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.
Beautiful Garden
Возвращение
A Personal Affair
The Miners
Mother
(Vlasov, the Father)
Two-Buldi-Two
The Thirteen
(Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov))
Storm Over Asia
(The Russian Rebel Leader)
No One is Funnier than Us
Outskirts
(Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin)
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
A Simple Case
(Uncle Sasha)
Misunderstood
(Ivan Timofeyev)
The End of St. Petersburg
(Rabočij)
A Severe Young Man
(Olga's Father)
The Pilots
(Moustachioed mechanic Khrushchev)
The Vyborg Side
(Mishchenko)
Love and Hate
Salamander
The Return of Maxim
(Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker)
Deserter
Seaman's daughter
Daughter of the Motherland
I Love
Stepan Razin
(Prince Baryatinskiy)
The Drive of Death
(Machinist Gavrilov)