Mikhail Baryshnikov

Actor

Born: January 27, 1948 (age 78)
From: Riga, Latvia

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…

Filmography (39)

The White Helicopter (2024)
Pope Benedict XVI
猟銃 (2023)
The Hip Hop Nutcracker (2022)
Self - Cameo
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story (2021)
Self
Studio 54 (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy (2011)
Self
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens (2007)
Self
Rehearsing a Dream
Rehearsing a Dream (2006)
Self
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)
Narrator (voice)
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
Self
Oh, Misha
Oh, Misha (1999)
Babilée '91 (1992)
Self - Dancer
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
Cesar
Company Business (1991)
Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre (1989)
Self
Dancers (1987)
Tony
White Nights (1985)
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
That's Dancing! (1985)
Self - Host
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts (1984)
Basilio
Les Sylphides (1984)
American Ballet Theatre at the Met (1984)
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance (1983)
Self (archive footage)
Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982)
Self - Performer
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (1981)
Self
Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980)
Self
Carmen (1980)
Don José
Bob Hope on the Road to China
Bob Hope on the Road to China (1979)
Self
Baryshnikov at the White House (1979)
The Nutcracker (1977)
Toy Nutcracker / Prince