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' {{Infobox person | name = Donatas Banionis | image = Дoнатас Баниoнис.jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|4|28|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|4|1924|4|28|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Vilnius]], [[Lithuania]] | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1941-2013}} '''Donatas Banionis''' (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a [[Lithuanian people|Lithuanian]] actor. He is best known for his performance in the lead role of [[Andrei Tarkovsky|Tarkovsky]]'s ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'' as Kris Kelvin. He was born in [[Kaunas]], [[Lithuania]]. Banionis began his career with some films in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]], but he would later play mainly in [[Russian language]] films. He has also worked outside the USSR like in the title role [[Francisco Goya]] of the USSR-GDR coproduction ''[[Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment]]'' (1971), directed by [[Konrad Wolf]] and in the title role as [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] in the 1976 [[Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft|DEFA]]-production ''Beethoven - Tage aus einem Leben''. Aside from films, he was a popular stage actor in [[Panevėžys]], where he acted since the age of 17, and which was frequented by Donatas' fans from all over the former Soviet Union. His first teacher was [[Juozas Miltinis]]. He acted in [[Vilnius]], in the [[Lithuanian National Drama Theatre]]. [[Vladimir Putin]] once stated that Banionis was the reason why he joined the [[KGB]].<ref name="death">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/05/how-the-actor-donatas-banionis-inspired-vladimir-putin-to-become-a-spy.html|title=How the Actor Donatas Banionis Inspired Vladimir Putin to Become a Spy|publisher=The Daily Beast.com|accessdate=5 September 2014}}</ref> Banionis died on 4 September 2014 from a stroke.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/soviet-actor-donatas-banionis-dead-730411|title=Soviet-Era Actor Who Inspired Vladimir Putin Dies at 90|publisher=Hollywood Reporter.com|accessdate=6 September 2014|date=5 September 2014}}</ref> He was 90 years old. ==Selected filmography== {{Expand list|date=March 2014}} * ''Marytė'' (1947) as Peter * ''[[Nobody Wanted to Die]]'' (1966) as Vaitkus * ''[[Beware of the Car]]'' (1966) as pastor * ''[[Dead Season (film)|Dead Season]]'' (1968) as Ladeinikov * ''[[The Red Tent (film)|The Red Tent]]'' (1969) as [[Adalberto Mariano]] * ''[[Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment]]'' (1971) as [[Goya]] * ''[[King Lear (1971 USSR film)|King Lear]]'' (1971) as [[Duke of Albany]] * ''[[Solaris (1972 film)|Solaris]]'' (1972) as Kris Kelvin * ''[[Mama, I'm Alive]]'' (1977) as Major Mauris * ''[[Faktas]]'' (1981) as Colonel Titel * ''{{illm|Cry of the Dolphin|ru|Крик дельфина}}'' (1987) as Bar-Mattai * ''Anastasia'' (2006) as father * ''[[Attack on Leningrad]]'' (2009) as Toivo * ''Tadas Blinda. Start'' (2011) as Mikhail Muravyov * "«Маленький принц» (1966) * «Хроника одного дня» (Донатас, 1964) * «Марш! Марш! Тра-та-та» (Майор Чертополох, 1965) * «Берегись автомобиля» (1966) * «Операция „Трест“ (1967) * „Командир счастливой “Щуки» (1972) * «Открытие (рукопись академика Юрышева)» (1973) * «Бегство мистера Мак-Кинли» (Мак-Кинли, 1975) * «Жизнь и смерть Фердинанда Люса» (Фердинанд Люс, 1976) * «Вооружен и очень опасен. Время и герои Брет Гарта» (1977) * «Сумка инкассатора» (1977), * «Кентавры» (Президент, 1978) * «Цветение несеяной ржи» (Петрушонис, 1978) * «Особых примет нет» (1978) * «Территория» (Илья Чинков, 1979) * «Клуб самоубийц, или приключения титулованной особы» (Председатель, 1979) * «Андрюс» (Раупленас, 1980) * «Факт» (1981) * «Детский мир» (Распоркин, 1982) * «Никколо Паганини» (1982) * «Извините, пожалуйста» (1982) * «Змеелов» (Митрич, 1985) * «Грядущему веку» (1985) * «Крик дельфина» (Бар-Матай, 1986) * «Загон» (1987) * «На исходе ночи» (1987) * «13-й апостол» (1988) * «Депрессия» (1991) * «Пьющие кровь» (1991) * «Семь дней после убийства» (1991) * «Ятринская ведьма» (1991) * «Шляхтич Завальня, или Беларусь в фантастических рассказах» (1994) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0052023|name=Donatas Banionis}} {{Lithuanian National Culture and Arts}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Banionis, Donatas}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Soviet male film actors]] [[Category:Lithuanian male film actors]] [[Category:Lithuanian male stage actors]] [[Category:People's Artists of the USSR]] [[Category:Lithuanian theatre directors]] [[Category:Recipients of the USSR State Prize]] [[Category:People from Kaunas]] [[Category:Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize]] [[Category:Place of death missing]] [[Category:Recipients of the Order of Friendship]] [[Category:20th-century Lithuanian male actors]] {{Lithuania-actor-stub}}'