Rudolf Nureyev

DirectorCrewActorDirectingProducer Mar 17 (died age 54) Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia] 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

I Am Divine

Self (archive)

Film

Nureyev

Self, Archive Footage

Film

Valentino

Rudolph Valentino

Film

That's Dancing!

6.9 1985

Film

The World of Jim Henson

Self (archive footage)

Film

The Muppet Show

Self - Special Guest Star

Film

Exposed

Daniel Jelline

Film

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo

Filmography

Acting (56)

Movies (44)

Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

2021

as Self (archive footage)

3.7

Nureyev

2018

as Self, Archive Footage

7.3

Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

2018

as self

The Nutcracker

2018

Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams

2016

as Himself (Archive Footage)

I Am Divine

2014

as Self (archive)

7.3

Bournonville's La Sylphide and Flower Festival

2013

as Paolo, a young man

A Life for Ballet

2012

as Self

Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

2005

The Sleeping Beauty

2004

as Prince Florimund

8.0

Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership

2002

as Himself (archive footage)

Nureyev Unzipped

1998

as Self (archive footage)

Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

1997

as Self

Cinderella

1997

as Film Producer

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Rudolf Nureyev

1991

as Himself

Poema Del Amor Y Del Mar

1990

The Margot Fonteyn Story

1989

as Rudolf Nureyev

That's Dancing!

Exposed

as Daniel Jelline

Venezia, carnevale, un amore

1982

Marco Spada

1982

as Marco Spada

The Afternoon of a Faun

1981

as Faun

Romeo and Juliet

1980

as Romeo

Giselle

1979

as Albrecht

Valentino

1977

as Rudolph Valentino

5.8

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

1977

Petrushka

1976

as Petrouchka

Don Quixote

1973

as Basilio

9.0

The Special London Bridge Special

1972

as Ballet Dancer

I Am a Dancer

1972

as Himself (James / Dancer / Armand / The Prince)

A Dancer's Life

as Himself

The Sleeping Beauty

as Prince Florimund

Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

1971

as Himself

Political Portraits

1969

as Himself

The Nutcracker

1968

as Herr Drosselmeyer/The Prince

Swan Lake

as Prince Siegfried

Romeo and Juliet

as Romeo

The Day of the Oath

as Self

An Evening With The Royal Ballet

1963

as Self

Swan Lake

1963

as Prince Siegfried

When the Spirit Soars in Flight

1958

Afternoon of a Faun

as Faun

The Tempest

as Prospero

Television (12)

Love at First Sight

1992

as Igor

6.5

The Dame Edna Experience

as Self

Wedden, dat..?

as Self

Please Turn the Page

as Self

The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Omnibus

as Self (archive footage)

7.2

The Hollywood Palace

1964

as Self - Ballet Dancer

4.5

Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

1964

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948

as Self

6.8

Crew (39)

Movies (39)

Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty

2025

Director

Paris Opera Ballet: The Nutcracker

2025

Director

Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX

2024

Choreographer

Don Quixote

2024

Choreographer

Lo Schiaccianoci al Teatro alla Scala

2022

Choreographer

Le Lac des Cygnes [Opéra National de Paris]

2019

Choreographer

Concerto / Enigma Variations / Raymonda Act III (Royal Ballet)

2019

Choreographer

Cinderella

2018

Choreographer

7.0

The 350th Anniversary Inaugural Gala

2018

Choreographer

Swan Lake

2016

Choreographer

English National Ballet's Romeo and Juliet

2015

Choreographer

Don Quixote

2015

Choreographer

Nureyev & Friends: A Gala Tribute

2015

Choreographer

La Belle au bois dormant

2013

Choreographer

Don Quichotte - Nureyev

2012

Choreographer

La Bayadère

2012

Choreographer

La Bayadère

2010

Choreographer

Nureyev - Raymonda

2009

Choreographer

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

2005

Choreographer

Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

2005

Stage Director

The Sleeping Beauty

2004

Producer

8.0

Cinderella

1997

Director

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet

1995

Choreographer

The Nutcracker

Art Direction

The Nutcracker

Choreographer

The Nutcracker

Director

Swan Lake

Choreographer

Romeo and Juliet

1980

Choreographer

Romeo and Juliet

1980

Director

Giselle

1979

Director

Don Quixote

Choreographer

Don Quixote

Director

The Sleeping Beauty

Producer

The Nutcracker

Choreographer

The Nutcracker

1968

Producer

Swan Lake

1966

Choreographer

8.2

Swan Lake

1963

Choreographer

The Sleeping Beauty (Opera)

Director

The Tempest

Choreographer