- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Place of Birth
- Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- Died
- December 3, 1995
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 th…
Filmography
movieThe Arrival of a Train
1996
movieSecrets Shared with a Stranger
1996 · Kriouchoff
movieMagic Hunter
1994 · Maxim
tvTo Remember
1993 · Himself - archiveFootage
movieThe Devil's Breath
1993 · Damian
movieTear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
movieParajanov: The Last Spring
1992 · Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
movieThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992 · Narrator (voice)
movieKerosene Salesman's Wife
1989 · Director, Writer
movieThe Pass
1988 · Narrator (voice)
movieNew Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988 · Sir Lancelot
movieTen Little Indians
1987 · Philip Lombard
movieKhareba and Gogia
1987 · Vokhovski
movieThe Theater Is My House
1987 · А. Н. Островский
movieThe Guest
1987 · Writer, Director
movieTwo Tickets to India
1985
movieA Simple Death
1985 · Director, Writer
movieContract
1985
movieJonah, or the Artist at Work
1984 · Director, Writer
movieThe Garden
1983 · Director
movieI'm Sorry
1982 · Pranas
movieKafedra
1982 · Valentin Orlov
movieFact
1981 · Stanislav
movieAnd I'm With You Again...
1981
movieThe Rescuer
1980 · Николай Вараксин
movieRafferty
1980 · Эймс
movieThe Return
1980
movieStory of an Unknown Man
1980
movieStalker
1979 · Stalker
moviePilot Pirx's Inquest
1979 · Nowak
movieThe Bodyguard
1979 · Mirzo
movieWho Will go to Truskavets?
1978
movieThe Life of Beethoven
1978
movieThe Turning Point
1978 · doctor
movieForward March, Time!
1977 · Reading poem (voice)
movieThat Was in Kokand
1977 · поручик Зайченко
movieGolden River
1977 · бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
movieThe Importance of Being Earnest
1976 · Джон Уортинг
movieFiery Bridge
1976
movieMy Calling
1976
movieDiamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976 · Vorontsov
movieThe Lost Expedition
1975 · Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
movieGoing My Way
1975
movieUnder the Roofs of Montmartre
1975
movieAt Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974 · Lemke
movieVanyushin's Kids
1974 · Костя
movieFailure of Engineer Garin
1973 · Вольф
tvFailure of Engineer Garin
1973 · Wolf
movieThe Fourth
1972
movieThe Gambler
1972
movieThe Mathematician and the Devil
1972 · Черт
tvPast and Thoughts
1972 · Виссарион Белинский
movieHound of the Baskervilles
1971 · Джэк Стэплтон
Hound of the Baskervilles
tvHound of the Baskervilles
1971 · Jack Stapleton
movieThe Fifteenth Spring
1971 · Messenger
movieAnd There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971
tvInvestigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971 · Борис Миркин - скупщик золота
movieDrama on the Hunt
1970 · Граф Карнеев
movieA Quiet Day at the End of the War
1970 · Sergeant
movieA Nest of Gentry
1969
movieFirst Love
1969
movieAnna Karenina
1967 · Jules Landeau
movieThe Mysterious Wall
1967