Andrey Bocharov, known as Andryusha Zvezdunov from "33 Square Meters," played this role for seven years but never considered himself an actor. Since 2015, he has not appeared in TV series, as he is occupied with entirely different matters.

Andrey Bocharov was born on July 9, 1966, in Novosibirsk. He had a technical mindset and enrolled in the mechanics and mathematics faculty of Novosibirsk State University. As a student, Bocharov taught computer science. Concurrently, he became an actor, screenwriter, and president of the university KVN team "Kontora Brat'yev Divanovykh," winning the championship title three times, and in 1992, he participated in the CIS national team.

In 1994, Bocharik, as his friends called him, moved to Moscow. He got a job on TV as a director and screenwriter for the show "Clip-clip Ura!", where he met Tatyana Lazareva. Together with her and her husband Mikhail Shats, Bocharov moved to the program "Raz v Nedelyu" (Once a Week), and then to "O.S.P.-studio." Today, the views of the former like-minded individuals have diverged dramatically.

In the 90s, Bocharov, Lazareva, and Shats began working under the direction of Alexander Akopov, who wanted to create a Russian analogue of Saturday Night Live. When Akopov was distracted by the 1996 elections, they created the show "Raz v Nedelyu." By the fifth episode, the actors gained recognition, but Akopov, who had returned, did not appreciate their creativity. After a conflict, the group went their separate ways. Soon, they were invited to write intros for American sports news on TV-6, which resulted in the TV magazine "Nazlo Rekordam!?" (Despite Records!?), where Doctor Shans, bard Rosenblum, and father and son Zvezdunovs appeared. Concurrently, "O.S.P.-studio" was developing, and the characters of Sergey Belogolovtsev and Andrey Bocharov fit into the series "33 Square Meters."

Andrey recalls: "I remember the pleasure of the work. I remember how, in the absence of any budget, we taped T-shirts to the walls (there was money for editing, but not for a studio), and shot four episodes in 6 studio hours. When money appeared, one episode could take three days to shoot. But at first, it was a blast."

The series raised topical issues about family life in a cramped one-room apartment. The actors were covered in fame, but Bocharov was not pleased with the attention: he was not ready to give autographs, considering himself more of a screenwriter. The team was not swimming in wealth, as the period of recognition coincided with the 1998 crisis, when stars were paid with airtime. "We filled advertising time with announcements of our concerts at the Variety Theater or elsewhere. With the money received from concerts, we filmed the next programs. Concurrently, the debt from TV-6 grew, a big, big one. General Director Ponomarev kept promising to pay, giving his arm, leg, or head as collateral. Then a person came from him — and this was Berezovsky's channel: take 25% of the debt and we'll close the matter. We refused, scraped together some money... Everything finally collapsed when NTV was closed and the NTV team came to TV-6," Bocharov explained.

In addition to "33 Square Meters," Andrey appeared in episodes of "Yeralash" and "Ostorozhno, Zadov!", and in the 2010s — in the projects "Kukushechka" and "Semeyny Biznes 2." He was more interested in screenwriting and translating comedies, as he knew English and French perfectly. "Either in '90 or '91, I went to Paris. I had a three-week visa, but I decided to overstay it. In the end, I spent eight months in France, hitchhiked a lot, painted walls somewhere, chopped wood somewhere — and learned French naturally. For about a month and a half, I understood nothing — neither people nor TV. And then suddenly — like after a click — it started," the artist recalled.

Amateur marathons were added to Bocharov's hobbies: after quitting smoking, he gained weight and started running. Andrey hosted an author's program on social networks and YouTube, where he touched upon sports, public life, and politics. It was here that his views diverged from his former colleagues at "O.S.P.-studio": Bocharov ardently supported the Special Military Operation and condemned stars who left the country, calling them "a disgrace."

"Our paths simply diverged. Sometimes we cross paths at some events, birthdays. There's no politics here, and I never talk about politics with the people I run marathons with," Bocharov said about his "OSP" colleagues back in 2021.

According to Andrey, whose YouTube channel was blocked in 2023, many emigrants are considered traitors by the people. For their return, certain conditions must be met, for example, "victory over NATO." "Now they demonstrate nothing there but hatred for Russia. It's not interesting to listen to. Let people see the difference — what was and what became. Their talent turned off, that is, they went there and ceased to be talented. They became highly politicized and went into hatred," Bocharov concluded in an interview for the YouTube channel "Metametrika."

Andrey also criticized Shats and Lazareva, noting that their contract with STS was not renewed due to political views, but due to the channel's reorientation towards a younger audience. In his blog, Bocharov touched upon the topic of the comedian's alcoholism and his betrayal of the Motherland, after which Mikhail stated that he would not shake hands with the "son" from "33 Square Meters."

The actor rarely talks about his personal life. Comedy actors seem like open people to fans, but Andrey Bocharov has repeatedly emphasized that he is an introvert and treats his personal life with reverence. He did not name his loved ones, but it is known that he married in his student years and even temporarily interrupted his studies at the university due to the birth of his daughter Ksenia. "It was necessary to establish family life. A teaching position became available nearby in a vocational school. I had a program, I tried to tell something: the FOCAL language, the BASIC language," Bocharov said.