Aleksandr Chistyakov
Acting
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
Acting40
movieA Great Life, Part 2
1946
District committee secretary
movieSeaman's Daughter
1941
Captain Shestov
movieThe Return
1940
Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
movieNo One is Funnier than Us
1940
Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
movieA Great Life
1939
District committee secretary
movieMinin and Pozharsky
1939
Prokopiy Lyapunov
movieThe Vyborg Side
1939
Mishchenko
movieStepan Razin
1939
Prince Baryatinskiy
movieProfessor Mamlock
1938
Resistance member
movieThe Miners
1937
Nikanor
movieThe Thirteen
1937
Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
movieThe Return of Maxim
1937
Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
movieDaughter of the Motherland
1937
Grandfather Andron
movieI Love
1936
Nykanor, the old miner
movieA Severe Young Man
1935
Olga's Father
movieThe Pilots
1935
Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
movieLove and Hate
1935
Vasilisa's husband
movieConveyor of Death
1933
Kashevskiy, master
movieDeserter
1933
Fritz Muller
movieOutskirts
1933
Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
movieDiary of a Revolutionist
1932
Stationmaster (uncredited)
movieMisunderstood
1931
Ivan Timofeyev
movieA Simple Case
1930
Uncle Sasha
movieBread
1929
Peasant
movieThe Drive of Death
1929
Machinist Gavrilov
movieFor Your Health
1929
Philistine
movieHeroes of the Furnace
1929
Commissar
movieStorm Over Asia
1928
The Russian Rebel Leader
movieThe White Eagle
1928
State prisoner
movieSalamander
1928
Pryer, typographer
movieWho Are You?
1927
Beggar
movieЭх, яблочко, куды котишься
1926
Machinist
movieMother
1926
Vlasov, the Father