Maxim Esterkin

Maxim Esterkin


in Riga, Latvia
Maxim Esterkin was born in Riga, the capital city of Latvia and the major industrial, commercial, cultural and financial center of the Baltic region. For High School, Maxim had graduated Fryeburg Academy, a private college preparatory school in Fryeburg, Maine. He continued his studies at De Paul University Chicago, obtaining a Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) which he completed in 2000. After college Maxim was involved in real estate as an entrepreneur.

It was at a casual business meeting in Bucharest, Hungary in 2007 where Maxim was introduced to acting. An introduction with a director and producer led to a speaking part in a movie project starring Josh Hartnett, Demi Moore,Ron Perlman, Kevin McKidd and Jordi Molla called Bunraku.This action-fantasy story written by up and coming writer/director Guy Moshe ignited a passion in Maxim that he knew he must pursue

It was in 2006 when Maxim began to explore himself in various acting workshops. It was his passionate love for acting/writing which drove Maxim to stay on top of his craft and continuously re-discover himself through his work with other talent. Completely proficient in English and fluent in his native Russian, Maxim has undergone extensive coaching lessons with Robert Easton (Los Angeles) to minimize his Eastern European accent.

Maxim's dedication to exploring and learning the craft of acting has paid off. His current credits include the following films:

Red Dog Black Dog (2012), Director/Best of NYU Tish School. Bunraku (2010), director Guy Moshe Picturesque Films; . Shadows of the White Nights (2010) starring Christian Slater, director Robert Crombie/Whale Studios; Noirland (2010), starring James Duval, Bloodshot Pictures, director Ramzi Abed; The Land of the Astronauts (2009) starring David Arquette and Vivica A. Fox, director Carl Colpaert. Violent Blue (2009), Cinema Epoch, director Gregory Hatanaka. Clouds Over the Hill (2010), directed by Shibata Takeshi and Sato Mikio for broadcast TV network NHK (Japan).

Movies for Maxim Esterkin...

Actors Anonymous
Title: Actors Anonymous
Character: Felix
Released: March 5, 2017
Type: Movie
The film adaption of James Franco's popular novel Actors Anonymous, exploring the lives of young actors in Hollywood, from the highs to the lows, to the lies and the heartbreak.
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Black Dog, Red Dog
Title: Black Dog, Red Dog
Character: Jason
Released: July 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Follows the life of Stephen Dobyns as he deals with life, women, and his move from journalism to poetry.
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Micky's Summer Resort
Title: Micky's Summer Resort
Character: Marko
Released: November 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A Catholic schoolboy gets a dream job as a screener at a European-style resort. Unbeknownst to them, Micky Littleton harbors a supernatural secret. He can zap anyone he doesn't like into an alternate dimension where they are comically tortured by their greatest fears, but when the resort decides to host an old-school beauty pageant, Micky soon learns that not all threats to this bohemian community come from the outside.
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Assassins Run
Title: Assassins Run
Character: Russian Mafia (USA)
Released: April 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Maya becomes the target of the Russian mafia after her husband, a successful American businessman, is killed.
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Violent Blue
Title: Violent Blue
Character: Sergei
Released: January 7, 2011
Type: Movie
Katarina is a music teacher obsessed with an unfinished symphony. She worries about her brother, Ondrej an introverted inventor whose financiers are reputedly shady and dangerous. Then one day, her ex-husband Pietro shows up in her house and locks her in a cage.
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Black Limousine
Title: Black Limousine
Character: Jay Landon
Released: October 19, 2010
Type: Movie
A ghost story set in the city of dreams (IMDb.com).
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Bunraku
Title: Bunraku
Character: Nicola Thug #1
Released: September 1, 2010
Type: Movie
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.