Mikhail Baryshnikov
Birthday
1948/01/27 (77 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvia
Also know as
Михаил Николаевич Барышников, Mihails Barišņikovs, ミハイル・バリシニコフ, ミハイル・ニコラエヴィチ・バリシニコフ
Biography
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 companies, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer to learn George Balanchine's style ...Read more
Acting
(1991) Company Business
as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
(1977) Giselle
as Count Albrecht
(2014) Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
(1977) The Nutcracker
as Toy Nutcracker / Prince
(1985) That's Dancing!
as Self - Host
(1977) The Turning Point
as Yuri
(1985) White Nights
as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
(1991) The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
as Cesar
(2011) A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
as Self
(1984) Les Sylphides
as ---
(1987) Dancers
as Tony
(2006) Rehearsing a Dream
as Self
(2004) Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
as Narrator (voice)
(1981) Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
(2022) The Hip Hop Nutcracker
as Self
(1983) Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance
as Self (archive footage)
(1976) Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
as Self
(1989) Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
as Self
(2024) The White Helicopter
as Pope Benedict XVI
(2007) Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self
(2023) 猟銃
as ---
(1984) Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
as Basilio
(1980) Carmen
as Don José
(1980) Baryshnikov on Broadway
as Self
(2001) Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
(2018) Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Baryshnikov in Hollywood
as Self - Performer
(2021) Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
as Self
(1979) Bob Hope on the Road to China
as Self
(1979) Baryshnikov at the White House
as ---
(1999) Oh, Misha
as ---
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
as Nutcracker
(1992) Babilée '91
as ---
(1952) Today
as Self
(2005) Iconoclasts
as Self
(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
(2014) Doll & Em
as Mikhail
(1973) The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(2011) Top Model po-russki
as Special guest
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1998) Sex and the City
as Aleksandr Petrovsky
(1986) American Masters
as Self
(1994) NeXt
as Self
(1971) Great Performances
as Self