Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy
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.
Acted in
The Arrival of a Train
1996
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
1996
as Kriouchoff
Magic Hunter
1994
as Maxim
To Remember
1993
as Himself - archiveFootage
The Devil's Breath
1993
as Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
Parajanov: The Last Spring
1992
as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992
as Narrator (voice)
The Pass
1988
as Narrator (voice)
New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988
as Sir Lancelot
Ten Little Indians
1988
as captain Philip Lombard
Мой дом - театр
1987
Two Tickets to India
1985
Contract
1985
I'm Sorry
1982
as Pranas
Kafedra
1982
as Valentin Orlov
Fact
1981
as Stanislav
And I'm with You Again...
1981
The Rescuer
1980
Rafferty
1980
as Эймс
The Return
1980
Story of an Unknown Man
1980
Stalker
1979
as Stalker
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
1979
as Tom Novak
The Bodyguard
1979
as Mirzo
Who Will go to Truskavets?
1978
The Turning Point
1978
as doctor
Forward March, Time!
1977
as Reading poem (voice)
That Was in Kokand
1977
as поручик Зайченко
Golden River
1977
as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
The Importance of Being Earnest
1976
as Джон Уортинг
Мое дело
1976
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
1976
as Vorontsov
The Lost Expedition
1975
as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Следую своим курсом
1975
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
1975
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
1974
as Поручик Лемке
Дети Ванюшина
1974
as Костя
Failure of Engineer Garin
1973
as Вольф
The Fourth
1972
The Gambler
1972
The Mathematician and the Devil
1972
as Черт
Hound of the Baskervilles
1971
as Джэк Стэплтон
The Fifteenth Spring
1971
as Messenger
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
1971
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
1971
as Борис Миркин
Drama on the Hunt
1970
as Граф Карнеев
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
1970
as Sergeant
A Nest of Gentry
1969
First Love
1969
Anna Karenina
1967
as Jules Landeau
The Mysterious Wall
1967