Acting credits
37
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Rudolf Nureyev
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 47Series: 8Crew credits: 24
TMDB ID: 235882
IMDb ID: nm0638159
Known for: Acting
Born: March 17, 1938
Died: January 6, 1993
Age: 54
Place of birth: Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.92
Wikidata: Q84217
Also known as
Rudolph Nureyev • Rudolf Chametowitsch Nurejew • Rudolf Nurejew • Rudolf Noureev • Рудольф Хәмит улы Нуриев • Рудо́льф Хаме́тович Нуре́ев
Other jobs
Choreographer (18)Director (4)Producer (2)
Biography
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
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Rudolf Nureyev.
Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
Director
2025 Movie
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Director
2025 Movie
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX
Choreographer
2024 Movie
Don Quixote
Choreographer
2024 Movie
3.7
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Movie
Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
Choreographer
2019 Movie
![Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris] poster](/image/w342/bJqvGD10JCXBfEJ2ERcwsDOElfD.jpg)
Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
Choreographer
2019 Movie
7.0
Cinderella
Choreographer
2018 Movie
The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
Choreographer
2018 Movie
Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
as self
2018 Movie
7.3
Nureyev
as Self, Archive Footage
2018 Movie
Swan Lake
Choreographer
2016 Movie
English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
Choreographer
2015 Movie
Don Quixote
Choreographer
2015 Movie
La Belle au bois dormant
Choreographer
2013 Movie
A Life for Ballet
as Self
2012 Movie
Don Quichotte - Nureyev
Choreographer
2012 Movie
La Bayadère
Choreographer
2010 Movie
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Choreographer
2008 Movie
Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005 Movie
Cinderella
as Film Producer
1997 Movie
Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
as Self
1997 Movie
7.3
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
1994 Movie
Rudolf Nureyev
as Himself
1991 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Rudolf Nureyev.
3.0
Love at First Sight
as Igor • 1 eps
1992 Series
4.0
The Dame Edna Experience
as Self • 1 eps
1987 Series
8.0
The Muppet Show
as Self - Special Guest Star • 1 eps
1976 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
1968 Series
7.2
Omnibus
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
1967 Series
4.5
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Ballet Dancer • 1 eps
1964 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 2 eps
1948 Series