Aleksandr Chistyakov
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
A Great Life, Part 2
1946
as District committee secretary
Seaman's Daughter
1941
as Captain Shestov
Yakov Sverdlov
1940
The Return
1940
as Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
No One is Funnier than Us
1940
as Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
A Great Life
1939
as District committee secretary
Minin and Pozharsky
1939
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
The Vyborg Side
1939
as Mishchenko
Stepan Razin
1939
as Prince Baryatinskiy
Professor Mamlock
1938
as Resistance member
The Miners
1937
as Nikanor
The Thirteen
1937
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
The Return of Maxim
1937
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Daughter of the Motherland
1937
as Grandfather Andron
I Love
1936
as Nykanor, the old miner
A Severe Young Man
1935
as Olga's Father
Beautiful Garden
1935
The Pilots
1935
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
Love and Hate
1935
as Vasilisa's husband
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Nastenka Ustinova
1934
as Ustinov
The Last Night
1933
Conveyor of Death
1933
as Kashevskiy, master
Deserter
1933
as Fritz Muller
Outskirts
1933
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin