Portrait of Mikhail Baryshnikov

Acting

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Career

Active from 1969 to 2024, with a break from 2005 to 2023, busiest in 1977 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker
GoodWatch score80/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Actor in a Supporting Role

    1978 · Nominated · 50th Academy Awards

    The Turning Point

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Mikhail Baryshnikov played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 8 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mikhail Baryshnikov Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Scare
    0.4, average 2.6
  • Mystery
    2.0, average 3.9
  • Uncanny
    0.8, average 2.5
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character-Driven Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

19
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker
Baryshnikov’s Nutcracker

as Nutcracker

2020s

1 title
The White Helicopter
The White Helicopter (2024)

as Pope Benedict XVI

2010s

3 titles · average score 59
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
GoodWatch score 56

as Minister Sorokin (Uncredited)

Doll & Em
Doll & Em (2014)
GoodWatch score 62

TV show · as Mikhail

Top Model po-russki
Top Model po-russki (2011)

TV show · as Special guest

2000s

2 titles
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin
Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin (2007)

Presenter

Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me
Happy to Be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (2004)

as Narrator (voice)

1990s

3 titles · average score 58
Sex and the City
Sex and the City (1998)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Aleksandr Petrovsky

Company Business
Company Business (1991)
GoodWatch score 50

as Pyotr Ivanovich Grushenko

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez (1991)
GoodWatch score 53

as Cesar

1980s

4 titles · average score 53
Dancers
Dancers (1987)
GoodWatch score 47

as Tony

White Nights
White Nights (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

as Nikolai 'Kolya' Rodchenko

Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts
Don Quixote (Kitri's Wedding), A Ballet In Three Acts (1984)

as Basilio

Carmen
Carmen (1980)

as Don José

1970s

4 titles · average score 73
The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker (1977)
GoodWatch score 80

as Toy Nutcracker / Prince

The Turning Point
The Turning Point (1977)
GoodWatch score 66

as Yuri

Giselle
Giselle (1977)

as Count Albrecht

Fiesta
Fiesta (1971)

as Pedro Romero

1960s

1 title
The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka
The Tale of the Lackey Nikishka (1969)

as Nikishka