Mikhail Baryshnikov
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1948-01-27 (76 years old)
Place of Birth Riga, Latvia
Also Known As Михаил Николаевич Барышников, Mihails Barišņikovs, ミハイル・バリシニコフ, ミハイル・ニコラエヴィチ・バリシニコフ
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Biography
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
Known For
Actor
as Nutcracker
as Pope Benedict XVI
as Self
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
as Mikhail
as Special guest
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Aleksandr Petrovsky
as Self
as Cesar
as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
as Tony
as Self
as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
as Self - Host
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Performer
as Self
as Self
as Don José
as Self
as Self
as Toy Nutcracker / Prince
as Yuri
as Count Albrecht
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
Crew
as Presenter
as Choreographer
as Choreographer
Writer
as Story