[1] Maykov is best known for starring as Viktor Pchyolkin in the TV series Brigada[2][3][4] and in the title role of sitcom Girls with Makarov.
In 1994 he entered GITIS as an actor of the drama theater (workshop of Pavel Chomsky), which he graduated in 1998.
Pavel Maykov's acting breakthrough came in 2002 when he starred in the cult Russian crime miniseries Brigada as the public-enemy gang member Viktor "The Bee" Pchyolkin.
[10] In 2003 he participated in the Russian version of the Fort Boyard game show.
The team also included Ernest Mackevicius, Ekaterina Guseva, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Dmitry Dyuzhev and Elena Vykhodtseva (Winnings - 90,030 rubles) In 2011, Maykov together with actor Mikhail Prismotrov founded the band "ButterBrodsky" where he himself composed the music and used lyrics from existing poems, including by Joseph Brodsky.