Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy

  • Birthday:

    1946-07-23

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

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 0.2743
  • 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.

Top Movie Cast

Stalker
Stalkertrue- Stalker

1979-05-25

8.1
Мой дом - театр
Мой дом - театрtrue

1987-04-01

0.0
The Devil's Breath
The Devil's Breathtrue- Damian

1993-10-29

5.5
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Owntrue- Поручик Лемке

1974-11-11

6.6
Golden River
Golden Rivertrue- бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин

1977-01-03

5.1
The Lost Expedition
The Lost Expeditiontrue- Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)

1975-12-29

4.8
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Courttrue- Sir Lancelot

1988-06-06

4.7
The Rescuer
The Rescuertrue- Николай Вараксин

1980-10-27

4.8
The Pass
The Passtrue- Narrator (voice)

1988-09-01

6.3
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Pilot Pirx's Inquesttrue- Tom Novak

1979-05-25

5.8
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Secrets Shared with a Strangertrue- Kriouchoff

1996-06-14

1.0
Failure of Engineer Garin
Failure of Engineer Garintrue- Вольф

1973-10-15

5.3
The Gambler
The Gamblertrue

1972-11-17

2.0
That Was in Kokand
That Was in Kokandtrue- поручик Зайченко

1977-02-09

0.0
Magic Hunter
Magic Huntertrue- Maxim

1994-10-23

5.1
Ten Little Indians
Ten Little Indianstrue- Филипп Ломбард

1987-12-28

7.6
The Mathematician and the Devil
The Mathematician and the Deviltrue- Черт

1972-06-06

7.9
The Turning Point
The Turning Pointtrue- doctor

1978-04-09

5.7
Two Tickets to India
Two Tickets to Indiatrue

1985-06-04

0.0
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariattrue- Vorontsov

1976-06-21

3.5
Дети Ванюшина
Дети Ванюшинаtrue- Костя

1974-02-11

5.5
The Fourth
The Fourthtrue

1972-12-11

5.3
The Fifteenth Spring
The Fifteenth Springtrue- Messenger

1971-05-10

4.5
Contract
Contracttrue

1985-01-01

5.9
Hound of the Baskervilles
Hound of the Baskervillestrue- Джэк Стэплтон

1971-05-31

5.8
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Under the Roofs of Montmartretrue

1975-01-03

5.7
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Tear of the Prince of Darknesstrue

1993-03-06

4.0
And I'm With You Again...
And I'm With You Again...true

1981-01-01

0.0
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
A Quiet Day at the End of the Wartrue- Sergeant

1970-04-01

5.2
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Who Will go to Truskavets?true

1978-05-26

4.5
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morningtrue

1971-03-02

7.0
The Mysterious Wall
The Mysterious Walltrue

1967-01-01

5.6
Forward March, Time!
Forward March, Time!true- Reading poem (voice)

1977-05-27

6.4
Rafferty
Raffertytrue- Эймс

1980-03-19

4.6
Kafedra
Kafedratrue- Valentin Orlov

1982-07-06

0.0
Следую своим курсом
Следую своим курсомtrue

1975-06-09

6.0
The Arrival of a Train
The Arrival of a Traintrue

1996-10-08

5.0
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Parajanov: The Last Springtrue- Himself, Tarkovsky's actor

1992-12-30

5.2
The Bodyguard
The Bodyguardtrue- Mirzo

1979-01-01

4.3
The Return
The Returntrue

1980-01-01

4.2
Мое дело
Мое делоtrue

1976-08-15

0.0
Story of an Unknown Man
Story of an Unknown Mantrue

1980-01-01

3.8
Drama on the Hunt
Drama on the Hunttrue- Граф Карнеев

1970-12-31

0.0
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnesttrue- Джон Уортинг

1976-12-31

0.0
Anna Karenina
Anna Kareninatrue- Jules Landeau

1967-11-06

5.8
A Nest of Gentry
A Nest of Gentrytrue

1969-08-25

5.6
I'm Sorry
I'm Sorrytrue- Pranas

1982-12-05

5.0
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
The Dream of a Ridiculous Mantrue- Narrator (voice)

1992-10-07

6.9
First Love
First Lovetrue

1969-02-09

0.0
Fact
Facttrue- Stanislav

1981-06-04

4.5
Fiery Bridge
Fiery Bridgetrue

1976-09-28

0.0
The Life of Beethoven
The Life of Beethoventrue

1978-05-08

7.0

Top Movie Crew

A Simple Death
A Simple Deathtrue

Directing

1985-03-04

4.2
A Simple Death
A Simple Deathtrue

Writing

1985-03-04

4.2
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Kerosene Salesman's Wifetrue

Writing

1989-08-28

5.2
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Kerosene Salesman's Wifetrue

Directing

1989-08-28

5.2
The Garden
The Gardentrue

Directing

1983-04-01

4.0
The Guest
The Guesttrue

Directing

1987-01-01

4.5
The Guest
The Guesttrue

Writing

1987-01-01

4.5
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Jonah, or the Artist at Worktrue

Directing

1984-04-01

0.0
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Jonah, or the Artist at Worktrue

Writing

1984-04-01

0.0

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