Aleksandr Chistyakov
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.
Known for
1946A Great Life, Part 2
District committee secretary
1941Seaman's Daughter
Captain Shestov
1940Возвращение
Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
1940No One is Funnier than Us
Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
1940Yakov Sverdlov
1939The Vyborg Side
Mishchenko
1939Stepan Razin
Prince Baryatinskiy
1939A Great Life
District committee secretary
1939Minin and Pozharsky
Prokopiy Lyapunov
1938Professor Mamlock
Resistance member
1937The Miners
Nikanor
1937The Thirteen
Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
1937The Return of Maxim
Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
1937Daughter of the Motherland
Grandfather Andron
1936I Love
Nykanor, the old miner
1935Beautiful Garden
1935A Severe Young Man
Olga's Father
1935The Pilots
Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
1935Love and Hate
Vasilisa's husband
1933Outskirts
Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
1933Deserter
Fritz Muller
1933The Last Night
1933Conveyor of Death
Kashevskiy, master
1932Diary of a Revolutionist
Stationmaster (uncredited)