Biography
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 53
1990s
- 1996
The Arrival of a Train
Movie
Secrets Shared with a Stranger
Kriouchoff
- 1994
Magic Hunter
Maxim
- 1993
The Devil's Breath
Damian
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Movie
1980s
- 1988
- 1987
Ten Little Indians
Philip Lombard
The Theater Is My House
А. Н. Островский
- 1985
Two Tickets to India
Movie
Contract
Movie
- 1982
I'm Sorry
Pranas
Kafedra
Valentin Orlov
- 1981
Fact
Stanislav
And I'm With You Again...
Movie
- 1980
The Rescuer
Николай Вараксин
Rafferty
Эймс
The Return
Movie
Story of an Unknown Man
Movie
1970s
- 1979
Pilot Pirx's Inquest
Nowak
The Bodyguard
Mirzo
- 1978
Who Will go to Truskavets?
Movie
The Life of Beethoven
Movie
The Turning Point
doctor
- 1977
Forward March, Time!
Reading poem (voice)
That Was in Kokand
поручик Зайченко
- 1976
The Importance of Being Earnest
Джон Уортинг
Fiery Bridge
Movie
My Calling
Movie
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Vorontsov
- 1975
The Lost Expedition
Кирилл Петрович Зимин (бывший царский офицер)
Going My Way
Movie
Under the Roofs of Montmartre
Movie
- 1974
At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own
Lemke
Vanyushin's Kids
Костя
- 1973
Failure of Engineer Garin
Вольф
Failure of Engineer Garin
Wolf · 4 episodes
- 1972
The Fourth
Movie
The Gambler
Movie
The Mathematician and the Devil
Черт
- 1971
Hound of the Baskervilles
Джэк Стэплтон
The Fifteenth Spring
Messenger
And There Was Evening, And There Was Morning
Movie
- 1970
Drama on the Hunt
Граф Карнеев
A Quiet Day at the End of the War
Sergeant
1960s
- 1969
A Nest of Gentry
Movie
First Love
Movie
- 1967
The Mysterious Wall
Movie
Directed 5
1980s
- 1989
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Director
- 1987
- 1985
A Simple Death
Director
- 1984
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Director
- 1983
Wrote 4
1980s
- 1989
Kerosene Salesman's Wife
Writer
- 1987
- 1985
A Simple Death
Writer
- 1984
Jonah, or the Artist at Work
Writer
Appearances4
1990s
- 1993
- 1992
Parajanov: The Last Spring
Himself, Tarkovsky's actor
The Dream of a Ridiculous Man
Narrator (voice)
1980s
- 1988
The Pass
Narrator (voice)