Mikhail Baryshnikov

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1948-01-27 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvia

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Biography

Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheade...

Acting

1991

Company Business

as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko

1977

Giselle

as Count Albrecht

2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)

1977

The Nutcracker

as Toy Nutcracker / Prince

1985

That's Dancing!

as Self - Host

1985

White Nights

as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

1987

Dancers

as Tony

1983

Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance

as Self (archive footage)

2024

The White Helicopter

as Pope Benedict XVI

2023

1980

Carmen

as Don José

2018

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

1982

Baryshnikov in Hollywood

as Self - Performer

1971

Fiesta

as Pedro Romero

Production

1985

White Nights

as Choreographer

1977

The Nutcracker

as Choreographer

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