Marat Basharov (born 22 August 1974) is a Russian film actor and a TV host. He has appeared in 30 films since 1994. He starred in the film The Wedding, which was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

Biography

Marat was born in Moscow in a working class Tatar family of a cook and a plumber. After the high school, he was enrolled into the prestigious Moscow State University, Faculty of Law. However, pursuing an acting career, he soon dropped off and went to the M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School instead.