Alexander Godunov

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-11-28 (46 years old)

Deathday

1995-05-18

Place of Birth

Sakhalin, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]

Alexander Godunov

Biography

Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States. While continuing to dance, he also began working as a supporting actor in Hollywood films. He had several small but prominent roles in films such as Witness (1985) and Die Hard (1988). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Godunov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1988

Die Hard

as Karl

1986

The Money Pit

as Max Beissart

1985

Witness

as Daniel Hochleitner

1995

The Zone

as Lothar Krasna

1978

Carmen Suite

as Jose (as Aleksandr Godunov)

1991

The Runestone

as Sigvaldson, The Clockmaker

1994

North

as Amish Dad

2023

Александр Годунов. Побег за смертью

as Self - Артист балета, актер (archive footage)

1975

Anna Karenina

as Vronsky

1979

31st of June

as Lamison / Bob Taylor

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