Donatas Banionis

Biography

Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Known For

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

Goya

Solaris

Kris Kelvin

The Red Tent

Adalberto Mariano

At the End of the Night

King Lear

Albany

Mama, I’m Alive

Mauris

The Flight of Mr. McKinley

мистер Мак-Кинли

Armed and Very Dangerous

Gabriel Conroy

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2017	Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda	Kris Kelvin (archive footage)
2013	The Silent Lithuanian Revolution	Donatas Banionis
2012	Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky	Self
2011	Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda	Murovjovas
2007	Revisiting Solaris	Chris Kelvin
2006	Anastasia	Doctor's father
2005	Meeting
2004	The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004	Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun	Sveneld
2004	Kauno bliuzas
2002	Only Time...	Alexander Yanovich
2000	The Courtyard	The old man
1998	Adomas Mickevičius. 1798 - 1855. Realybės versijos
1996	Anna
1994	Nobleman Zavalnia
1991	Yatra Witch
1991	Depression	"Oldster"
1991	Bloodsuckers	Telyaev
1991	Seven Days After the Murder
1990	Entrance to Labyrinth	Mazardi
1990	Human Target
1989	Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
1988	Enclosure
1988	The Thirteenth Apostle
1988	At the End of the Night
1987	Cry of a Dolphin	Bar-Mattay - professor psychologist
1986	Snake Catcher	Mitrich-Kolobok
1986	The Limit of Truth	Ožoginas
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life	Self (archive footage)
1982	Honeymoon in America
1982	Nicolo Paganini
1982	A Child's World	Mikhail Rasporkin
1982	I'm Sorry	Guest from Vilnius
1981	Fact	Colonel Titel
1980	Andrius	Rauplėnas
1980	The Monarch Butterfly
1979	The Adventures of Prince Florisel	Ник Николс, "Председатель"
1979	Unseeded Rye Blossom	Antanas Petrušonis
1979	The Centaurs	The President
1979	Identification Marks None	Harting
1979	Territory	Chinkov
1978	Armed and Very Dangerous	Gabriel Conroy
1978	Where have you been, Odysseus?
1977	Mama, I’m Alive	Mauris
1977	Cash Collector's Bag	Aleksey Tulyakov
1977	The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce
1976	Beethoven - Days in a Life	Ludwig van Beethoven
1975	The Flight of Mr. McKinley	мистер Мак-Кинли
1973	The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'	Viktor Sherknis
1973	Discovery	Сергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)
1972	Solaris	Kris Kelvin
1972	Капитан Джек	Митя
1972	Captain Jack
1971	Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment	Goya
1971	The Red Diplomat	Savva Morozov
1970	King Lear	Albany
1969	The Red Tent	Adalberto Mariano
1968	Operation 'Trust'	Eduard Ottovich Staunits
1968	The Dead Season	Konstantin Ladeinikov
1967	The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik
1966	Beware of the Car!	пастор, покупатель
1966	The Little Prince	Adult
1966	Nobody Wanted to Die	Vaitkus
1964	March, march! Tra-ta-ta!	Major Varnalesa
1963	The Chronicle of One Day
1960	Adam Wants to Be a Man	Dausa
1947	Maryte	Nephew of Petras

Year	TV Show	Role
2008	Novye priklyucheniya Niro Vulfa i Archi Gudvina	Nero Wolfe
2002	Nero Wolfe i Archie Goodwin	Nero Wolfe
1990	Entrance to the Maze	Mazardi
1985	To the Coming Century
1981	Приключения принца Флоризеля
1977	The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce	Ferdinand Luce - left-wing journalist
1968	Operation 'Trust'	Эдуард Оттович Стауниц - барон