Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
Born July 23, 1946 (Age: 79)
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Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Arrival of a Train
1996
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as
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Age: 50
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996
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as Kriouchoff
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Age: 49
The Devil's Breath
1993
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as Damian
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Age: 47
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
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Age: 46
Parajanov: The Last Spring
1992
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as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
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Age: 46
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 46
The Pass
1988
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 42
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988
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as Sir Lancelot
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Age: 41
Ten Little Indians
1987
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as Philip Lombard
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Age: 41
Khareba and Gogia
1987
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as Vokhovski
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Age: 41
The Theater Is My House
1987
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as А. Н. Островский
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Age: 40
Two Tickets to India
1985
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Age: 38
Contract
1985
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Age: 38
Fact
1981
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as Stanislav
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Age: 34
And I'm With You Again...
1981
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Age: 34
The Rescuer
1980
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as Николай Вараксин
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Age: 34
Rafferty
1980
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as Эймс
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Age: 33
Story of an Unknown Man
1980
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Age: 33
The Return
1980
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Age: 33
Who Will go to Truskavets?
1978
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Age: 31
The Life of Beethoven
1978
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Age: 31
The Turning Point
1978
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as doctor
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Age: 31
That Was in Kokand
1977
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as поручик Зайченко
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Age: 30
Fiery Bridge
1976
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as
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Age: 30
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974
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as Lemke
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Age: 28
Vanyushin's Kids
1974
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as Костя
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Age: 27
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973
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as Вольф
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Age: 27
The Fourth
1972
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Age: 26
The Gambler
1972
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Age: 26
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972
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as Черт
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Age: 25
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971
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Age: 24
Drama on the Hunt
1970
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as Граф Карнеев
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Age: 24
A Nest of Gentry
1969
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Age: 23
First Love
1969
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Age: 22