Mikhail Baryshnikov
- Acting
- January 27, 1948 · Riga, Latvia
Biography
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. 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.
Known for
Filmography
- The White Helicopter · Pope Benedict XVI
- 猟銃
- The Hip Hop Nutcracker · Self
- Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story · Self
- Studio 54 · Self
- Doll & Em · Mikhail
- Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
- A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy · Self
- Top Model po-russki · Special guest
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens · Self
- Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin · Presenter
- Rehearsing a Dream · Self
- Iconoclasts · Self
- Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me · Narrator (Voice)
- Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance · Self
- Oh, Misha
- Sex and the City · Aleksandr Petrovsky
- NeXt · Self
- Babilée '91 · Self
- The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez · Cesar, Story
- Company Business · Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
- Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre · Self
- Dancers · Tony
- American Masters · Self
- White Nights · Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko, Choreographer
- That's Dancing! · Self
- Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts · Basilio
- Les Sylphides
- American Ballet Theatre at the Met
- Baryshnikov in Hollywood · Self
- Walt Disney: One Man's Dream · Self
- Baryshnikov on Broadway · Self
- Carmen · Don José
- Bob Hope on the Road to China · Self
- Baryshnikov at the White House
- The Kennedy Center Honors · Self
- The Nutcracker · Toy Nutcracker / Prince, Choreographer
- The Turning Point · Yuri
- Giselle · Count Albrecht
- Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap · Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche · Self
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... · Self
- Le Grand Échiquier · Self
- Fiesta · Pedro Romero
- Great Performances · Self
- World's Young Ballet
- The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka · Nikishka
- City and Song
- Today · Self
- Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker · Nutcracker
- George Balanchine's Theme & Variations
- Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine
- American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met