Aleksandr Chistyakov
Actor
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
Storm Over Asia
as The Russian Rebel Leader 1928
The End of St. Petersburg
as Worker (Rabochiy) 1927
Outskirts
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin 1933
The Thirteen
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist 1937
A Simple Case
as Uncle Sasha 1930
The Vyborg Side
as Mishchenko 1939
A Severe Young Man
as Olga's Father 1935
The Return of Maxim
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker 1937
Bread
as Peasant 1929
The White Eagle
as State prisoner 1928
Minin and Pozharsky
as Prokopiy Lyapunov 1939
The Pilots
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic 1935
Deserter
as Fritz Muller 1933
Stepan Razin
as Prince Baryatinskiy 1939
Love and Hate
as Vasilisa's husband 1935
Professor Mamlock
as Resistance member 1938