv.ru/tabloid/423758/aedva-poscene-peredvigaus-mihail-boarskij-gotov-zaversit-kareru/ Михаил Боярский завершает карьеру: что у актера со здоровьем] | Знаменитости с фото и видео</ref>
==Political and social activity== In the 1996 presidential elections, Boyarsky campaigned for [[Boris Yeltsin]], participating in the [[Vote or lose|Vote or Lose]] program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://igpi.ru/monitoring/1047645476/1996/0696/3.html |title=Республика Башкортостан в мае-июне 1996 года |trans-title=Republic of Bashkortostan in May–June 1996 |language=ru |access-date=2019-12-26 |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811184527/http://igpi.ru/monitoring/1047645476/1996/0696/3.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Boyarsky supports the policies pursued by Presidents [[Vladimir Putin]] and [[Dmitry Medvedev]]. In particular, he attributes to Putin the opening of the country's borders in the early 1990s: {{blockquote| [[:ru:Ксения Ларина|K. Larina]]: It was not Putin who opened the borders, sorry.<br> M. Boyarsky: Then who did it?<br> K. Larina: Borders? I believe our borders were open after 1990.<br> M. Boyarsky: So consider that from that time on he already began to influence this...<br> K. Larina: Vladimir Putin?<br> M. Boyarsky: Vladimir Vladimirovich, yes. And now it has become possible to study in any country... |Interview on the radio station [[Echo of Moscow]], program Dithyramb with [[:ru:Ксения Ларина|Ksenia Larina]], 2008<ref name="Difiramb">{{Cite web |url=https://echo.msk.ru/programs/dithyramb/499597-echo/ |title=Радиостанция "Эхо Москвы", программа "Дифирамб" |language=ru |date=2008-03-09 |publisher=[[Echo of Moscow]] |access-date=2020-05-01 |archive-date=2020-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807215845/https://echo.msk.ru/programs/dithyramb/499597-echo/ |url-status=live}}</ref>}}
By his own admission, Boyarsky is a conservative, a supporter of the monarchy, and an opponent of communist views.<ref name="Difiramb"/>
{{blockquote| ...I am completely for Putin, for his successor, for the country to develop as they intended. This is very important for me, I am simply shocked by the percentages that the communist [[Gennady Zyuganov|Zyuganov]] has. It’s just a mystery to me how much you can step on a rake. That is why I could not afford not to go and vote for Medvedev. I am categorically against any communist proposals. Then there will be no [[Gazprom]], no anything else, no skating rinks, no sports. There will be [[khrushchevka]]s, there will be bombed churches, it will be equal for everyone. Zyuganov will take most of it for himself, out of nomenklatura habit. Therefore, I am categorically against this. <…> This party should have been banned a long time ago. |Interview on the radio station [[Echo of Moscow]], program Dithyramb with [[:ru:Ксения Ларина|Ksenia Larina]], 2008<ref name="Difiramb"/>}}
In 2001, Boyarsky signed a letter [[:ru:Дело НТВ|in defense]] of the [[NTV (Russia)|NTV]] channel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsru.com/ardocs/28Mar2001/pismo5.html |title=Письмо видных деятелей науки, культуры и политики в защиту НТВ |trans-title=Letter from prominent figures of science, culture and politics in defense of NTV |language=ru |website=[[Newsru]] |date=28 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031215315/http://newsru.com/ardocs/28Mar2001/pismo5.html |archive-date=2014-10-31}}</ref>
In 2003, Boyarsky supported [[Valentina Matviyenko]] during the election campaign for governor of St. Petersburg. He has repeatedly supported the construction project of the Gazprom City skyscraper (since 2007, [[Okhta Center]]), starring in commercials for this project. In 2009, he issued an open letter to President Dmitry Medvedev for the construction of the Okhta Center. At the same time, many city residents actively opposed the project, and in December 2010, the decision to build it on the historical [[:ru:Охтинский мыс|Okhtinsky Cape]] was canceled.
