Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Acting • Born 1946-07-23 – Died 1995-12-03
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.
Filmography
57 credits
Stalker
Movie • 1979
Stalker
The Theater Is My House
Movie • 1987
А. Н. Островский
The Devil's Breath
Movie • 1993
Damian
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Movie • 1974
Lemke
The Lost Expedition
Movie • 1975
Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Golden River
Movie • 1977
бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1988
Sir Lancelot
The Pass
Movie • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Rescuer
Movie • 1980
Николай Вараксин
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Movie • 1979
Nowak
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Movie • 1996
Kriouchoff
Failure of Engineer Garin
Movie • 1973
Вольф
The Gambler
Movie • 1972
That Was in Kokand
Movie • 1977
поручик Зайченко
Magic Hunter
Movie • 1994
Maxim
Ten Little Indians
Movie • 1987
Philip Lombard
The Mathematician and the Devil
Movie • 1972
Черт
The Turning Point
Movie • 1978
doctor
Two Tickets to India
Movie • 1985
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Movie • 1976
Vorontsov
Vanyushin's Kids
Movie • 1974
Костя
The Fourth
Movie • 1972
The Fifteenth Spring
Movie • 1971
Messenger
Contract
Movie • 1985
Hound of the Baskervilles
Movie • 1971
Джэк Стэплтон
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Movie • 1975
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Movie • 1993
And I'm With You Again...
Movie • 1981
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Movie • 1970
Sergeant
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Movie • 1978
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Movie • 1971
The Mysterious Wall
Movie • 1967
Forward March, Time!
Movie • 1977
Reading poem (voice)
Rafferty
Movie • 1980
Эймс
Kafedra
Movie • 1982
Valentin Orlov
Going My Way
Movie • 1975
The Arrival of a Train
Movie • 1996
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Movie • 1992
Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Bodyguard
Movie • 1979
Mirzo
The Return
Movie • 1980
My Calling
Movie • 1976
Story of an Unknown Man
Movie • 1980
Drama on the Hunt
Movie • 1970
Граф Карнеев
The Importance of Being Earnest
Movie • 1976
Джон Уортинг
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1967
Jules Landeau
A Nest of Gentry
Movie • 1969
I'm Sorry
Movie • 1982
Pranas
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
First Love
Movie • 1969
Fact
Movie • 1981
Stanislav
Fiery Bridge
Movie • 1976
The Life of Beethoven
Movie • 1978
Khareba and Gogia
Movie • 1987
Vokhovski
To Remember
TV • 1993
Himself - archiveFootage
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV • 1971
Борис Миркин - скупщик золота
Past and Thoughts
TV • 1972
Виссарион Белинский
Failure of Engineer Garin
TV • 1973
Wolf