Mikhail Baryshnikov
Born: 1948-01-27 in Riga, Latvia
Known For: Acting
Biography
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Soviet-born Russian American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance. After freelancing with many companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style of movement. He then moved to New York to dance with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own. His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film The Turning Point.
Filmography
2024
- The White Helicopter as Pope Benedict XVI
2023
2022
- The Hip Hop Nutcracker as Self
2021
- Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story as Self
2018
- Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
- Doll & Em as Mikhail
2011
- Top Model po-russki as Special guest
- A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy as Self
2007
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin ... (Presenter)
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
2006
- Rehearsing a Dream as Self
2005
- Iconoclasts as Self
2004
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me as Narrator (voice)
2001
1999
1998
- Sex and the City as Aleksandr Petrovsky
1994
- NeXt as Self
1992
- Babilée '91 as Self - Dancer
1991
- Company Business as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez as Cesar
1989
1987
- Dancers as Tony
1986
- American Masters as Self
1985
- White Nights as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
- That's Dancing! as Self - Host
1984
1983
- Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Baryshnikov in Hollywood as Self - Performer
1981
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream as Self
1980
- Baryshnikov on Broadway as Self
- Carmen as Don José
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
1977
- The Nutcracker as Toy Nutcracker / Prince
- The Turning Point as Yuri
- Giselle as Count Albrecht
1976
- Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap as Self
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1973
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Fiesta as Pedro Romero
1969
1968
1952
- Today as Self