[[File:Vladimir Putin 7 October 2000-1.jpg|thumb|290px|Mikhail Boyarsky and [[Vladimir Putin]], 7 October 2000]] On 6 February 2012, Boyarsky was officially registered as a trusted representative of the presidential candidate and then-Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cikrf.ru/law/decree_of_cec/2012/02/06/Zp12767.html |title=Resolution of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation No. 96/767-6, 6 February 2012 |date=2012-02-06 |access-date=2012-02-11 |archive-date=2012-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121226233432/http://www.cikrf.ru/law/decree_of_cec/2012/02/06/Zp12767.html |url-status=live}}</ref>
Since April 2013, Boyarsky has been the leader of the Movement for the Rights of [[Smoking|Smokers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Михаил Боярский поборется за права курильщиков|url=http://www.sostav.ru/news/2012/03/30/boyarskiy_kurenie/|publisher=Sostav.ru}}</ref>
In March 2014, Boyarsky supported the [[Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation|annexation of Crimea]] and signed a [[:ru:Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции президента по Украине и Крыму|letter]] to President Putin in support of the annexation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/russian/russia/2014/03/140312_russian_artists_letter |title=Деятели культуры России поддержали Путина по Крыму |trans-title=Russian cultural figures supported Putin on Crimea |language=ru |website=[[BBC News Russian]] |date=2014-03-12 |access-date=2023-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ru.krymr.com/a/news/27966482.html |title=Боярский в Крыму призвал детей смотреть "Золушку", а не "Гарри Поттера" – СМИ |trans-title=Boyarsky in Crimea urged children to watch “Cinderella” and not “Harry Potter” - media |language=ru |website=Krym.Realii |date=2016-09-05 |access-date=2023-08-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Деятели культуры России — в поддержку позиции Президента по Украине и Крыму |trans-title=Russian cultural figures - in support of the President’s position on Ukraine and Crimea |language=ru |url=http://mkrf.ru/press-tsentr/novosti/ministerstvo/deyateli-kultury-rossii-v-podderzhku-pozitsii-prezidenta-po-ukraine-i-krymu|publisher=Russian Federation Department of Culture |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140311194202/http://mkrf.ru/press-tsentr/novosti/ministerstvo/deyateli-kultury-rossii-v-podderzhku-pozitsii-prezidenta-po-ukraine-i-krymu |archivedate=2014-03-11}}</ref>
In the [[2016 Russian legislative election]], Boyarsky became a trusted representative of the [[United Russia]] party.
In January 2018, Boyarsky was registered as a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin for the [[2018 Russian presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polit.ru/news/2018/01/12/trustees/ |title=Доверенными лицами Путина стали знаменитости из списка-2012 |trans-title=Celebrities from the 2012 list became Putin's confidants |language=ru |website=[[:ru:Полит.ру|Polit.ru]] |date=2018-01-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112121848/http://www.polit.ru/news/2018/01/12/trustees/ |archive-date=2018-01-12}}</ref>
In June 2018, Boyarsky spoke out in favor of raising the retirement age.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5294285 |title=Михаил Боярский считает правильным решение повысить пенсионный возраст |trans-title=Mikhail Boyarsky considers the decision to raise the retirement age to be correct |language=ru |publisher=[[TASS]] |access-date=2019-12-29 |archive-date=2020-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129203330/https://tass.ru/obschestvo/5294285 |url-status=live}}</ref>
In December 2018, in a conversation with the general director of [[TV Rain]], [[Natalya Sindeyeva]], Boyarsky spoke in favor of introducing censorship in the field of cinema and theaters and for the re-establishment of [[:ru:Художественный совет|artistic councils]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c050c3b9a7947be14d961ad?from=newsfeed |title=Боярский призвал вернуть цензуру в кино и театре |trans-title=Boyarsky called for the return of censorship in cinema and theater |language=ru |publisher=[[RBK Group]] |accessdate=2018-12-03 |archive-date=2018-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203152341/https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/5c050c3b9a7947be14d961ad?from=newsfeed |url-status=live}}</ref>
In February 2022, he supported the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]].
