Maksim Mikhaylov was born on August 25, 1893 in Koltsovka, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Chuvash Republic, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ivan le terrible (1944), Cherevichki (1945) and Boris Godunov (1954). He died on March 30, 1971 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].