Aleksandr Chistyakov

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-01-01 (62 years old)

Deathday

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.

Acting

1940

Возвращение

as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather

1937

The Miners

as Nikanor

1926

Mother

as Vlasov, the Father

1937

The Thirteen

as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist

1928

Storm Over Asia

as The Russian Rebel Leader

1940

No One is Funnier than Us

as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev

1933

Outskirts

as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin

1930

A Simple Case

as Uncle Sasha

1931

Misunderstood

as Ivan Timofeyev

1927

The End of St. Petersburg

as Worker (Rabochiy)

1935

A Severe Young Man

as Olga's Father

1935

The Pilots

as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic

1939

The Vyborg Side

as Mishchenko

1935

Love and Hate

as Vasilisa's husband

1928

Salamander

as Pryer, typographer

1937

The Return of Maxim

as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker

1933

Deserter

as Fritz Muller

1941

Seaman's Daughter

as Captain Shestov

1937

Daughter of the Motherland

as Grandfather Andron

1936

I Love

as Nikanor

1939

Stepan Razin

as Prince Baryatinskiy

1929

The Drive of Death

as Machinist Gavrilov

1929

For Your Health

as Philistine

1929

1932

Diary of a Revolutionist

as Stationmaster (uncredited)

1927

Who Are You?

as Beggar

1928

The White Eagle

as State prisoner

1934

1929

1939

A Great Life

as District committee secretary

1946

A Great Life, Part 2

as District committee secretary

1939

Minin and Pozharsky

as Prokopiy Lyapunov

1938

Professor Mamlock

as Resistance member

1933

Conveyor of Death

as Kashevskiy, master

1929

Bread

as Peasant

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