Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1880
Place of Birth:
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.
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | A Great Life, Part 2 | District committee secretary |
| 1941 | Seaman's Daughter | Captain Shestov |
| 1940 | Возвращение | Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather |
| 1940 | No One is Funnier than Us | Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev |
| 1940 | Yakov Sverdlov | |
| 1939 | The Vyborg Side | Mishchenko |
| 1939 | Stepan Razin | Prince Baryatinskiy |
| 1939 | A Great Life | District committee secretary |
| 1939 | Minin and Pozharsky | Prokopiy Lyapunov |
| 1938 | Professor Mamlock | Resistance member |
| 1937 | The Miners | Nikanor |
| 1937 | The Thirteen | Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist |
| 1937 | The Return of Maxim | Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker |
| 1937 | Daughter of the Motherland | Grandfather Andron |
| 1936 | I Love | Nikanor |
| 1935 | Beautiful Garden | |
| 1935 | A Severe Young Man | Olga's Father |
| 1935 | The Pilots | Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic |
| 1935 | Love and Hate | Vasilisa's husband |
| 1934 | Nastenka Ustinova | Ustinov |
| 1933 | Outskirts | Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin |
| 1933 | Deserter | Fritz Muller |
| 1933 | The Last Night | |
| 1933 | Conveyor of Death | Kashevskiy, master |
| 1932 | A Personal Affair | |
| 1932 | Diary of a Revolutionist | Stationmaster (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Misunderstood | Ivan Timofeyev |
| 1930 | A Simple Case | Uncle Sasha |
| 1929 | The Drive of Death | Machinist Gavrilov |
| 1929 | For Your Health | Philistine |
| 1929 | The Happy Canary | Worker |
| 1929 | Heroes of the Furnace | Commissar |
| 1929 | Bread | Peasant |
| 1928 | Storm Over Asia | The Russian Rebel Leader |
| 1928 | Salamander | Pryer, typographer |
| 1928 | The White Eagle | State prisoner |
| 1927 | The End of St. Petersburg | Worker (Rabochiy) |
| 1927 | Who Are You? | Beggar |
| 1926 | Mother | Vlasov, the Father |
| 1926 | Эх, яблочко, куды котишься | Machinist |
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