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Aleksandr Chistyakov

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1880-01-01

Day of Death

1942-12-31

Place of Birth

Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Aleksandr Chistyakov

Biography

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.

Filmography (40)

⭐ 8.0 Role: District committee secretary

A Great Life, Part 2

1946
⭐ 8.0 Role: Captain Shestov

Seaman's Daughter

1941
⭐ 8.0 Role: Unknown

Yakov Sverdlov

1940
⭐ 10.0 Role: Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather

The Return

1940
⭐ 8.0 Role: Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev

No One is Funnier than Us

1940
⭐ 4.1 Role: District committee secretary

A Great Life

1939
⭐ 6.1 Role: Prokopiy Lyapunov

Minin and Pozharsky

1939
⭐ 4.9 Role: Mishchenko

The Vyborg Side

1939
⭐ 4.5 Role: Prince Baryatinskiy

Stepan Razin

1939
⭐ 6.0 Role: Resistance member

Professor Mamlock

1938
⭐ 7.5 Role: Nikanor

The Miners

1937
⭐ 5.4 Role: Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

The Thirteen

1937
⭐ 5.3 Role: Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker

The Return of Maxim

1937
⭐ 0 Role: Grandfather Andron

Daughter of the Motherland

1937
⭐ 9.5 Role: Nykanor, the old miner

I Love

1936