In February 2023, [[Canada]] sanctioned Mikhail Boyarsky for being involved in Russian propaganda and spreading misinformation relating to the 2022 war in Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Canada sanctions Russian propagandists, singers, actors, musicians, and Wagner Group media |url=https://english.nv.ua/life/canada-sanctions-russian-propagandists-singers-actors-musicians-and-wagner-group-media-50302091.html |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life== With [[Larisa Luppian]], he has a son, [[Sergey Boyarsky]] (born in 1980), and a daughter, [[Elizaveta Boyarskaya]] (born 20 December 1985).
As a native of Saint Petersburg, Boyarsky is a fan of local [[FC Zenit Saint Petersburg|FC Zenit]].
==Popular songs== * ''Vse proidet'' * ''Gorodskie Cveti'' * ''{{ill|Zelenoglazoe Taxi|ru|Зеленоглазое такси}}'' * ''{{ill|Lanfren-lanfra|ru|Ланфрен-ланфра (песня)}}'' * ''Spasibo, rodnaya'' * ''Pesnya mushketyorov'' * ''Syadu v skory poezd''
==Honours and awards== [[File:Dmitry Medvedev with Mikhail Boyarsky.jpg|thumb|Presentation of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class with President [[Dmitry Medvedev]], 28 December 2009]] [[File:Putin Boyarskiy.jpg|thumb|Presentation of the Order of Friendship with President [[Vladimir Putin]], 22 January 2002]] *[[Honored Artist of the RSFSR]] (1984) *[[People's Artist of the RSFSR]] (1990) *[[Order of Friendship]] (2001)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120707113305/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=008124 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 19 июля 2001 года № 892 «О награждении государственными наградами Российской федерации»]</ref> *[[Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"]] (2003)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120905151445/http://www.lenspecsmu.ru/news.php?id=615&razd_id=1&head=1 Медаль «В память 300-летия Петербурга» (22 мая 2003 года)]</ref><ref>[http://www.photoxpress.ru/news_info.asp?news_id=394646 Боярский, Захаров, митрополит Петербургский и Ладожский Владимир]</ref> *[[Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"]], 4th class (2009)<ref>[https://archive.today/20120714040647/http://document.kremlin.ru/doc.asp?ID=056460 Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 25 декабря 2009 года № 1473 «О награждении орденом „За заслуги перед Отечеством“ IV степени Боярского М. С.»]</ref> *[[Order of Honour (Moldova)]] (2011) *[[Order of Honour (Russia)|Order of Honour]] (2020)
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Film/TV ! Year ! Role ! Other notes |- |''[[Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 3]]''||(2016)||Scholar Cat||Voice |- |''[[Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf 2]]''||(2013)||Scholar Cat||Voice |- |''[[Sherlock Holmes (2013 TV Series)|Sherlock Holmes]]''||(2013)|| [[Inspector Lestrade]] || TV Series |- |''[[Peter the Great: The Testament]]''||(2011)|| [[Dimitrie Cantemir]] || TV Mini-Series |- |''[[Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf (film)|Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf]]''||(2011)||Scholar Cat||Voice |- |''[[Taras Bulba (2009 film)|Taras Bulba]]''||(2009)|| Moisei Shilo ||Based on novel by [[Nikolai Gogol]] |- |''[[The Return of the Musketeers, or The Treasures of Cardinal Mazarin]]''|| (2009) ||d'Artagnan |- |''Schastliviy'' ||(2005) ||||TV mini-series ... a.k.a. ''Lucky'' |- |[[The