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 thro...
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Beautiful Garden
Возвращение
A Personal Affair
The Miners
Mother
As Vlasov, the Father
The Thirteen
As Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist (as A. Chistyakov)
Storm Over Asia
As The Russian Rebel Leader
No One is Funnier than Us
Outskirts
As Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin
Эх, яблочко, куды котишься
As Machinist
A Simple Case
As Uncle Sasha
Misunderstood
As Ivan Timofeyev
The End of St. Petersburg
As Rabočij
A Severe Young Man
As Olga's Father
The Pilots
As Moustachioed mechanic Khrushchev
The Vyborg Side
As Mishchenko
Love and Hate
Salamander
As Pryer, typographer
The Return of Maxim
As Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker
Deserter
Seaman's daughter
Daughter of the Motherland
I Love
Stepan Razin
As Prince Baryatinskiy
The Drive of Death
As Machinist Gavrilov
For Your Health
The Happy Canary
As Worker
Diary of a Revolutionist
As Stationmaster (uncredited)