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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Mother (1926) — Vlasov, the Father
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Storm Over Asia (1928) — The Russian Rebel Leader
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The End of St. Petersburg (1927) — Worker
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Outskirts (1933) — Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
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The Thirteen (1937) — Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
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A Simple Case (1930) — Uncle Sasha
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The Vyborg Side (1939) — Mishchenko
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A Severe Young Man (1935) — Olga's Father
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The Return of Maxim (1937) — Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
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The White Eagle (1928) — State prisoner
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Minin and Pozharsky (1939) — Prokopiy Lyapunov
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Bread (1929) — Peasant
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The Pilots (1935) — Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
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Deserter (1933) — Fritz Muller
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Stepan Razin (1939) — Prince Baryatinskiy
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Love and Hate (1935) — Vasilisa's husband
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Professor Mamlock (1938) — Resistance member
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Diary of a Revolutionist (1932) — Stationmaster (uncredited)
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A Great Life (1939) — District committee secretary
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Salamander (1928) — Pryer, typographer
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Conveyor of Death (1933) — Kashevskiy, master
- A Personal Affair (1932)
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The Miners (1937) — Nikanor
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I Love (1936) — Nykanor, the old miner
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The Return (1940) — Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
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No One is Funnier than Us (1940) — Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
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Эх, яблочко, куды котишься (1926) — Machinist
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Seaman's Daughter (1941) — Captain Shestov
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The Happy Canary (1929) — Worker
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Yakov Sverdlov (1940)
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A Great Life, Part 2 (1946) — District committee secretary
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Beautiful Garden (1935)
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Misunderstood (1931) — Ivan Timofeyev
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Daughter of the Motherland (1937) — Grandfather Andron
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The Drive of Death (1929) — Machinist Gavrilov
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For Your Health (1929) — Philistine
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Who Are You? (1927) — Beggar
- Nastenka Ustinova (1934) — Ustinov
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Heroes of the Furnace (1929) — Commissar
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The Last Night (1933)