Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
13
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-11-28
Day of Death
1995-05-18 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Sakhalin, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]
Also Known As
Александр Годунов
Aleksandr Godunov
Alexander Godunov
Biography
Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – May 18, 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet, he became the troupe's Premier danseur. In 1979, he defected to the United States. While continuing to dance, he also began working as a supporting actor in Hollywood films. He had several small but prominent roles in films such as Witness (1985) and Die Hard (1988). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Godunov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
