10.0
10.0
Discovery
1973
as Сергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)
Donatas Banionis
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Banionis began his career with some films in Lithuanian, but he would later play mainly in Russian language films (although his voice was dubbed by Russian actors). He has also worked outside the USSR like in the title role Francisco Goya of the USSR-GDR coproduction Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971), directed by Konrad Wolf and in the title role as Ludwig van Beethoven in the 1976 DEFA-production Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben. Aside from films, he was a popular stage actor in Panevėžys, where he acted since the age of 17, and which was frequented by Donatas' fans from all over the former Soviet Union. His first teacher was Juozas Miltinis. He acted in Vilnius, in the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre. One of the best-known works of the actor was the role of Kris Kelvin in the film Solaris (1972) of Andrei Tarkovsky. Vladimir Putin once stated that Banionis' part in the 1968 Soviet spy film Dead Season was the reason why he joined the KGB.
Filmography (65 movies)
8.2
8.2
He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
1986
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
March, march! Tra-ta-ta!
1964
as Major Varnalesa
8.0
8.0
Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment
1989
7.8
7.8
Solaris
1972
as Kris Kelvin
7.6
7.6
Beware of the Car!
1966
as пастор, покупатель
7.5
7.5
The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce
1977
7.3
7.3
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
2017
as Kris Kelvin (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Капитан Джек
1972
as Митя
7.0
7.0
Honeymoon in America
1982
7.0
7.0
The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik
1967
7.0
7.0
Andrius
1980
as Rauplėnas
7.0
7.0
Captain Jack
1972
6.5
6.5
The Adventures of Prince Florisel
1979
as Ник Николс, "Председатель"
6.5
6.5
A Child's World
1982
as Mikhail Rasporkin
6.5
6.5
King Lear
1970
as Albany
6.5
6.5
Territory
1979
as Chinkov
6.0
6.0
Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda
2011
as Murovjovas
6.0
6.0
The Red Tent
1969
as Adalberto Mariano
6.0
6.0
Where have you been, Odysseus?
1978
5.6
5.6
Adam Wants to Be a Man
1960
as Dausa
5.5
5.5
Yatra Witch
1991
5.5
5.5
Operation 'Trust'
1968
as Eduard Ottovich Staunits
5.4
5.4
The Chronicle of One Day
1963
5.3
5.3
Nobody Wanted to Die
1966
as Vaitkus
5.2
5.2
Beethoven - Days in a Life
1976
as Ludwig van Beethoven
5.1
5.1
Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment
1971
as Goya
5.1
5.1
The Dead Season
1968
as Konstantin Ladeinikov
5.0
5.0
The Thirteenth Apostle
1988
5.0
5.0
The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'
1973
as Viktor Sherknis
5.0
5.0
Human Target
1990
5.0
5.0
I'm Sorry
1982
as Guest from Vilnius
5.0
5.0
Armed and Very Dangerous
1978
as Gabriel Conroy
5.0
5.0
At the End of the Night
1988
4.7
4.7
The Little Prince
1966
as Adult
4.7
4.7
Cry of a Dolphin
1987
as Bar-Mattay - professor psychologist
4.6
4.6
Depression
1991
as "Oldster"
4.5
4.5
Fact
1981
as Colonel Titel
4.3
4.3
Seven Days After the Murder
1991
4.1
4.1
The Flight of Mr. McKinley
1975
as мистер Мак-Кинли
3.6
3.6
Mama, I’m Alive
1977
as Mauris
3.5
3.5
Cash Collector's Bag
1977
as Aleksey Tulyakov
3.3
3.3
Bloodsuckers
1991
as Telyaev
3.0
3.0
Snake Catcher
1986
as Mitrich-Kolobok
2.7
2.7
The Centaurs
1979
as The President
2.0
2.0
Enclosure
1988
2.0
2.0
Nicolo Paganini
1982
0.5
0.5
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
2004
Identification Marks None
1979
as Harting
Only Time...
2002
as Alexander Yanovich
Nobleman Zavalnia
1994
Anastasia
2006
as Doctor's father
The Courtyard
2000
as The old man
The Red Diplomat
1971
as Savva Morozov
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
2004
as Sveneld
Revisiting Solaris
2007
as Chris Kelvin
Maryte
1947
as Nephew of Petras
Anna
1996
The Silent Lithuanian Revolution
2013
as Donatas Banionis
Unseeded Rye Blossom
1979
as Antanas Petrušonis
The Limit of Truth
1986
as Ožoginas
Meeting
2005
The Monarch Butterfly
1980
Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky
2012
as Self
Adomas Mickevičius. 1798 - 1855. Realybės versijos
1998
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