Donatas Banionis

Donatas Banionis

Born	(1924-04-28)28 April 1924 Kaunas, Lithuania
Died	4 September 2014(2014-09-04) (aged 90) Vilnius, Lithuania
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1941-2013

Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Lithuanian actor. He 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. 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 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' play in the 1968 Soviet spy film Dead Season was the reason why he joined the KGB.^[1] Banionis died on 4 September 2014 from a stroke.^[2] He was 90 years old.

Selected filmography

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Marytė (1947) as Peter
Nobody Wanted to Die (1966) as Vaitkus
Beware of the Car (1966) as pastor
Dead Season (1968) as Ladeinikov
The Red Tent (1969) as Adalberto Mariano
Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment (1971) as Goya
King Lear (1971) as Duke of Albany
Solaris (1972) as Kris Kelvin
Mama, I'm Alive (1977) as Major Mauris
Faktas (1981) as Colonel Titel
Cry of the Dolphin (1987) as Bar-Mattai
Anastasia (2006) as father
Attack on Leningrad (2009) as Toivo
Tadas Blinda. Start (2011) as Mikhail Muravyov

References

↑ "How the Actor Donatas Banionis Inspired Vladimir Putin to Become a Spy". The Daily Beast.com. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
↑ "Soviet-Era Actor Who Inspired Vladimir Putin Dies at 90". Hollywood Reporter.com. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

External links

Donatas Banionis at the Internet Movie Database

Recipients of the Lithuanian National Prize

1989–1993	1989 J. Juškaitis A. Martinaitis Š. Sauka K. Matuzevičius H. Šablevičius Čiurlionis Quartet J. Tankevičius D. Dikšaitis G. Dačinskas S. Lipčius 1990 J. Juzeliūnas K.N. Kitkauskas A. Steponavičius Z. Žemaitytė R. Požerskis 1991 V. Bložė J. Kačinskas G. Karalius B. Radzevičius P.R. Vaitekūnas 1992 V. Antanavičius K. Bradūnas V. Drėma P. Geniušas A. Šliogeris 1993 P. Bingelis V. Daujotytė V. Kavolis V. Kašuba L. Noreika

1994–1998	1994 S. Geda G. Rinkevičius A. Dovydėnas R. Midvikis A. Žebrauskas R. Krištapavičius A. Sakalauskas R. Tuminas 1995 A. Macijauskas R. Katilius B. Kutavičius A. Petrulis V. Šerys J. Mekas A. Rubšys 1996 O. Balakauskas S. Kuzma V. Masalskis V. Prudnikovas J. Strielkūnas E. Špokaitė V. Valius 1997 A. Nyka-Niliūnas O. Narbutaitė P. Repšys J. Erlickas A. Šenderovas R. Ibelgauptienė Z. Ibelgauptas E. Nekrošius 1998 V. Bartulis F. Jakubauskas A. Kunčius M. Martinaitis D. Sauka A. Šaltenienė A. Bumblauskas A. Galinis E. Gudavičius A. Žostautas

1999–2003	1999 J. Onaitytė D. Kajokas K. Pempė G. Ramunis A. Savickas L.L. Katinas M. Navakas A. Zalatorius S. Sondeckis O. Narbutienė 2000 E. Cukermanas D. Kasčiūnaitė R. Granauskas T. Venclova N. Miliauskaitė I. Milkevičiūtė J. Domarkas V. Bagdonas A. Jacovskis 2001 L. Gutauskas Š. Bartas J. Marcinkevičius F. Bajoras V. Urmanavičiūtė L.V. Strioga S. Eidrigevičius D. Katkus K. Smoriginas 2002 R. Antinis P. Vyšniauskas O. Koršunovas J. Juozapaitis A. Každailis A. Stonys J. Mikelinskas K. Platelis D. Geringas 2003 A.J. Kuras J. Aleksa V. Juozapaitis V. Barkauskas A.A. Jonynas P. Dirgėla B. Vilimaitė A. Sutkus J. Vaitkus

2004–2008	2004 O. Baliukonytė S. Parulskis J. Paulėkaitė P. Mazūras M. Vilutis R. Mažulis S. Stonytė S. Žvirgždas Vilnius State Quartet A. Vainiūnaitė A. Šilalė G. Jakaitis A. Vasiliauskas 2005 G. Varnas L. Oržekauskienė J. Aputis J. Ivanauskaitė K. Jaroševaitė V. Laurušas A. Marčėnas A. Matelis R. Šervenikas 2006 S. Juškys K. Navakas N. Lukšionytė-Tolvaišienė V. Balčytis J.V. Bruveris R. Kepežinskas M. Rubackytė R. Sakalauskas A. Vizgirda 2007 V. Kernagis A. Andriuškevičius Š. Nakas V. Paukštė N. Urbonienė G. Urbonas Z. Nagytė-Katiliškienė 2008 R. Staliliūnaitė-Matulionienė V. Povilionienė A. Gailius R. Šerkšnytė D. Narkevičius V. Juknaitė

2009–2013	2009 A. Grikevičius J.R. Jurašas R. Kazlas M. Matušakaitė R. Rakauskas R. Skučaitė 2010 V. Noreika I. Meras V. Augustinas R. Rastauskas P. Mataitis D. Mataitienė J. Gasiūnas 2011 A. Žebriūnas A. Aleksandravičius V. Landsbergis K. Grigaliūnas H. Čigriejus A. Krikščiūnaitė 2012 V. Vildžiūnas K. Nastopka V. Mazūras E. Miliūnas Ž. Kempinas M. Pitrėnas 2013 D. Banionis F. Latėnas G. Kuprevičius V. Braziūnas J. Budraitis J. Gricius

2014–2018	2014 R. Adomaitis J. G. Kanovičius R. Palekas N. Savičenko E. V. Sventickas A. Šeškus 2015 A. J. Ambrazas L. M. Digrys D. Gavenonis G. Subačienė V. Urbanavičius J. G. Žilytė

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 163529692 LCCN: no2003054860 ISNI: 0000 0001 1483 1188 GND: 132225166 SUDOC: 09409716X BNF: cb14017758v (data)

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