Mikhail Baryshnikov
January 27, 1948 · 78 years old
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…
Known For
6 titles
White Nights
A Russian American ballet dancer's airplane is forced to land in USSR, where he's "repatriated". He stays with an American man married to a Russian. Will the American help him flee USSR?
The Turning Point
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
Studio 54
The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Company Business
A retired CIA agent is recruited to participate in a prisoner exchange with the Russians.
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
Features Rev Run as he brings audiences on a hip-hop reimagining of The Nutcracker ballet set in NYC.
The Nutcracker
The television adaptation of the Baryshnikov production.