Acting
Aleksandr Chistyakov
RU, UK, XX cinema · 40 credits
Born
1 January 1880
Died
31 December 1942 (aged 62)
Birthplace
Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Also known as Aleksandr Petrovich Chistyakov · A. Chistyakov · A. Tsistyakov · Александр Петрович Чистяков · А. Чистяков · Олександр Чистяков
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.
Known for
Filmography
A Great Life, Part 2
as District committee secretary
Seaman's Daughter
as Captain Shestov
The Return
as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
No One is Funnier than Us
as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
The Vyborg Side
as Mishchenko
Stepan Razin
as Prince Baryatinskiy
A Great Life
as District committee secretary
Minin and Pozharsky
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
Professor Mamlock
as Resistance member
The Miners
as Nikanor
The Thirteen
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
The Return of Maxim
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Daughter of the Motherland
as Grandfather Andron
I Love
as Nykanor, the old miner
A Severe Young Man
as Olga's Father
The Pilots
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
Love and Hate
as Vasilisa's husband
Outskirts
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
Deserter
as Fritz Muller
Diary of a Revolutionist
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Misunderstood
as Ivan Timofeyev
A Simple Case
as Uncle Sasha
The Drive of Death
as Machinist Gavrilov
For Your Health
as Philistine
The Happy Canary
as Worker
Heroes of the Furnace
as Commissar
Storm Over Asia
as The Russian Rebel Leader
Salamander
as Pryer, typographer
The White Eagle
as State prisoner
Who Are You?
as Beggar
Mother
as Vlasov, the Father
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
as Machinist