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Mikhail Baryshnikov

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 27, 1948 (77)
Birthplace Riga, Latvia
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 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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Filmography

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

2014

as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)

Company Business

Company Business

1991

as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko

Dancers

Dancers

1987

as Tony

White Nights

White Nights

1985

as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

1977

as Toy Nutcracker / Prince

The Turning Point

The Turning Point

1977

as Yuri

White Nights

White Nights

1985

Choreographer

The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

1977

Choreographer

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BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actor The Turning Point Nominated
Television Credits

Sex and the City

as Aleksandr Petrovsky

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Jun 06, 1998

Doll & Em

as Mikhail

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 18, 2014

Top Model po-russki

as Special guest

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 03, 2011

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 12, 1972

Today

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 1952

Iconoclasts

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 17, 2005

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 28, 1978

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 02, 1973

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 12, 1975

American Masters

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 23, 1986

NeXt

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1994

Great Performances

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 28, 1971

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