ACTOR

Donatas Banionis

1924 - 2014

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Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania. Banionis began his career with some films in Lithuanian, but he would later play mainly in Russian language films (although his voice was dubbed by Russian actors). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donatas Banionis is the 1,982nd most popular actor (down from 1,789th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 66th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Donatas Banionis ranks 1,982 out of 13,578. Before him are Maia Morgenstern, Jean-Hugues Anglade, José Coronado, Lando Buzzanca, Andrew Garfield, and Thelma Ritter. After him are Sofiko Chiaureli, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Brooke Adams, Charlotte Cushman, Bill Nunn, and David Kelly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Donatas Banionis ranks 159. Before him are Gilbert Simondon, Michel Constantin, William Auld, Girija Prasad Koirala, Carlo Bergonzi, and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia. After him are Vasil Bykaŭ, István Nyers, Walter Gotell, Bayezid Osman, Fud Leclerc, and Mohammed Rafi. Among people deceased in 2014, Donatas Banionis ranks 144. Before him are Paul Wild, Jeremy Thorpe, Alicia Rhett, Shulamit Aloni, Cristina Deutekom, and Carlo Bergonzi. After him are Vasily Petrov, Marie Dubois, Emmanuel III Delly, Marco Cé, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, and José Policarpo.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Donatas Banionis ranks 70 out of 328. Before him are Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556), Janusz Radziwiłł (1612), Joseph Klausner (1874), Nina Schenk Gräfin von Stauffenberg (1913), Kazimira Prunskienė (1943), and Laurence Harvey (1928). After him are Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł (1547), Daumantas of Pskov (1240), Vydūnas (1868), Ingrida Šimonytė (1974), George Maciunas (1931), and Justas Paleckis (1899).

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Among ACTORS In Lithuania

Among actors born in Lithuania, Donatas Banionis ranks 2. Before him are Laurence Harvey (1928). After him are Petr Shelokhonov (1929), Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė (1963), Jacques Sernas (1925), Cornell Borchers (1925), Regimantas Adomaitis (1937), Juozas Budraitis (1940), Vasily Kachalov (1875), and Agnia Ditkovskyte (1988).

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