Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-07-23

Deathday 1995-12-03 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR

Also Known As Александр Кайдановский, Aleksandr Kaydanovsky, Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Кайдановский Александр Леонидович, Alexander Kaidanovsky

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

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

Actor

1994
Magic Hunter

as Maxim

1993
1993
To Remember

as Himself - archiveFootage

1992
Parajanov: The Last Spring

as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor

1992
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

as Narrator (voice)

1988
The Pass

as Narrator (voice)

1988
Ten Little Indians

as captain Philip Lombard

1982
I'm Sorry

as Pranas

1982
Kafedra

as Valentin Orlov

1981
Fact

as Stanislav

1980
Rafferty

as Эймс

1979
Stalker

as Stalker

1979
1979
The Bodyguard

as Mirzo

1978
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

1975
The Lost Expedition

as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)

1974
1974
1973
1971
Hound of the Baskervilles

as Джэк Стэплтон

1971
1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi

as Борис Миркин

1970
Drama on the Hunt

as Граф Карнеев

1967
Anna Karenina

as Jules Landeau

Director

A Simple Death

as Director

1989
1987
The Guest

as Director

1983
The Garden

as Director

Writer

A Simple Death

as Writer

1987
The Guest

as Writer