He is best known for starring in the long running medical drama television series Sklifosovsky.

[3] Maksim Averin was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

[4] Once in second grade Maksim refused to write a math test and said that he did not need it at drama school.

He played in the Satyricon Theatre for eighteen years, In Satyricon he played in Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Lion in Winter, Hamlet, Hedda Gabler and others.

[5] Maksim Averin’s film career began in 1999 with the role of Korabelnikov in the comedy Love is Evil directed by Vladimir Zaykin.