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 spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.

Known For

Sex and the City

Great Performances

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

American Masters

Le Grand Échiquier

The Kennedy Center Honors

Today

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

All Movies (39)

• The White Helicopter2024 · as Pope Benedict XVI
• 猟銃2023
• The Hip Hop Nutcracker2022 · as Self - Cameo
• Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story2021 · as Self
• Studio 542018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit2014 · as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
• A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy2011 · as Self
• Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens2007 · as Self
• Rehearsing a Dream2006 · as Self
• Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me2004 · as Narrator (voice)
• Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance2001 · as Self
• Oh, Misha1999
• Babilée '911992 · as Self - Dancer
• The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez1991 · as Cesar
• Company Business1991 · as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
• Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre1989 · as Self
• Dancers1987 · as Tony
• White Nights1985 · as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
• That's Dancing!1985 · as Self - Host
• Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts1984 · as Basilio
• Les Sylphides1984
• American Ballet Theatre at the Met1984
• Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• Baryshnikov in Hollywood1982 · as Self - Performer
• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream1981 · as Self
• Baryshnikov on Broadway1980 · as Self
• Carmen1980 · as Don José
• Bob Hope on the Road to China1979 · as Self
• Baryshnikov at the White House1979
• The Nutcracker1977 · as Toy Nutcracker / Prince
• The Turning Point1977 · as Yuri
• Giselle1977 · as Count Albrecht
• Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap1976 · as Self
• Fiesta1971 · as Pedro Romero
• World's Young Ballet1969
• The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka1969 · as Nikishka
• City and Song1968
• Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker— · as Nutcracker
• George Balanchine's Theme & Variations—

All TV Shows (12)

• Doll & Em2014 · as Mikhail
• Top Model po-russki2011 · as Special guest
• Iconoclasts2005 · as Self
• Sex and the City1998 · as Aleksandr Petrovsky
• NeXt1994 · as Self
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• Today1952 · as Self