Rudolf Nureyev
Birthday
1938/03/17
Day of death
1993/01/06 (54 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Also know as
Rudolph Nureyev, Rudolf Chametowitsch Nurejew, Rudolf Nurejew, Rudolf Noureev, Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев, Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев
Biography
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women. He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to ...Read more
Acting
(2021) Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
(2020) Be Water
as Self (archive footage)
(1977) Valentino
as Rudolph Valentino
(1983) Exposed
as Daniel Jelline
(1989) The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Rudolf Nureyev
(1966) Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo
(1976) Petrushka
as Petrouchka
(1972) I Am a Dancer
as Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)
(1972) The Special London Bridge Special
as Ballet Dancer
(1963) An Evening With The Royal Ballet
as Self
(2005) Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
as ---
(1997) Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
as Self
(1972) The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund
(1966) Swan Lake
as Prince Siegfried
(1997) Cinderella
as Film Producer
(1973) Don Quixote
as Basilio
(2012) A Life for Ballet
as Self
(1969) Political Portraits
as Himself
(1971) Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
as Himself
(1968) The Nutcracker
as Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince
(1998) Nureyev Unzipped
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
(1985) That's Dancing!
as ---
(1994) The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
(2018) Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
as self
(2004) The Sleeping Beauty
as Prince Florimund
(1963) Swan Lake
as Prince Siegfried
(1964) Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
as Self
(1976) The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star
(1964) The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Ballet Dancer
(1987) The Dame Edna Experience
as Self
(1992) Love at First Sight
as Igor
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1972) Midi trente
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1977) Bitte umblättern
as Self
(1986) Wedden, dat..?
as Self