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

Stalker

Сталкер

А. Н. Островский

Мой дом - театр

Damian

El aliento del diablo

Поручик Лемке

Свой среди чужих, чужой среди своих

бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин

Золотая речка

Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)

Пропавшая экспедиция

Sir Lancelot

Новые приключения янки при дворе короля Артура

Narrator (voice)

Перевал

Николай Вараксин

Спасатель

Nowak

Test pilota Pirxa

Kriouchoff

Откровения незнакомцу

Вольф

Крах инженера Гарина

Hráč

поручик Зайченко

Это было в Коканде

Maxim

Bűvös vadász

Филипп Ломбард

Десять негритят

Черт

Математик и чёрт

doctor

Поворот

Два билета в Индию

Vorontsov

Бриллианты для диктатуры пролетариата

Костя

Дети Ванюшина

Четвертый

Messenger

Пятнадцатая весна

Контракт

Джэк Стэплтон

Собака Баскервилей

Под крышами Монмартра

Łza księcia ciemności

И с вами снова я...

Sergeant

Спокойный день в конце войны

Кто поедет в Трускавец?

И был вечер, и было утро...

Таинственная стена

Reading poem (voice)

Вперед, время!

Эймс

Рафферти

Valentin Orlov

Кафедра

Следую своим курсом

Прибытие поезда

Himself, Tarkovsky's actor

Параджанов: Последняя весна

Mirzo

Телохранитель

Возвращение

Моё дело

Рассказ неизвестного человека

Граф Карнеев

Драма на охоте

Джон Уортинг

Как важно быть серьёзным

Jules Landeau

Анна Каренина

Дворянское гнездо

Pranas

Atsiprašau

Narrator (voice)

Сон смешного человека

Первая любовь

Stanislav

Faktas

Огненный мост

Жизнь Бетховена

Stalker (archive footage)

Black Baby