Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 01, 1880
Died
Dec 31, 1942
Place of Birth
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Credits
40 titles
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Biography
Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor. He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.
Known For
Filmography
A Great Life, Part 2
District committee secretary
Seaman's Daughter
Captain Shestov
Yakov Sverdlov
The Return
Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
No One is Funnier than Us
Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
A Great Life
District committee secretary
Minin and Pozharsky
Prokopiy Lyapunov
The Vyborg Side
Mishchenko
Stepan Razin
Prince Baryatinskiy
Professor Mamlock
Resistance member
The Miners
Nikanor
The Thirteen
Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
The Return of Maxim
Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Daughter of the Motherland
Grandfather Andron
I Love
Nykanor, the old miner
A Severe Young Man
Olga's Father
Beautiful Garden
The Pilots
Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
Love and Hate
Vasilisa's husband
Nastenka Ustinova
Ustinov
The Last Night
Conveyor of Death
Kashevskiy, master
Deserter
Fritz Muller
Outskirts
Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
A Personal Affair
Diary of a Revolutionist
Stationmaster (uncredited)
Misunderstood
Ivan Timofeyev
A Simple Case
Uncle Sasha
Bread
Peasant
The Drive of Death
Machinist Gavrilov
For Your Health
Philistine
The Happy Canary
Worker
Heroes of the Furnace
Commissar
Storm Over Asia
The Russian Rebel Leader
The White Eagle
State prisoner
Salamander
Pryer, typographer
The End of St. Petersburg
Worker
Who Are You?
Beggar
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
Machinist
Mother
Vlasov, the Father