Idiot (TV series)|''The Idiot'']] ||(2003)||Keller|| TV mini-series |- | ''Plachu vperyod!'' ||(2001) ||Mikhail Raspyatov, an actor|| a.k.a. ... ''I Pay in Advance!'' |- |''[[The New Bremen Town Musicians]]'' ||(2000) || King|| Voice |- | ''Zal ozhidaniya'' ||(1998)||Vitya ||TV series ... a.k.a. ''the Waiting Room'' |- | ''Koroleva Margo'' ||(1996)||Maurevel (Morvel)|| TV series ... a.k.a. ''Queen Margot'' |- | ''[[The Secret of Queen Anne or Musketeers Thirty Years After]]'' ||(1993) ||d'Artagnan|| |- | ''[[Musketeers Twenty Years After]]'' ||(1992) ||d'Artagnan|| |- | ''Tartyuf'' ||(1992) ||Tartuffe||(TV) ... a.k.a. ''Tartuffe'' |- | Choknute ||(1991) ||Nikolai I, the Tsar|| a.k.a. Crazies |- | ''[[Viva Gardes-Marines!]]''|| (1991)||de Brillieu||a.k.a. Vivat, Midshipmen! |- | Don Cesar de Bazan ||(1989) ||Don César||(TV) a.k.a. Don César de Bazan |- | Iskusstvo zhit' v Odesse ||(1989)|| M. Boyarsky|| a.k.a. The Art of Living in Odesa |- | ''[[The Prisoner of Château d'If]]'' ||(1988)||Fernan Mondego, Count de Morcerf||a.k.a. The Count of Monte-Cristo, a.k.a. The Prisoner of If Castle |- | ''[[A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines]]'' ||(1987)||Cherny (Black)|| |- | ''[[Gardemarines, ahead! (film)|Gardemarines ahead!]]''||(1987) ||Chevalier de Brillieu||TV mini-series ... a.k.a. Midshipmen, Charge! |- | ''[[Higher Than Rainbow]]''||(1986)|| Alik's Dad||(TV) ... a.k.a. Above the Rainbow |- | Gum-gam ||(1985)|| |- | Geroy eyo romana ||(1984)|| || a.k.a. Hero of Her Romance |- | Lishniy bilet ||(1983)|| ||a.k.a. Extra Ticket |- | Peppi Dlinniy Chulok|| (1982) ||Captain Dlinniy Chulok, Peppi's father||(TV) a.k.a. Pippi Longstocking |- | Tamozhnya|| (1982)||Yuri Khorunzhev||a.k.a. Customs |- | ''[[Dusha]]'' ||(1981)|||| a.k.a. Soul |- | Kuda on denetsya! ||(1981) |- | Nesravnennyy Nakonechnikov ||(1981)|||| a.k.a. The Incomparable Nakonechnikov |- | Letuchiy korabl ||(1979)|| (voice)||a.k.a. Flying Ship |- | Svatovstvo gusara|| (1979) ||||(TV) |- | ''[[d'Artagnan and Three Musketeers]]'' ||(1978)|| D'Artagnan|| TV mini-series |- | Komissiya po rassledovaniyu|| (1978)||||a.k.a. The Investigation Commission |- | Poka bezumstvuyet mechta ||(1978)||||a.k.a. While the Dream Is Raving |- | Povar i pevitsa ||(1978) ||(voice) Barmaleyev|| a.k.a. A Cook and a Singer |- | ''[[The Dog in the Manger (1978 film)|The Dog in the Manger]]'' ||(1978) ||Teodoro||(TV) |- | Dikiy Gavrila ||(1976)|| |- | Goluboy shchenok ||(1976)|| Pirate (voice) || a.k.a. ''[[Blue Puppy]]'' |- | Kak Ivanushka-durachok za chudom khodil ||(1976)||Konokrad|| a.k.a. How Ivanushka the Fool Travelled in Search of Wonder |- | ''[[Ma-ma (1976 film)|Ma-ma]]''|| (1976)||Seriy (Grey) the Wolf|| a.k.a. Mummy; a.k.a. Rock'n Roll Wolf |- | Poezd pamyati ||(1976)|| (voice) |- |''[[Sentimental Romance (1977 film)|Sentimental Romance]]'' ||(1976)|||| |- |''[[New Year Adventures of Masha and Vitya]]'' ||(1975) ||Kot Matvey||(TV) |- | ''[[The Elder Son (1976 film)|The Elder Son]]'' ||(1976)|| Silva || |- | ''[[The Straw Hat]]'' ||(1974)|| Ninardi ||TV mini-series |- | ''[[Truffaldino from Bergamo]]'' ||(1972) ||Truffaldino (voice) (uncredited) ||a.k.a. Truffaldino from Bergamo |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{commons category-inline}} *{{official website|https://mboyarskiy.ru/ }} *{{IMDb name|0101614}} {{Golos series}}{{Authority control}}
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