Aleksandr Chistyakov
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.
Acted in
A Severe Young Man
2019
as Olga's Father
Seaman's daughter
1941
Возвращение
1940
No One is Funnier than Us
1940
The Vyborg Side
1939
as Mishchenko
Stepan Razin
1939
as Prince Baryatinskiy
The Miners
1937
The Thirteen
1937
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov)
The Return of Maxim
1937
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Daughter of the Motherland
1937
I Love
1936
Beautiful Garden
1935
The Pilots
1935
as Moustachioed mechanic Khrushchev
Love and Hate
1935
Deserter
1933
Outskirts
1933
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
A Personal Affair
1932
Misunderstood
1931
as Ivan Timofeyev
A Simple Case
1930
as Uncle Sasha
The Drive of Death
1929
as Machinist Gavrilov
Two-Buldi-Two
1929
Storm Over Asia
1928
as The Russian Rebel Leader
Salamander
1928
The End of St. Petersburg
1927
as Rabočij
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
1926
Mother
1926
as Vlasov, the Father