
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.
34Credits4 TV · 30 films
1969–1993Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedAnd I'm With You Again...
6.6 Average ratingacross 32 titles
Top TV shows 4best Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy shows
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Failure of Engineer GarinWolf · 4 eps · 1973 - 2
Investigation Held by ZnaToKiБорис Миркин - скупщик золота · 1 ep · 1971 - 3
Past and ThoughtsВиссарион Белинский · 4 eps · 1972 - 4Hound of the BaskervillesJack Stapleton · 2 eps · 1971
Top movies 30best Aleksandr Kaydanovskiy movies
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And I'm With You Again...1981 - 2
StalkerStalker · 1979 - 3
The Mathematician and the DevilЧерт · 1972 - 4
Ten Little IndiansPhilip Lombard · 1987 - 5
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning1971 - 6
The Theater Is My HouseА. Н. Островский · 1987 - 7
KafedraValentin Orlov · 1982 - 8
First Love1969 - 9
Fiery Bridge1976 - 10
The Life of Beethoven1978 - 11
The Dream of a Ridiculous ManNarrator (voice) · 1992 - 12
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His OwnLemke · 1974 - 13
The PassNarrator (voice) · 1988 - 14
Forward March, Time!Reading poem (voice) · 1977 - 15
I'm SorryPranas · 1982 - 16
Vanyushin's KidsКостя · 1974 - 17
Under the Roofs of Montmartre1975 - 18
Contract1985 - 19
Going My Way1975 - 20
Failure of Engineer GarinВольф · 1973 - 21
Pilot Pirx's InquestNowak · 1979 - 22
The Devil's BreathDamian · 1993 - 23
The Turning Pointdoctor · 1978 - 24
Hound of the BaskervillesДжэк Стэплтон · 1971 - 25
Khareba and GogiaVokhovski · 1987 - 26
A Nest of Gentry1969 - 27
Golden Riverбывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин · 1977 - 28
FactStanislav · 1981 - 29
The GardenDirector · 1983 - 30
A Quiet Day at the End of the WarSergeant · 1970