Marat Basharov (Tatar: Cyrillic Марат Галимҗан улы Бәшәров, Latin Marat Ğälimcan ulı Bäşärov, 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.
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.
Marat has a daughter (born Sep 2004), named Ameli. In October 2014, Basharov beat his second wife, Katherine Arkharova, and kicked her out of the apartment. Arkharova spent some time in a coma. Doctors diagnosed her with nose fracture, traumatic brain injury and bruising. Later, the actress was discharged from the hospital and moved out.