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Alexander Godunov
Highest Rated: 94% Die Hard (1988)
Lowest Rated: 14% North (1994)
Birthday: Nov 28, 1949
Birthplace: Sakhalin Island, USSR
Described as "a Pre-Raphaelite angel posing as a punk-rock idol," this tall (6'3"), blond star of the Bolshoi Ballet staged a dramatic, front-page defection from the Soviet Union in 1979. A Russian dance star since 1971, Godunov, a colleague of Mikhail Baryshnikov, became a principal with the American Ballet Theatre and in 1982, after he left under a cloud of bad feelings, danced as guest artist with various troupes. Spotted by director Peter Weir on a 1983 PBS special, "Godunov: The World to Dance In," he made his US acting debut as a somber Amish farmer in the thriller, "Witness" (1985).
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dogfighters | Lothar Krasna (Character) | - | 1996 |
| 14% | 27% | North | Amish Dad (Character) | $6.6M | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 32% | Waxwork II: Lost in Time | Scarabis (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | The Runestone | Sigvaldson (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 94% | 94% | Die Hard | Karl (Character) | $82.3M | 1988 |
| 50% | 58% | The Money Pit | Max Beissart (Character) | $30.9M | 1986 |
| 93% | 80% | Witness | Daniel Hochleitner (Character) | $65.3M | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thirty-first of June | Lamison (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Anna Karenina | Unknown (Character) | - | 1975 |