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Mikhail Baryshnikov
Riga, Latvia
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov (born January 27, 1948) is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav…
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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.
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2024
The White Helicopter
Movie Pope Benedict XVI
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2023
猟銃
Movie
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2022
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Movie Self - Cameo
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2021
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Movie Self
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2018
Studio 54
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2014
Doll & Em
TV show Mikhail
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2014
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Movie Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
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2011
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Movie Self
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2011
Top Model po-russki
TV show Special guest
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2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Movie Self
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2007
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Movie Presenter
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2006
Rehearsing a Dream
Movie Self
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2005
Iconoclasts
TV show Self
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2004
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Movie Self
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1999
Oh, Misha
Movie
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1998
Sex and the City
TV show Aleksandr Petrovsky
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1994
NeXt
TV show Self
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1992
Babilée '91
Movie Self - Dancer
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1991
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Movie Cesar
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1991
Company Business
Movie Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
- 1989
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1987
Dancers
Movie Tony
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1986
American Masters
TV show Self
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1985
White Nights
Movie Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
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1985
That's Dancing!
Movie Self - Host
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1984
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Movie Basilio
- 1984
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1984
Les Sylphides
Movie
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1982
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Movie Self - Performer
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1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Movie Self
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1980
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Movie Self
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1980
Carmen
Movie Don José
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1979
Bob Hope on the Road to China
Movie Self
- 1979
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1978
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV show Self
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1977
The Nutcracker
Movie Toy Nutcracker / Prince
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1977
The Turning Point
Movie Yuri
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1977
Giselle
Movie Count Albrecht
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1976
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
Movie Self
