Full Name | Mikhail Baryshnikov |
Net Worth | around $45 million |
Date Of Birth | January 27, 1948 |
Place Of Birth | Riga, Latvia, USSR [now Latvia] |
Height | 1.68 m |
Occupation | Actor, dancer |
Profession | Television producer, Ballet Dancer, Actor, Choreographer |
Education | Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet |
Spouse | Lisa Rinehart |
Children | Shura Baryshnikov, Anna Katerina Baryshnikov, Anna Baryshnikov, Sofia-Luisa Baryshnikova, Peter Andrew Baryshnikov |
Parents | Alexandra Kiselyova, Nikolay Baryshnikov |
Partner | Jessica Lange |
Nicknames | Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Baryshnikov, Mikhail Nikolaevitch |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0000864 |
Awards | Kennedy Center Honors, National Medal of Arts, David di Donatello Special Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Events, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety Or Music Program, Outer Critics Circle Special Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Classical Music-Dance P... |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Latvian Theater Award for Actor of the Year, Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Classical Music or Dance Programmi... |
Movies | White Nights, The Turning Point, Dancers, The Nutcracker (American Ballet Theatre), Company Business, That's Dancing!, The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez, Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About, Great Pas de Deux, Baryshnikov Dances Sinatra, Baryshnikov Live at Wolf Trap, Place, World's Young Ballet: Mikh... |
TV Shows | Sex and the City, Great Performances, Baryshnikov on Broadway, Great Performances: Dance in America |
Star Sign | Aquarius |
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1 | [on the difficulty of acting in front of the camera, encountered while working on _White Nights (1985)_, and the help he received from acting coach Sandra Seacat, whom he'd met earlier through Jessica Lange, from 12/6/85 Washington Post profile] One of the main things was she helped me relax in front of the camera. The best acting I did on the set was in the improvisations before the takes - that gave me real satisfaction. But keeping the level when the camera was going, that was completely something else. Technicians placing the camera, the director behind you, your throat is dry, and you're trying to forget everything, all distractions, and ask yourself what is this scene really about - that's when the hard work starts. |
2 | [on being directed by Dmitry Krymov in a play, 2011] I myself didn't agree with many of his choices. But I am not entitled to raise my objections. It's the same with a choreographer. If you commit, you should be a good foot soldier. This is not the place to be a general. |
3 | Oh, that's nonsense. Sex symbol? A cup of tea will do it. Sex is overrated. Absolutely. Forget about it. A good golf game, a nice conversation with friends, will do better. - On what it is like to be an international sex symbol. |
4 | That somebody has the vision to put a few steps together and make a dance out of it, there is already a certain power implanted. My job is much easier - it's just to put a light in it. - The Daily Telegraph, 09/02/2004 |
5 | I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe and see good old socialism in its good part! You see public concern about art, and young people's participation and young faces in the audience. Then you arrive in the States and it is $150 to go to an opera. Ridiculous. We have so much young talent on the streets, but because everything is commercial they finally drift away from their dream of their life. - The Daily Telegraph, 09/02/2004 |
6 | Dancers are made, not born. |
7 | No matter what I try to do or explore, my Kirov training, my expertise, and my background call me to return to dancing after all, because that's my real vocation, and I have to serve it. |
8 | No one is born a dancer. You have to want it more than anything. |
9 | [on the late Fred Astaire] "No dancer can watch him and not know that all the rest of us should be in a different business. Astaire is remote. It's as if he were in an incubator, breathing his own air. His perfection is like crystal: you can see through it. It's hopeless to try and imitate him." |
10 | The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. |
11 | I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself. |
12 | There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something out. |
13 | I am not the first straight dancer, nor the last. |
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1 | Is a fan of cigars. |
2 | Enjoys fishing. |
3 | He was Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre from 1980 to 1989, until they fired his right-hand man Charles France. Baryshnikov's successor was Kevin McKenzie. |
4 | Appearing in dramatic roles in a series of one-act plays by Samuel Beckett, at the New York Theater Workshop. [December 2007] |
5 | Taught by ballet instructor Bella Kovarsky when he was a child. |
6 | Owner of ballet troupe, "White Oak Dance Project". |
7 | Hobby is golf. |
8 | His and Jessica Lange's daughter is Aleksandra (born 1981). |
9 | He appeared in three of the ballet programs which were Emmy-nominated for "Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts" in the same year - "Giselle", "American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House", and "The Nutcracker". "Giselle" was the one that took home the Emmy, but "The Nutcracker" remains the one that has most often been shown and is consistently the most popular. The other two have not even been released on video or DVD, due to a royalties dispute about all "Live From Lincoln Center" programs. |
10 | He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 2000 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington D.C. |
11 | His name in English means "Michael." |
12 | He had a romantic relationship with fellow Soviet defector and prima ballerina assoluta Natasha Makarova. She was eight years his senior. She ended it because of this fact and when she needed him back as a sympathetic shoulder to cry on, Baryshnikov was already involved with another young ballerina named Gelsey Kirkland. |
13 | Daughter Shura (Aleksandra) Baryshnikov, whose mother is Jessica Lange, graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont, the same college that Chris Noth attended in the 70s. [2003] |
