Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Died
- December 3, 1995 (aged 49)
- Birthplace
- Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Biography
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
Filmography
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Movie · as Kriouchoff
The Arrival of a Train
Movie
Magic Hunter
Movie · as Maxim
The Devil's Breath
Movie · as Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Movie
To Remember
TV · as Himself - archiveFootage · 1 ep
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Movie · as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie · as Sir Lancelot
The Pass
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Theater Is My House
Movie · as А. Н. Островский
Ten Little Indians
Movie · as Philip Lombard
Khareba and Gogia
Movie · as Vokhovski
Two Tickets to India
Movie
Contract
Movie
Kafedra
Movie · as Valentin Orlov
I'm Sorry
Movie · as Pranas
And I'm With You Again...
Movie
Fact
Movie · as Stanislav
The Rescuer
Movie · as Николай Вараксин
Rafferty
Movie · as Эймс
The Return
Movie
Story of an Unknown Man
Movie
Stalker
Movie · as Stalker
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Movie · as Nowak
The Bodyguard
Movie · as Mirzo
The Turning Point
Movie · as doctor
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Movie
The Life of Beethoven
Movie
Golden River
Movie · as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
That Was in Kokand
Movie · as поручик Зайченко
Forward March, Time!
Movie · as Reading poem (voice)
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Movie · as Vorontsov
My Calling
Movie
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie · as Джон Уортинг
Fiery Bridge
Movie
The Lost Expedition
Movie · as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Movie
Going My Way
Movie
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Movie · as Lemke
Vanyushin's Kids
Movie · as Костя
Failure of Engineer Garin
Movie · as Вольф
Failure of Engineer Garin
TV · as Wolf · 4 eps
The Gambler
Movie
The Mathematician and the Devil
Movie · as Черт
The Fourth
Movie
Past and Thoughts
TV · as Виссарион Белинский · 4 eps
The Fifteenth Spring
Movie · as Messenger
Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie · as Джэк Стэплтон
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Movie
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV · as Борис Миркин - скупщик золота · 1 ep
Hound of the Baskervilles
TV · as Jack Stapleton · 2 eps
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Movie · as Sergeant
Drama on the Hunt
Movie · as Граф Карнеев
A Nest of Gentry
Movie
First Love
Movie
The Mysterious Wall
Movie
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Jules Landeau