Aleksandr Chistyakov
Acting
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.
Filmography 40
Movies (40)
A Great Life, Part 21946District committee secretary
Seaman's Daughter1941Captain Shestov
Yakov Sverdlov1940
The Return1940Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
No One is Funnier than Us1940Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
A Great Life1939District committee secretary
Minin and Pozharsky1939Prokopiy Lyapunov
The Vyborg Side1939Mishchenko
Stepan Razin1939Prince Baryatinskiy
Professor Mamlock1938Resistance member
The Miners1937Nikanor
The Thirteen1937Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
The Return of Maxim1937Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Daughter of the Motherland1937Grandfather Andron
I Love1936Nykanor, the old miner
A Severe Young Man1935Olga's Father
Beautiful Garden1935
The Pilots1935Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
Love and Hate1935Vasilisa's husband- Nastenka Ustinova1934Ustinov
The Last Night1933
Conveyor of Death1933Kashevskiy, master
Deserter1933Fritz Muller
Outskirts1933Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin- A Personal Affair1932
Diary of a Revolutionist1932Stationmaster (uncredited)
Misunderstood1931Ivan Timofeyev
A Simple Case1930Uncle Sasha
Bread1929Peasant
The Drive of Death1929Machinist Gavrilov