
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Acting
Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor. He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.
Movies(40)

A Great Life, Part 2
District committee secretary
1946

Seaman's Daughter
Captain Shestov
1941

Yakov Sverdlov
1940

Возвращение
Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather
1940

No One is Funnier than Us
Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev
1940

A Great Life
District committee secretary
1939

Minin and Pozharsky
Prokopiy Lyapunov
1939

The Vyborg Side
Mishchenko
1939

Stepan Razin
Prince Baryatinskiy
1939

Professor Mamlock
Resistance member
1938

The Miners
Nikanor
1937

The Thirteen
Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist
1937

The Return of Maxim
Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
1937

Daughter of the Motherland
Grandfather Andron
1937

I Love
Nykanor, the old miner
1936

A Severe Young Man
Olga's Father
1935

Beautiful Garden
1935

The Pilots
Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic
1935

Love and Hate
Vasilisa's husband
1935
Nastenka Ustinova
Ustinov
1934

The Last Night
1933

Conveyor of Death
Kashevskiy, master
1933

Deserter
Fritz Muller
1933

Outskirts
Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
1933
A Personal Affair
1932

Diary of a Revolutionist
Stationmaster (uncredited)
1932

Misunderstood
Ivan Timofeyev
1931

A Simple Case
Uncle Sasha
1930

Bread
Peasant
1929

The Drive of Death
Machinist Gavrilov
1929

For Your Health
Philistine
1929

The Happy Canary
Worker
1929

Heroes of the Furnace
Commissar
1929

Storm Over Asia
The Russian Rebel Leader
1928

The White Eagle
State prisoner
1928

Salamander
Pryer, typographer
1928

The End of St. Petersburg
Worker (Rabochiy)
1927

Who Are You?
Beggar
1927

Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
Machinist
1926

Mother
Vlasov, the Father
1926