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

Misunderstood

Storm Over Asia

Mother

Yakov Sverdlov

The End of St. Petersburg

Stepan Razin

A Great Life

Minin and Pozharsky

All Movies (40)

• A Great Life, Part 21946 · as District committee secretary
• Seaman's Daughter1941 · as Captain Shestov
• Yakov Sverdlov1940
• The Return1940 · as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
• No One is Funnier than Us1940 · as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
• A Great Life1939 · as District committee secretary
• Minin and Pozharsky1939 · as Prokopiy Lyapunov
• The Vyborg Side1939 · as Mishchenko
• Stepan Razin1939 · as Prince Baryatinskiy
• Professor Mamlock1938 · as Resistance member
• The Miners1937 · as Nikanor
• The Thirteen1937 · as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
• The Return of Maxim1937 · as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
• Daughter of the Motherland1937 · as Grandfather Andron
• I Love1936 · as Nykanor, the old miner
• A Severe Young Man1935 · as Olga's Father
• Beautiful Garden1935
• The Pilots1935 · as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
• Love and Hate1935 · as Vasilisa's husband
• Nastenka Ustinova1934 · as Ustinov
• The Last Night1933
• Conveyor of Death1933 · as Kashevskiy, master
• Deserter1933 · as Fritz Muller
• Outskirts1933 · as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
• A Personal Affair1932
• Diary of a Revolutionist1932 · as Stationmaster (uncredited)
• Misunderstood1931 · as Ivan Timofeyev
• A Simple Case1930 · as Uncle Sasha
• Bread1929 · as Peasant
• The Drive of Death1929 · as Machinist Gavrilov
• For Your Health1929 · as Philistine
• The Happy Canary1929 · as Worker
• Heroes of the Furnace1929 · as Commissar
• Storm Over Asia1928 · as The Russian Rebel Leader
• The White Eagle1928 · as State prisoner
• Salamander1928 · as Pryer, typographer
• The End of St. Petersburg1927 · as Worker
• Who Are You?1927 · as Beggar
• Эх, яблочко, куды котишься1926 · as Machinist
• Mother1926 · as Vlasov, the Father