14 | When he met Jessica Lange, he spoke little English. Fortunately for him, Lange spoke French, which he could speak fluently. |
15 | Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Metamorphosis." |
16 | Frequently attended legendary New York disco Studio 54. |
17 | Was romantically involved with legendary ballerinas Natalia Makarova and Gelsey Kirkland. |
18 | Was artistic director with ABT and even ran his own class outside of ABT - Mikhail Baryshnikov's School of Classic Ballet. |
19 | Danced with the Kirov Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet. |
20 | Has his own clothing line: "Baryshnikov", plus his own perfume brand: "Misha". |
21 | Children by Lisa Rinehart: Peter Andrew (born 1989), Anna Katerina (born May 22nd 1992) and Sofia-Luisa (born May 24th 1994). |
22 | Mikhail was a 2000 recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center Honors. |
23 | Following his defection in Canada, the first ballet troupe that he performed with was the Royal Winnipeg Ballet in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. |
24 | Father of four children. He lives with girlfriend Lisa Rinehart. |
25 | Ballet dancer turned actor |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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¡Atención obras! | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Tavis Smiley | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
Charlie Rose | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
West Side Story: A Place for Us - West Side Story's Legacy | 2011 | Documentary short | Himself |
West Side Story: Pow! The Dances of West Side Story | 2011 | Documentary short | |
American Masters | 1996-2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Imagine | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
PBS NewsHour | 2007 | TV Series | Himself Nutcracker Prince ... |
The Metropolitan Opera HD Live | 2007 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
Iconoclasts | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Rehearsing a Dream | 2006 | Documentary short | Himself |
Sex and the City: A Farewell | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Aleksandr Petrovsky |
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Great Performances | 1987-2003 | TV Series | Himself |
Betty Oliphant: A Life in Dance | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 2000 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Honoree |
Mark Morris Dance Group: A Dance Center in Brooklyn | 1998 | Short | Himself |
The 53rd Presidential Inaugural Gala: An American Journey | 1997 | TV Special | Himself |
Babilée '91 | 1992 | Documentary | Himself - Dancer (as Mikhail Baryshinikov) |
Ken Adam - Production Designer | 1990 | | Himself |
From the Heart... The First International Very Special Arts Festival | 1989 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee |
Presidential Inaugural Gala | 1989 | TV Special | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
All Star Gala at Ford's Theatre | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
Great Performances: Dance in America | 1979-1987 | TV Series | Himself |
The Gershwin Gala | 1987 | TV Movie | Himself |
Vancouver: Focus on Expo 86 | 1986 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
Liberty Weekend | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly | 1985 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
50th Presidential Inaugural Gala | 1985 | TV Special | Himself |
That's Dancing! | 1985 | Documentary | Himself - Host |
American Ballet Theatre at the Met | 1984 | TV Special | Himself |
Gala Opening of the American Ballet Theater | 1984 | TV Movie | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1983 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Happy Birthday, Bob! | 1983 | TV Special | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston | 1983 | TV Special | Himself (uncredited) |
Baryshnikov: The Dancer and the Dance | 1983 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Baryshnikov in Hollywood | 1982 | TV Movie | Himself |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Frank Capra | 1982 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1981 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
Live from Lincoln Center | 1978-1981 | TV Series | Himself - 'The Sleeping Beauty, Act III' / Himself - 'Theme and Variations' |
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire | 1981 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
Baryshnikov on Broadway | 1980 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Magic of Dance | 1979 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Bob Hope on the Road to China | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
Baryshnikov at the White House | 1979 | TV Movie | Himself |
The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Good Morning America | 1978 | TV Series | Himself |
Arena | 1975 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Music on 2 | 1970 | TV Series | Himself - Dancer |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1989 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance in Classical Music/Dance Programming | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1987 | Man of the Year | Hasty Pudding Theatricals, USA | | |
1980 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety or Music Program | Baryshnikov on Broadway (1980) |
1979 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Special Events | Baryshnikov at the White House (1979) |
1978 | Special David | David di Donatello Awards | | The Turning Point (1977) |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement - Classical | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1988 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Great Performances (1971) |
1985 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts | Great Performances: Dance in America (1976) |
1982 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program | Baryshnikov in Hollywood (1982) |
1978 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | The Turning Point (1977) |
1978 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture | The Turning Point (1977) |
1978 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Special Classification of Outstanding Individual Achievement | The Nutcracker (1977) |
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