Acting · Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia] · Born January 1, 1880
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.
MovieA Great Life, Part 2
1946
as District committee secretary
MovieSeaman's Daughter
1941
as Captain Shestov
MovieYakov Sverdlov
1940
MovieThe Return
1940
as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
MovieNo One is Funnier than Us
1940
as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
MovieA Great Life
1939
as District committee secretary
MovieMinin and Pozharsky
1939
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
MovieThe Vyborg Side
1939
as Mishchenko
MovieStepan Razin
1939
as Prince Baryatinskiy
MovieProfessor Mamlock
1938
as Resistance member
MovieThe Miners
1937
as Nikanor
MovieThe Thirteen
1937
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
MovieThe Return of Maxim
1937
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
MovieDaughter of the Motherland
1937
as Grandfather Andron
MovieI Love
1936
as Nykanor, the old miner
MovieA Severe Young Man
1935
as Olga's Father
MovieBeautiful Garden
1935
MovieThe Pilots
1935
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
MovieLove and Hate
1935
as Vasilisa's husband
Nastenka Ustinova
1934
as Ustinov
MovieThe Last Night
1933
MovieConveyor of Death
1933
as Kashevskiy, master
MovieDeserter
1933
as Fritz Muller
MovieOutskirts
1933
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
A Personal Affair
1932
MovieDiary of a Revolutionist
1932
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
MovieMisunderstood
1931
as Ivan Timofeyev
MovieA Simple Case
1930
as Uncle Sasha
MovieBread
1929
as Peasant
MovieThe Drive of Death
1929
as Machinist Gavrilov
MovieFor Your Health
1929
as Philistine
MovieThe Happy Canary
1929
as Worker
MovieHeroes of the Furnace
1929
as Commissar
MovieStorm Over Asia
1928
as The Russian Rebel Leader
MovieThe White Eagle
1928
as State prisoner
MovieSalamander
1928
as Pryer, typographer
MovieThe End of St. Petersburg
1927
as Worker
MovieWho Are You?
1927
as Beggar
MovieЭх, яблочко, куды котишься
1926
as Machinist
MovieMother
1926
as Vlasov, the Father
