Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
57 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 23, 1946
- Died
- Dec 3, 1995 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Also known as
- Aleksandr Kaydanovsky · Aleksandr Kajdanovsky · Кайдановский Александр Леонидович · Alexander Kaidanovsky
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.1 Stalker
1979 · Film
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★ 7.5 Ten Little Indians
1987 · Film
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★ 6.8 The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992 · Film
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★ 6.6 At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974 · Film
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★ 5.9 Pilot Pirx's Inquest
1979 · Film
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★ 6.4 The Pass
1988 · Film
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★ 5.4 Anna Karenina
1967 · Film
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★ 5.4 The Lost Expedition
1975 · Film
Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy: movies and TV shows
Acting (56)
- 1996
- 1996 Secrets Shared with a Stranger
as Kriouchoff
- 1994 Magic Hunter
as Maxim
- 1993 The Devil's Breath
as Damian
- 1993
- 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
- 1987 Ten Little Indians
as Philip Lombard
- 1987 Khareba and Gogia
as Vokhovski
- 1987 The Theater Is My House
as А. Н. Островский
- 1985
- 1985
- 1982 I'm Sorry
as Pranas
- 1982 Kafedra
as Valentin Orlov
- 1981 Fact
as Stanislav
- 1981
- 1980 The Rescuer
as Николай Вараксин
- 1980 Rafferty
as Эймс
- 1980
- 1980
- 1979 Stalker
as Stalker
- 1979 Pilot Pirx's Inquest
as Nowak
- 1979 The Bodyguard
as Mirzo
- 1978
- 1978
- 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
- 1976
- 1976 Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
as Vorontsov
- 1975 The Lost Expedition
as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1974 Vanyushin's Kids
as Костя
- 1973 Failure of Engineer Garin
as Вольф
- 1973
- 1972
- 1972
- 1972 The Mathematician and the Devil
as Черт
- 1972
- 1971 Hound of the Baskervilles
as Джэк Стэплтон
- 1971
- 1971 The Fifteenth Spring
as Messenger
- 1971
- 1971
- 1970 Drama on the Hunt
as Граф Карнеев
- 1970 A Quiet Day at the End of the War
as Sergeant
- 1969
- 1969
- 1967 Anna Karenina
as Jules Landeau
- 1967
Behind the camera (5)
- 1989 Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Director, Writer
- 1987 The Guest
Writer, Director
- 1985 A Simple Death
Director, Writer
- 1984 Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Director, Writer
- 1983 The Garden
Director
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 1993 To Remember
1 episode
- 1992