Date of Birth

5 December 1996, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Maxim Alexander Baldry

Height

5' 11" (1.8 m)

Mini Biography

Maxim Baldry was born in 1996 in Surrey South Eastern, Surrey, to an English father and a Russian-born mother. He lived in Moscow and Warsaw for the first seven years of his life, and moved back to England in 2003. He became interested in acting from a very young age. He was involved in many independent stage productions one of which was 'Peter and the Wolf' performing in the V&A before joining Jacke Palmer Stage School in 2005.

Maxim's first breakthrough was in 2007 when he got the part of 'Stepen' opposite Rowan Atkinson in 'Mr Bean's Holiday.' This role brought Maxim a nomination at the Young Artists Awards in the category of Best Performance in a Feature Film. He then went on to do 'Rome' a highly acclaimed HBO/BBC T.V. Series where he played the role of Caesarion. He had an experience of being on stage of the National Theatre in 2008 in the production of 'The Rose Tattoo'. Maxim was selected to be part of the National Youth Theatre (2010). He had a few voice overs such 'Little Polar Bear 2' and 'The Kinematograph' by Tomek Baginski. Max also took part in a BBC Radio 4 adaptation of John Irvine's 'A Prayer For Owen Meany' where he played the character of Johnny opposite Toby Jones.

Maxim had a memorable supporting role in the early scenes of Last Christmas (2019).

Trivia

• Has an older brother, Vic Baldry (b. 1984), who works in sales & marketing.
• His parents are Simon Baldry and Carina Baldry. His father is English and his mother is from Moscow, Russia.
• Although he was born in London, he spent the first seven years of his life in Moscow and Warsaw before returning to England in 2003.
• Maxim was selected to be part of the National Youth Theatre.
• His father is a businessman and his mother writes about Russian cuisine.
• The name Maxim is of Russian origin.