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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Arrival of a Train
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1996
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Character:Kriouchoff
Release Date:14/06/1996
Magic Hunter
Character:Maxim
Release Date:23/10/1994
The Devil's Breath
Character:Damian
Release Date:29/10/1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Character:
Release Date:06/03/1993
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Character:Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
Release Date:30/12/1992
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:02/10/1992
The Pass
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/09/1988
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character:Sir Lancelot
Release Date:06/06/1988
Ten Little Indians
Character:Филипп Ломбард
Release Date:28/12/1987
The Theater Is My House
Character:А. Н. Островский
Release Date:01/04/1987
Two Tickets to India
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Release Date:04/06/1985
Contract
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1985
I'm Sorry
Character:Pranas
Release Date:05/12/1982
Kafedra
Character:Valentin Orlov
Release Date:06/07/1982
Fact
Character:Stanislav
Release Date:04/06/1981
And I'm With You Again...
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1981
The Rescuer
Character:Николай Вараксин
Release Date:27/10/1980
Rafferty
Character:Эймс
Release Date:19/03/1980
The Return
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1980
Story of an Unknown Man
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1980
Stalker
Character:Stalker
Release Date:25/05/1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Character:Nowak
Release Date:25/05/1979
The Bodyguard
Character:Mirzo
Release Date:01/01/1979
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Character:
Release Date:26/05/1978
The Life of Beethoven
Character:
Release Date:08/05/1978
The Turning Point
Character:doctor
Release Date:09/04/1978
Forward March, Time!
Character:Reading poem (voice)
Release Date:27/05/1977
That Was in Kokand
Character:поручик Зайченко
Release Date:09/02/1977
Golden River
Character:бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
Release Date:03/01/1977
The Importance of Being Earnest
Character:Джон Уортинг
Release Date:31/12/1976
Fiery Bridge
Character:
Release Date:28/09/1976
My Calling
Character:
Release Date:15/08/1976
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Character:Vorontsov
Release Date:21/06/1976
The Lost Expedition
Character:Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Release Date:29/12/1975
Going My Way
Character:
Release Date:09/06/1975
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Character:
Release Date:03/01/1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Character:Поручик Лемке
Release Date:11/11/1974
Vanyushin's Kids
Character:Костя
Release Date:11/02/1974
Failure of Engineer Garin
Character:Вольф
Release Date:15/10/1973
The Fourth
Character:
Release Date:11/12/1972
The Gambler
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1972
The Mathematician and the Devil
Character:Черт
Release Date:06/06/1972
Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Джэк Стэплтон
Release Date:31/05/1971
The Fifteenth Spring
Character:Messenger
Release Date:10/05/1971
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Character:
Release Date:02/03/1971
Drama on the Hunt
Character:Граф Карнеев
Release Date:31/12/1970
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Character:Sergeant
Release Date:06/07/1970
A Nest of Gentry
Character:
Release Date:25/08/1969
First Love
Character:
Release Date:09/02/1969
Anna Karenina
Character:Jules Landeau
Release Date:06/11/1967
The Mysterious Wall
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1967
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