Acting · Rostov-na-Donu, Rostovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR · Born July 23, 1946
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.
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1996
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1996
as Kriouchoff
MovieMagic Hunter
1994
as Maxim
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1993
as Himself - archiveFootage
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1993
as Damian
MovieTear of the Prince of Darkness
1993
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1992
as Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
MovieThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man
1992
as Narrator (voice)
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1988
as Narrator (voice)
MovieNew Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1988
as Sir Lancelot
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1987
as Philip Lombard
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1987
as Vokhovski
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1987
as А. Н. Островский
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1985
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1985
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1982
as Pranas
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1982
as Valentin Orlov
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1981
as Stanislav
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1981
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1980
as Николай Вараксин
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1980
as Эймс
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1980
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1980
MovieStalker
1979
as Stalker
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1979
as Nowak
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1979
as Mirzo
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1978
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1978
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1978
as doctor
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1977
as Reading poem (voice)
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1977
as поручик Зайченко
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1977
as бывший царский офицер Кирилл Зимин
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1976
as Джон Уортинг
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1976
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1976
as Vorontsov
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1975
as Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
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1975
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1975
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1974
as Lemke
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1974
as Костя
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1973
as Вольф
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as Wolf
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1972
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as Черт
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as Виссарион Белинский
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1971
as Джэк Стэплтон
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1971
as Jack Stapleton
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as Messenger
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as Борис Миркин - скупщик золота
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1970
as Граф Карнеев
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1970
as Sergeant
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1969
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1969
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1967
as Jules Landeau
MovieThe Mysterious Wall
1967
