Rudolf Nureyev
Actor
Biography
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women.
He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed
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Filmography
Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino 1977
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage 2018
That's Dancing!
1985
Exposed
as Daniel Jelline 1983
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage) 1994
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage) 2021
Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo 1966
Swan Lake
as Prince Siegfried 1966
I Am a Dancer
as Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince) 1972
The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund 1972
The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund 2004
The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Rudolf Nureyev 1989
Petrushka
as Petrouchka 1976
The Special London Bridge Special
as Ballet Dancer 1972
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
as Self 1963
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
as Self 1997