Aleksandr Chistyakov

Acting

Born January 1, 1880, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

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

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