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Aleksandr Baluev

Acting Born Dec 6, 1958 Moscow, RSFSR, USSR 24 credits

Biography

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Baluev (Russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Балу́ев; born 6 December 1958) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor who appeared in more than 100 films and numerous stage productions since 1980.

Aleksandr Baluev was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He graduated in 1975 from Moscow School No. 637. After unsuccessful attempts to enter the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute he worked for a year as assistant illuminator in the light department at Mosfilm. The second attempt was more successful, with Aleksandr entering the Moscow Art Theatre School on Pavel Massalsky's course. In 1980, he successfully completed the training and became an actor of the Soviet Army Theatre. The first role in his theatrical career was playing in productions of Clock Without Hands and Lady of the Camellias.

In 1986, Aleksandr Baluev went to the Moscow Yermolova Theatre, playing leading roles in productions of The Second Year of Freedom, Snow Near the Prison, and Caligula.

In the late 1980s, Aleksandr Baluev left the theater. He is now active in the enterprise and collaborates with the Lenkom Theatre.

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Known for

Film

Deep Impact

as Mikhail Tulchinsky
Film

The Peacemaker

as General Aleksandr Kodoroff
Film

Proof of Life

as Russian Colonel
Film

Inglourious Basterds

as Major Platov aka Klim

Full filmography

  • Unprincipled (2020)
  • Deep Impact (1998) as Mikhail Tulchinsky
  • Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971) as работник овощебазы
  • The Peacemaker (1997) as General Aleksandr Kodoroff
  • Kamenskaya (1999) as Владимир Вакар
  • The Turkish Gambit (2006) as General Sobolev
  • СССР. Знак качества с Иваном Охлобыстиным (2021) as Актер театра и кино
  • The Fall of the Empire (2005) as Kostin
  • Proof of Life (2000) as Russian Colonel
  • Sophia (2016) as Stephen the Great
  • Gorky 53 (2024) as Харитон
  • Elizaveta (2022)
  • Arbat Secrets (2025) as Георгий Рябинский
  • The Cathedral (2021) as князь Бадарин отец Марии
  • Prince Andrey (2026)
  • Crime & Punishment (2007) as Svidrigailov
  • Gloomy River (2021) as Petr Danilovich Gromov
  • Офицеры (2006) as Ширяев Вадим Николаевич (полковник КГБ)
  • Life and Fate (2012) as Krymov
  • Tycoon (2002) as Koretskiy
  • Red Deer Hunting (2005) as Vyacheslav Izvol'skiy
  • Lenin: Revolution Chronicles (2017) as Полковник Туркестанов
  • The Heritage (2008) as Andrey Prokhorov, Roman Prokhorov
  • Special Squad (2002) as Major Platov aka Klim