Mikhail Baryshnikov
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
Sex and the City
Aleksandr Petrovsky
1998
Series
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Series
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Film
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
2014
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Series
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Series
Doll & Em
Mikhail
2014
Series
Top Model po-russki
Special guest
2011
NeXt
Self
1994
Film
White Nights
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
1985
Film
Company Business
Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
1991
Film
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Self - Cameo
2022
Film
The Turning Point
Yuri
1977
Film
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
Film
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007
Film
That's Dancing!
Self - Host
1985
Film
Carmen
Don José
1980
Film
The Nutcracker
Toy Nutcracker / Prince
1977
Film
Dancers
Tony
1987
Film
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Self
2021
Film
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self
1981
Film
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Self
1980
Film
The White Helicopter
Pope Benedict XVI
2024
Film
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Self
2011
Film
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Cesar
1991
Bob Hope on the Road to China
Self
1979
Film
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
Self
1976
Film
American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met
Film
Babilée '91
Self - Dancer
1992
Film
City and Song
1968
Film
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Performer
1982
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Film
Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine
Film
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Narrator (voice)
2004
Film
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
Self
1989
Film
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
1984
Film
George Balanchine's Theme & Variations
Rehearsing a Dream
Self
2006
Film
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Basilio
1984
Film
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Self
2001
Film
猟銃
2023
Film
Baryshnikov at the White House
1979
Film
The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka
Nikishka
1969
Film
World's Young Ballet
1969
Oh, Misha
1999
Film
Fiesta
Pedro Romero
1971
Film
Les Sylphides
1984
Film
Giselle
Count Albrecht
1977