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Donatas Banionis

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

28/04/1924

Day of Death

04/09/2014
(90) years old

Place of Birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Donatas Banionis

Biography

Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Known For

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

The Silent Lithuanian Revolution

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

Revisiting Solaris

Meeting

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga

Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun

Filmography

Cast

2017

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

as Kris Kelvin (archive footage)

2013

The Silent Lithuanian Revolution

as Donatas Banionis

2012

Sacrifices of Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self

2011

Fireheart: The Legend of Tadas Blinda

as Murovjovas

2007

Revisiting Solaris

as Chris Kelvin

2006

Anastasia

as Doctor's father

2005

Meeting

2004

The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tal...

2004

Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder ...

as Sveneld

2002

Only Time...

as Alexander Yanovich

2000

The Courtyard

as The old man

1998

Adomas Mickevičius. 1798 - 1855. Realybė...

1996

Anna

1994

Nobleman Zavalnia

1991

Depression

as "Oldster"

1991

Yatra Witch

1991

Seven Days After the Murder

1991

Bloodsuckers

as Telyaev

1990

Human Target

1990

Entrance to Labyrinth

as Mazardi

1989

Vera – The Hard Way to Enlightenment

1988

The Thirteenth Apostle

1988

At the End of the Night

1988

Enclosure

1987

Cry of a Dolphin

as Bar-Mattay - professor psychologist

1986

Snake Catcher

as Mitrich-Kolobok

1986

He Stands in a Desert Counting the Secon...

as Self (archive footage)

1986

The Limit of Truth

as Ožoginas

1982

I'm Sorry

as Guest from Vilnius

1982

Honeymoon in America

1982

A Child's World

as Mikhail Rasporkin

1982

Nicolo Paganini

1981

Fact

as Colonel Titel

1980

Andrius

as Rauplėnas

1980

The Monarch Butterfly

1979

Territory

as Chinkov

1979

Unseeded Rye Blossom

as Antanas Petrušonis

1979

The Centaurs

as The President

1979

The Adventures of Prince Florisel

as Ник Николс, "Председатель"

1979

Identification Marks None

as Harting

1978

Where have you been, Odysseus?

1978

Armed and Very Dangerous

as Gabriel Conroy

1977

Cash Collector's Bag

as Aleksey Tulyakov

1977

Mama, I’m Alive

as Mauris

1977

The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce

1976

Beethoven - Days in a Life

as Ludwig van Beethoven

1975

The Flight of Mr. McKinley

as мистер Мак-Кинли

1973

Discovery

as Сергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)

1973

The Commander of the Lucky 'Pike'

as Viktor Sherknis

1972

Captain Jack

1972

Капитан Джек

as Митя

1972

Solaris

as Kris Kelvin

1971

Goya: Or the Hard Way to Enlightenment

as Goya

1971

The Red Diplomat

as Savva Morozov

1970

King Lear

as Albany

1969

The Red Tent

as Adalberto Mariano

1968

The Dead Season

as Konstantin Ladeinikov

1968

Operation 'Trust'

as Eduard Ottovich Staunits

1967

The Life and Ascension of Yuras Bratchik

1966

The Little Prince

as Adult

1966

Beware of the Car!

as пастор, покупатель

1966

Nobody Wanted to Die

as Vaitkus

1964

March, march! Tra-ta-ta!

as Major Varnalesa

1963

The Chronicle of One Day

1960

Adam Wants to Be a Man

as Dausa

1947

Maryte

as Nephew of Petras