Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Narozen 17. 1. 1980 · Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Odesa, Ukraine]

Maksim Aleksandrovich Chmerkovskiy is an American Latin–ballroom dance champion, choreographer, and instructor. He is widely known as one of the professional dancers on the American television series Dancing with the Stars, on which he first appeared in season two.