Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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
- 1996 · The Arrival of a Train as
- 1996 · Secrets Shared with a Stranger as Kriouchoff
- 1994 · Magic Hunter as Maxim
- 1993 · To Remember as Himself - archiveFootage
- 1993 · The Devil's Breath as Damian
- 1993 · Tear of the Prince of Darkness as
- 1992 · Parajanov: The Last Spring as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
- 1992 · The Dream of a Ridiculous Man as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · The Pass as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sir Lancelot
- 1988 · Ten Little Indians as captain Philip Lombard
- 1987 · Мой дом - театр as
- 1985 · Two Tickets to India as
- 1985 · Contract as
- 1982 · I'm Sorry as Pranas
- 1982 · Kafedra as Valentin Orlov
- 1981 · Fact as Stanislav
- 1981 · And I'm with You Again... as
- 1980 · The Rescuer as
- 1980 · Rafferty as Эймс
- 1980 · Story of an Unknown Man as
- 1980 · The Return as
- 1979 · Stalker as Stalker
- 1979 · Pilot Pirx's Inquest as Tom Novak
- 1979 · The Bodyguard as Mirzo
- 1978 · Who Will go to Truskavets? as
- 1978 · The Turning Point as doctor
- 1977 · Forward March, Time! as Reading poem (voice)
- 1977 · That Was in Kokand as поручик Зайченко
- 1977 · Golden River as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
- 1976 · The Importance of Being Earnest as Джон Уортинг
- 1976 · Мое дело as
- 1976 · Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat as Vorontsov
- 1975 · The Lost Expedition as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
- 1975 · Следую своим курсом as
- 1975 · Under the Roofs of Montmartre as
- 1974 · At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own as Поручик Лемке
- 1974 · Дети Ванюшина as Костя
- 1973 · Failure of Engineer Garin as Вольф
- 1972 · The Fourth as
- 1972 · The Gambler as
- 1972 · The Mathematician and the Devil as Черт
- 1971 · Hound of the Baskervilles as Джэк Стэплтон
- 1971 · The Fifteenth Spring as Messenger
- 1971 · And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning as
- 1971 · Investigation Held by ZnaToKi as Борис Миркин
- 1970 · Drama on the Hunt as Граф Карнеев
- 1970 · A Quiet Day at the End of the War as Sergeant
- 1969 · A Nest of Gentry as
- 1969 · First Love as
- 1967 · Anna Karenina as Jules Landeau
- 1967 · The Mysterious Wall as