Actor
Aleksandr Antonov
Born 13 February 1898 · Moscow, Russian Empire — died 26 November 1962
Aleksandr Antonov (1898–1962) was a Russian and Soviet film actor whose career ran from the silent era into the 1950s. He is best remembered for playing the sailor Grigory Vakulinchuk in Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, and also appeared in Eisenstein's Strike.
Key films
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
His best-known role: Vakulinchuk, the sailor whose death sparks the mutiny in Eisenstein's landmark film.
Strike (1925)
Eisenstein's feature debut, in which Antonov also appeared, showing his link to early Soviet montage cinema.
Glumov's Diary (1923)
Early Eisenstein-linked film from the start of his screen career in the silent era.
General Suvorov (1941)
Sound-era historical biopic showing his continued work in major Soviet productions.
The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
Large-scale Soviet war epic from his later career.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
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- 1923Glumov's Diary · as JoffreActor
- 1925Battleship Potemkin · as Grigory VakulinchukActor
- 1925Strike · as Member of Strike CommitteeActor
- 1926The Wind · as SailorActor
- 1927The Fankony Cafe · as SailorActor
- 1927Road to Damask · as Ignat SheremetActor
- 1928A Bright City · as ConductorActor
- 1929Tanka the Bar Girl · as SavkaActor
- 1929When the Fields Bloom · as FilkaActor
- 1930Tomorrow Night · as VolkovActor
- 1930Judas · as CorporalActor
- 1931The Civil ServantActor
- 1931Turner AlekseevActor
- 1932Can’t You Just Leave Me Out? · as CookActor
- 1932WingsActor
- 1933City Under Attack · as Chief of aviationActor
- 1934Alyona's Love · as KlyuevActor
- 1936I Love · as Harbuz, local revolutionaryActor
- 1936Convicts · as Vanya (uncredited)Actor
- 1938The Great CountActor
- 1939A Night in September · as Anton Mikhailovich KulaginActor
- 1939KubansActor
- 1941General Suvorov · as colonel TyurinActor
- 1942The District Secretary · as Aleksandr Potapenko (uncredited)Actor
- 1943Seeds of Freedom · as ('Potemkin' sequence) (archive footage)Actor
- 1944Four Hearts · as полковникActor
- 1946Rich Bride · as Данило БудякActor
- 1949The Battle of Stalingrad · as Lieutenant PopovActor
- 1949Glorious Path · as Ivan KonstantinovichActor
- 1954Incident in the Taiga · as Fyodor VolkovActor
- 1955Twelfth Night · as морской капитанActor
- 1955Stars On the Wings · as Maksim Platonovich KorenyukActor
- 1955The White Poodle · as CaretakerActor
- 1955The Frigid Sea · as Amos KornilovActor
- 1956A Weary Road · as Raisa's fatherActor
- 1957The Sailor Went Ashore · as Викентий Семёнович Антонов (начальник порта)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.