Acting

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Born January 27, 1948 · Riga, Latvia (age 78)

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…

Known For

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

MovieActionDrama

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

White Nights

White Nights · 1985

MovieDramaThriller

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

The Turning Point

The Turning Point · 1977

The Turning Point

MovieDramaRomance

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Company Business

Company Business · 1991

Company Business

MovieActionThriller

An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin · 2007

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

MovieMusicDrama

The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two of today’s greatest stars. Renée Fleming is musically and dramatically radiant as the shy Tatiana, who falls in love with the worldly Onegin, played with devastating charisma by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Their mesmerizing vocalism and chemistry explode in one of opera’s most heartbreaking final scenes. With Valery Gergiev on the podium conducting Tchaikovsky’s passionate score, this performance is one for the ages.

Dancers

Dancers · 1987

MovieComedyDrama

A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker · 1977

MovieMusicFantasy

The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated production. This spectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both showcased at the peak of their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.

City and Song

City and Song · 1968

The music film was shot against the backdrop of Leningrad, the Black Sea coast and the birch forest. With the participation of artists of the Leningrad Lenin Komsomol Theater, ballet dancers of the Leningrad Music Hall, singers of the Fedorov sisters, the pantomime ensemble of the Leningrad Miniature Theater.

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit · 2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

MovieActionDrama

Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.

Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)

White Nights

White Nights · 1985

MovieDramaThriller

After his plane crashes in Siberia, a Russian dancer, who defected to the West, is held prisoner in the Soviet Union. The KGB keeps him under watch and tries to convince him to become a dancer for the Kirov Academy of Ballet again. Determined to escape, he befriends a black American expatriate and his pregnant Russian wife, who agree to help him escape to the American Embassy.

Choreographer

The Turning Point

The Turning Point · 1977

The Turning Point

MovieDramaRomance

As young dancers, they were best friends and fierce rivals. Deedee left the stage for marriage and motherhood, while Emma would become an international ballet icon. But when Deedee's teenage daughter is invited to join Emma's dance company and begins an affair with a young Russian star, the two women are forced to confront the choices they've made, the resentments they've hidden and the emotional truths they must face at the turning point.

Yuri

Company Business

Company Business · 1991

Company Business

MovieActionThriller

An aging agent is called back by "the Company" to run a hostage trade of a Soviet spy for an American agent.

Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin · 2007

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin

MovieMusicDrama

The pain of unrequited love is portrayed unforgettably by two of today’s greatest stars. Renée Fleming is musically and dramatically radiant as the shy Tatiana, who falls in love with the worldly Onegin, played with devastating charisma by Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Their mesmerizing vocalism and chemistry explode in one of opera’s most heartbreaking final scenes. With Valery Gergiev on the podium conducting Tchaikovsky’s passionate score, this performance is one for the ages.

Presenter

Dancers

Dancers · 1987

MovieComedyDrama

A successful aging dancer takes a young female protegee.

Tony

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker · 1977

MovieMusicFantasy

The Nutcracker is Mikhail Baryshnikov's breathtaking and critically acclaimed Emmy-nominated production. This spectacular performance is danced by the magnificent team of Baryshnikov, one of the greatest classical dancers of the century, and Gelsey Kirkland, both showcased at the peak of their careers, with members of the American Ballet Theatre.

Choreographer

City and Song

City and Song · 1968

The music film was shot against the backdrop of Leningrad, the Black Sea coast and the birch forest. With the participation of artists of the Leningrad Lenin Komsomol Theater, ballet dancers of the Leningrad Music Hall, singers of the Fedorov sisters, the pantomime ensemble of the Leningrad Miniature Theater.

Carmen

MovieTV MovieDrama

Mikhail Baryshnikov and Zizi Jeanmaire sizzle in this ballet set to the music and story of Carmen.

Don José

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez · 1991

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.

Story

The White Helicopter

The White Helicopter · 2024

The White Helicopter

The film is based on true events leading up to the historical 2013 resignation of Benedict XVI. After succeeding John Paul II, and serving as Pope for eight years, Joseph Ratzinger shocked the world by becoming the first Pope to voluntarily resign in over 600 years. In light of moral and ethical upheavals in the Catholic Church, and the unique challenges of the 21st century, Ratzinger's cited reason of declining health raises more questions than it answers.

Pope Benedict XVI

Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine

Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine

Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine

American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met

American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met

American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me · 2004

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me

MovieAnimationFamily

Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, family structures, religious faiths, interests and cultures. This documentary introduces your family to children who are not only celebrating how they are unique, but who are also learning from and appreciating the differences in others.

Narrator (voice)

The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka

The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka · 1969

The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka

MovieMusicTV Movie

A ballet film based on a folk legend about a lackey who tried to fly with homemade wings.

Nikishka

Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts

Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts · 1984

Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts

The American Ballet Theatre, performing at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, June 1983, led by Mikhail Baryshnikov, present Cervantes' story about the adventures of the Knight of Rueful Countenance.

Basilio

World's Young Ballet

World's Young Ballet · 1969

World's Young Ballet

MovieDocumentary

In 1969, the Moscow International Competition of Ballet Artists played host to some of the dance world's most legendary names. Twenty-one-year-old Mikhail Baryshnikov performs "La Bayadere" and a solo from Leonid Jakobson's "Vestris," while Ludmila Semenyaka dances a scene from "Giselle" and a modern jazz piece. Judging the competition are dance notables Agnes DeMille and Alicia Alonso and composer Aram Khachaturian.

George Balanchine's Theme & Variations

George Balanchine's Theme & Variations

George Balanchine's Theme & Variations

Live 1978 performance of ABT principal dancers Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov dancing Balanchine's Theme and Variations choreographed to Orchestral Suite No. 3 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky conducted for this performance by Akira Endo

Baryshnikov at the White House

Baryshnikov at the White House · 1979

Baryshnikov at the White House

Mikhail Baryshnikov and the New York City Ballet perform at the White House's East Room.

Les Sylphides

Les Sylphides · 1984

Les Sylphides is a short, non-narrative ballet blanc to piano music by Frédéric Chopin, selected and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov.

American Ballet Theatre at the Met

American Ballet Theatre at the Met · 1984

American Ballet Theatre at the Met

Witness three wonderful ballets performed live on stage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. "Sylphides" stars legend Mikhail Baryshnikov, "Sylvia" features a lovely duet and "Paquita" is full of energetic Spanish-style choreography. The American Ballet Theatre performers display their incredible talent and amazing versatility through this beautiful collection of memorable ballets.

Fiesta

MovieTV MovieDrama

A stage adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", first staged for Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater and later reworked for Leningrad Television.

Pedro Romero

Giselle

Giselle · 1977

The ballet tells the story of a peasant girl named Giselle whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called Wilis

Count Albrecht

Sex and the City

Sex and the City · 1998

Sex and the City

SeriesDramaComedy

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.

Aleksandr Petrovsky

Doll & Em

Doll & Em · 2014

Doll & Em is a British comedy series starring real-life friends Emily Mortimer (Em) and Dolly Wells (Doll), filmed in the style of a reality TV show. After a breakup, Doll heads to Hollywood to be with her childhood best friend Em, who's now a successful actress.

Mikhail

Top Model po-russki

Top Model po-russki · 2011

Top Model po-russki

Top Model po-russki is a Russian reality television show and the second Russian adaptation of Tyra Banks' America's Next Top Model, after You are a Supermodel, which aired from 2004 to 2007. The show places a group of young contestants from Russia against each other in a variety of challenges to determine who will win title of the next Russian Top Model along with a lucrative modelling contract, and other prizes in the hope of a successful future in the modeling industry.

Special guest