Aleksandr Chistyakov
Known for 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.
Filmography
Mother
1926
as Vlasov, the Father
The Vyborg Side
1939
as Mishchenko
Yakov Sverdlov
1940
Seaman's Daughter
1941
as Captain Shestov
Outskirts
1933
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
For Your Health
1929
as Philistine
Storm Over Asia
1928
as The Russian Rebel Leader
The End of St. Petersburg
1927
as Worker (Rabochiy)
Conveyor of Death
1933
as Kashevskiy, master
The Thirteen
1937
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
The Miners
1937
as Nikanor
Salamander
1928
as Pryer, typographer
The Happy Canary
1929
as Worker
Love and Hate
1935
as Vasilisa's husband
Nastenka Ustinova
1934
as Ustinov
A Simple Case
1930
as Uncle Sasha
Deserter
1933
as Fritz Muller
Minin and Pozharsky
1939
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
Daughter of the Motherland
1937
as Grandfather Andron
The Pilots
1935
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic