Actor
Rudolf Nureyev
March 17, 1938 · Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women.
He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed
Often works with
Margot Fonteyn
3 titles together
Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, The Margot Fonteyn Story
Robert Helpmann
2 titles together
The Margot Fonteyn Story, Don Quixote
Marie-Claude Pietragalla
2 titles together
The Nutcracker, The Nutcracker
Lucette Aldous
2 titles together
Don Quixote, Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
- E
Elisabeth Maurin
2 titles together
The Nutcracker, Cinderella
- F
Fabienne Cerutti
2 titles together
The Nutcracker, Cinderella
Full filmography · 26
Afternoon of a Faun
as Faun
Upcoming
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Director
2025
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Director
2025
Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
as Paolo, a young man
2013
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
cast
2005
Cinderella
as Film Producer and Director
1997
The Margot Fonteyn Story
as Rudolf Nureyev
1989
The Nutcracker
Director
1989
That's Dancing!
cast
19856.9
Raymonda
as Jean de Brienne
1983
Exposed
as Daniel Jelline
1983
Marco Spada
as Marco Spada
1982