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
all 57
Movies 55
Director 6
TV Shows 2
self 2
Narrator 2
The Arrival of a Train (1996)
Secrets Shared with a Stranger (1996)
Magic Hunter (1994)
To Remember (1993)
The Devil's Breath (1993)
Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993)
Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1992)
Kerosene Salesman's Wife (1989)
The Pass (1988)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1988)
Ten Little Indians (1987)
Мой дом - театр (1987)
The Guest (1987)
A Simple Death (1985)
Contract (1985)
Jonah, or the Artist at Work (1984)
The Garden (1983)
I'm Sorry (1982)
Kafedra (1982)
Fact (1981)
And I'm with You Again... (1981)
The Rescuer (1980)
Rafferty (1980)
Story of an Unknown Man (1980)
The Return (1980)
Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979)
Stalker (1979)
The Turning Point (1979)
The Bodyguard (1979)
Who Will go to Truskavets? (1978)
Forward March, Time! (1977)
That was in Kokand (1977)
Golden River (1977)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1976)
Мое дело (1976)
Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (1976)
The Lost Expedition (1975)
Следую своим курсом (1975)
Under the Roofs of Montmartre (1975)
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own (1974)
Дети Ванюшина (1974)
Failure of Engineer Garin (1973)
The Fourth (1972)
The Gambler (1972)
The Mathematician and the Devil (1972)
Hound of the Baskervilles (1971)
The Fifteenth Spring (1971)
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning (1971)
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)
Drama on the Hunt (1970)
A Quiet Day at the End of the War (1970)
A Nest of Gentry (1969)
First Love (1969)
Anna Karenina (1967)
The Mysterious Wall (1967)
Alphaville: For a Million
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GenderMale
Birthday1946-07-23
Deathday1995-12-03 (49 years old)
Birth NameАлександр Леонидович Кайдановский
Birth PlaceRostov-on-Don, Russia
ChildrenZoya Kaydanovskaya
CitizenshipsSoviet Union, Russia
Also Known AsАлександр Кайдановский, Aleksandr Kaydanovsky, Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Кайдановский Александр Леонидович, Alexander Kaidanovsky
AwardsHonored Artist of the Russian Federation
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