Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy (23 July 1946 — 2 December 1995) was a Soviet actor and film director. His best known roles are in films such as Stalker, At Home Among Strangers, and The Bodyguard. Prior to pursuing an acting career, Kaydanovskiy attended technical college where he trained to become a welder. In 1965 he started studying acting at The Rostov Theatre School and the Shchukin theatrical school in Moscow. Before completing the course he took his first part in the film The Mysterious Wall and upon graduation in 1969, he worked as stage actor, making his debut at the Vakhtangov Theatre in 1969. In 1971, he was invited to join the prestigious Moscow Arts Theatre, a rare privilege for a 25-year-old graduate. He made his major film debut in At Home Among Strangers, and over the next few years appeared in some two dozen films, including the satirical comedy Diamonds for Dictatorship of the Proletariat and The Life of Beethoven. At his peak in the '70s Kaidanovsky was among the USSR’s most popular actors, and it was at this point that famed Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, impressed by the looks and the acting technique of Kaidanovsky in Diamonds, invited him to play the title role in his new film, Stalker. The role earned Kaydanovskiy international acclaim. In 1985 he directed A Simple Death, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. In 1993 he directed Just Death, which was about the death of Leo Tolstoy.
Known for
Credits
Stalker (1979)
as Stalker
Anna Karenina (1967)
as Jules Landeau
The Fourth (1972)
Actor
Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1996)
as Kriouchoff
Contract (1985)
Actor
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
Actor
The Lost Expedition (1975)
as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1976)
as Vorontsov
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
as Lemke
Ten Little Indians (1987)
as Philip Lombard
Fact (1981)
as Stanislav
The Arrival of a Train (1996)
Actor
The Theater Is My House (1987)
as А. Н. Островский
Hound of the Baskervilles (1971)
as Джэк Стэплтон
Under the Roofs of Montmartre (1975)
Actor
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)
as Sir Lancelot
Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
as Nowak
The Return (1980)
Actor
My Calling (1976)
Actor
The Bodyguard (1979)
as Mirzo
The Turning Point (1978)
as doctor
The Gambler (1972)
Actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
as Narrator (voice)
Drama on the Hunt (1970)
as Граф Карнеев
Golden River (1977)
as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
The Devil's Breath (1993)
as Damian
Two Tickets to India (1985)
Actor
That Was in Kokand (1977)
as поручик Зайченко
A Quiet Day at the End of the War (1970)
as Sergeant
Vanyushin's Kids (1974)
as Костя
The Mysterious Wall (1967)
Actor
The Importance of Being Earnest (1976)
as Джон Уортинг
The Rescuer (1980)
as Николай Вараксин
The Pass (1988)
as Narrator (voice)
Who Will go to Truskavets? (1978)
Actor
Story of an Unknown Man (1980)
Actor
The Life of Beethoven (1978)
Actor
Forward March, Time! (1977)
as Reading poem (voice)
Rafferty (1980)
as Эймс
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning (1971)
Actor
And I'm With You Again... (1981)
Actor
Going My Way (1975)
Actor
Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993)
Actor
Magic Hunter (1994)
as Maxim
Fiery Bridge (1976)
Actor
I'm Sorry (1982)
as Pranas
The Mathematician and the Devil (1972)
as Черт
Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
Failure of Engineer Garin (1973)
as Вольф
First Love (1969)
Actor
Kafedra (1982)
as Valentin Orlov
The Fifteenth Spring (1971)
as Messenger
Khareba and Gogia (1987)
as Vokhovski