Aleksandr Chistyakov
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.
Acting
Movie
Mother
as Vlasov, the Father
1926
Movie
Storm Over Asia
as The Russian Rebel Leader
1928
Movie
The End of St. Petersburg
as Worker
1927
Movie
Outskirts
as Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
1933
Movie
The Thirteen
as Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
1937
Movie
A Simple Case
as Uncle Sasha
1930
Movie
The Vyborg Side
as Mishchenko
1939
Movie
A Severe Young Man
as Olga's Father
1935
Movie
The Return of Maxim
as Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
1937
Movie
The White Eagle
as State prisoner
1928
Movie
Minin and Pozharsky
as Prokopiy Lyapunov
1939
Movie
Bread
as Peasant
1929
Movie
The Pilots
as Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
1935
Movie
Deserter
as Fritz Muller
1933
Movie
Stepan Razin
as Prince Baryatinskiy
1939
Movie
Love and Hate
as Vasilisa's husband
1935
Movie
Professor Mamlock
as Resistance member
1938
Movie
Diary of a Revolutionist
as Stationmaster (uncredited)
1932
Movie
A Great Life
as District committee secretary
1939
Movie
Salamander
as Pryer, typographer
1928
Movie
Conveyor of Death
as Kashevskiy, master
1933
Movie
A Personal Affair
1932
Movie
The Miners
as Nikanor
1937
Movie
I Love
as Nykanor, the old miner
1936