Cast & creator
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Best known for Great Performances, Sex and the City, Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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 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.
Also known as: ミハイル・ニコラエヴィチ・バリシニコフ
44
film credits
12
television credits
52
1952–2024 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
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Great Performances
Self
1971
Sex and the City
Aleksandr Petrovsky
1998
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
American Masters
Self
1986
Today
Self
1952
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)
2014
Iconoclasts
Self
2005
Top Model po-russki
Special guest
2011
Doll & Em
Mikhail
2014NeXt
Self
1994
White Nights
Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko
1985White Nights
Choreographer
1985
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self
2007
Company Business
Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko
1991
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Self - Cameo
2022
The Turning Point
Yuri
1977
That's Dancing!
Self - Host
1985
The Nutcracker
Toy Nutcracker / Prince
1977The Nutcracker
Choreographer
1977
Dancers
Tony
1987
Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
Self
2021
The White Helicopter
Pope Benedict XVI
2024
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Cesar
1991The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Story
1991
A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy
Self
2011
Babilée '91
Self - Dancer
1992
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self
1981Bob Hope on the Road to China
Self
1979
Baryshnikov in Hollywood
Self - Performer
1982
Baryshnikov: Live at Wolf Trap
Self
1976
Carmen
Don José
1980
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Narrator (voice)
2004
American Ballet Theatre: Gala at the Met
Dance in America: Choreography by Balanchine
Baryshnikov on Broadway
Self
1980
City and Song
1968
George Balanchine's Theme & Variations
World's Young Ballet
1969
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Presenter
2007Rehearsing a Dream
Self
2006
猟銃
2023
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Self
2001
Baryshnikov at the White House
1979
Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre
Self
1989
American Ballet Theatre at the Met
1984
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Basilio
1984
The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka
Nikishka
1969Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Fiesta
Pedro Romero
1971Oh, Misha
1999
Les Sylphides
1984
Giselle
Count Albrecht
1977