Rudolf Nureyev

Rudolf Nureyev was born on Mar 17, 1938 in USSR [now Russia]. Rudolf Nureyev's big-screen debut came with Romeo and Juliet directed by Paul Czinner in 1966, strarring Romeo. Rudolf Nureyev is known for Don Quixote directed by Robert Helpmann, Robert Helpmann stars as Don Quixote and Ray Powell as Sancho Panza. The upcoming new movie Rudolf Nureyev plays is Don Quixote which will be released on Sep 01, 2021.

He was an ethnic Tatar. He was educated at the Leningrad Ballet School and starred with Kirov Ballet. His first film was a USSR short Le Corsaire (1958). While performing in Paris in 1961 he defected to the West. He then performed internationally, becoming an Austrian citizen in 1982. The English/French documentary Un danseur: Rudolph Nureyev (1972), directed by Pierre Jourdan featured him and his long-time partner Margot Fonteyn. He played Rudolph Valentino in the film Valentino (1977) and Daniel Jelline in Surexposé (1983), his last film. In 1982, he starred in the US stage revival of "The King and I".