Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 23, 1946
Died
Dec 03, 1995
Place of Birth
Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Credits
63 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Arrival of a Train
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Kriouchoff
Magic Hunter
Maxim
To Remember
Himself - archiveFootage
The Devil's Breath
Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Narrator (voice)
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Director
The Pass
Narrator (voice)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sir Lancelot
Ten Little Indians
Philip Lombard
Khareba and Gogia
Vokhovski
The Theater Is My House
А. Н. Островский
The Guest
Director
Two Tickets to India
A Simple Death
Director
Contract
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Director
The Garden
Director
I'm Sorry
Pranas
Kafedra
Valentin Orlov
Fact
Stanislav
And I'm With You Again...
The Rescuer
Николай Вараксин
Rafferty
Эймс
Story of an Unknown Man
The Return
Stalker
Stalker
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Nowak
The Bodyguard
Mirzo
Who Will go to Truskavets?
The Life of Beethoven
The Turning Point
doctor
Forward March, Time!
Reading poem (voice)
That Was in Kokand
поручик Зайченко
Golden River
бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
The Importance of Being Earnest
Джон Уортинг
Fiery Bridge
My Calling
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Vorontsov
The Lost Expedition
Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Going My Way
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Lemke
Vanyushin's Kids
Костя
Failure of Engineer Garin
Wolf
Failure of Engineer Garin
Вольф
The Fourth
The Gambler