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.

Known For

Beautiful Garden
Beautiful Garden
Возвращение
Возвращение
A Personal Affair
A Personal Affair
The Miners
The Miners
Mother
Mother
The Thirteen
The Thirteen
Storm Over Asia
Storm Over Asia
No One is Funnier than Us
No One is Funnier than Us
Outskirts
Outskirts
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься

Filmography

1941 Seaman's daughter
as
1940 Возвращение
as
1940 No One is Funnier than Us
as
1939 The Vyborg Side
as Mishchenko
1939 Stepan Razin
as Prince Baryatinskiy
1937 The Miners
as
1937 The Thirteen
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov)
1937 The Return of Maxim
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
1937 Daughter of the Motherland
as
1936 I Love
as
1935 A Severe Young Man
as Olga's Father
1935 Beautiful Garden
as
1935 The Pilots
as Moustachioed mechanic Khrushchev
1935 Love and Hate
as
1933 Deserter
as
1933 Outskirts
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
1932 A Personal Affair
as
1932 Diary of a Revolutionist
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1931 Misunderstood
as Ivan Timofeyev
1930 A Simple Case
as Uncle Sasha