Personal Info
Known Credits
32
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1948-01-27 (77 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Riga, Latvia
Also Known For
Михаил Николаевич БарышниковMihails Barišņikovsミハイル・バリシニコフミハイル・ニコラエヴィチ・バリシニコフ
Mikhail Baryshnikov
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 ...
Acting
2024 --
The White Helicopter
| Pope Benedict XVI
2023 --
猟銃
|
2022 --
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
| Self
2021 --
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
| Self
2018 --
Studio 54
| Self (archive footage)
2014 --
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
| Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
2011 --
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
| Self
2007 --
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
| Self
2006 --
Rehearsing a Dream
| Self
2004 --
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
| Narrator (voice)
2001 --
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
| Self
1999 --
Oh, Misha
|
1991 --
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
| Cesar
1991 --
Company Business
| Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
1989 --
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
| Self
1987 --
Dancers
| Tony
1985 --
White Nights
| Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
1985 --
That's Dancing!
| Self - Host
1984 --
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
| Basilio
1984 --
Les Sylphides
|
1983 --
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
| Self (archive footage)
1982 --
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
| Self - Performer
1981 --
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
| Self
1980 --
Baryshnikov on Broadway
| Self
1980 --
Carmen
| Don José
1979 --
Bob Hope on the Road to China
| Self
1979 --
Baryshnikov at the White House
|
1977 --
The Nutcracker
| Toy Nutcracker / Prince
1977 --
The Turning Point
| Yuri
1977 --
Giselle
| Count Albrecht
1976 --
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
| Self