Rudolf Nureyev
Known for: Acting
Born: March 17, 1938
Died: January 6, 1993
Place of birth: 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Filmography
73 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
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Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker
2025
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Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
2025
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Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
2024
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Don Quixote
2024NR
Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala
2022
3.7
Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande
2021
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Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)
2019![Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Fw342%2FbJqvGD10JCXBfEJ2ERcwsDOElfD.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
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Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]
2019
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The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala
2018
7.0
Cinderella
2018
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Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe
2018
7.3
Nureyev
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The Nutcracker
2018
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Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
2016
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Swan Lake
2016
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English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet
2015
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Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute
2015
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Don Quixote
2015
7.3
I Am Divine
2014
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La Belle au bois dormant
2013
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Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival
2013
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A Life for Ballet
2012NR
La Bayadère
2012
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Don Quichotte - Nureyev
2012
8.0
La Bayadère
2010NR
Nureyev - Raymonda
2009
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
2005
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Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala
2005
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Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership
2002
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The Sleeping Beauty
2000NR
Nureyev Unzipped
1998
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Cinderella
1997
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Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness
1997
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
1995
7.4
The World of Jim Henson
1994
6.5
Love at First Sight
1992
10.0
Rudolf Nureyev
1991NR
Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar
1990
8.0
The Margot Fonteyn Story
1989
6.0
The Nutcracker
1989
5.5
The Dame Edna Experience
19877.0
Wedden, dat..?
1986
6.9
That's Dancing!
1985
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Raymonda
1983
4.8
Exposed
1983
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Marco Spada
1982NR
Venezia, carnevale, un amore
1982
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Swan Lake
1982
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The Afternoon of a Faun
1981
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Julie Andrews' Invitation to the Dance with Rudolf Nureyev
1980
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Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet: Tribute to Nijinsky
1980
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Romeo and Juliet
1980
8.0
Le Beau Mec
1979
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Giselle
1979NR
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
5.8
Valentino
19776.0
Please Turn the Page
1977
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Petrushka
1976
8.0
The Muppet Show
1976NR
Nureyev
1974
9.0
Don Quixote
1973
8.0
A Dancer's Life
1972
7.0
I Am a Dancer
1972
6.0
Midi trente
1972
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
8.0
The Special London Bridge Special
1972
2.0
The Sleeping Beauty
1972
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Singer Presents Burt Bacharach
1971
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Political Portraits
1969
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
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The Nutcracker
1968
7.2
Omnibus
1967
8.2
Swan Lake
1966
8.0
Romeo and Juliet
1966
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The Day of the Oath
1965NR
Lieder, Arien und Geschichten
1964
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
1964
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Swan Lake
1963
9.0
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
1963
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When the Spirit Soars in Flight
1958
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
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Afternoon of a Faun
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The Tempest
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The Sleeping Beauty (Opera)
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9.0
Don Quixote
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