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07/07/2019 – Baldry – South Bank Sky Arts Awards 2019 – Arrivals – The Savoy Hotel, The Strand – London, UK -Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Maxim Alexander Baldry
Place of Birth: Surrey South Eastern, Surrey, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 5 January, 1996
Ethnicity: * father – English, distant German * mother – Georgian, Russian
Maxim Baldry, also credited as Max Baldry, is a British actor. His roles include the films The Little Polar Bear 2: The Mysterious Island , Mr. Bean’s Holiday , and Last Christmas ; the series Rome , Hollyoaks , Years and Years , Doctor Who , Strike Back: Vendetta , and, as Isildur, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power ; and the made-for-tv movie Lake Placid: Legacy .
His father, Simon Baldry, is English. His mother, Karina Baldry, is Russian, from Moscow, and writes about Russian cuisine. His mother is of at least part Georgian ancestry. Maxim was raised partly in Warsaw, Poland and in Moscow. His mother has also been described as having Armenian ancestry. It is not clear if this is accurate.
Maxim is a common Russian name.
He has said :
My mum’s Russian, I grew up speaking Russian as my first language… I think it’s quite hard to place me, because of that thing – ‘where could he be from? Well, he could be [from] anywhere.’ And that’s not a great thing. I can’t really play an English person, even though I’m English, I can’t play a Spanish person either because I’m not Spanish and I can’t speak Spanish… I mean in theory I can play Russian, but I don’t look Russian… It hasn’t made life easy. It’s hard adjusting to your mental process to that of the life of an actor, because it’s just so temporary.
My mum’s Russian, I grew up speaking Russian as my first language… I think it’s quite hard to place me, because of that thing – ‘where could he be from? Well, he could be [from] anywhere.’ And that’s not a great thing. I can’t really play an English person, even though I’m English, I can’t play a Spanish person either because I’m not Spanish and I can’t speak Spanish… I mean in theory I can play Russian, but I don’t look Russian… It hasn’t made life easy. It’s hard adjusting to your mental process to that of the life of an actor, because it’s just so temporary.
Maxim’s paternal grandfather was named Graham M. Baldry.
Maxim’s paternal grandmother was Joan R. Coulston (the daughter of Cecil Coulston and Lilian Hardwicke/Hardwick Allum). Joan was born in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England. Cecil was the son of Joseph William Coulston and Ann. Lilian was the daughter of Alfred Allum and Emma Rosina Klein; who herself was born in Mara, Tanzania, to a German father, Louis Phillipe/Phillip Klein, who was from Nordsachsen, Sachsen, Germany, and to an English mother, Rosina/Rose Hardwick.
Maxim’s maternal grandfather was named Viktor Georgievich Gabrielov. Victor was born in Pyatigorsk, North Caucasian Federal District, Russia.
Maxim’s maternal grandmother was named Yelena Victorovna.
Sources: http://www.russianuk.com https://www.russianrevels.co.uk http://www.theexperimentalgourmand.com https://www.nme.com
Genealogy of Maxim Baldry – https://www.geni.com