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Donatas Banionis

Acting

Born April 28, 1924 · Kaunas, Lithuania

Died September 4, 2014

Also known as Donatas Banionis · Донатас Банёнис · Донатас Юозович Банионис

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Biography

Donatas Banionis 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.

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Awards & recognition

  • Commander of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
  • Lithuanian National Prize
  • Meritorious Artist of the Lithuanian SSR
  • National Prize of East Germany
  • Order — Merits to Lithuania
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  • Order of Friendship
  • Order of Honour
  • Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas
  • Order of the October Revolution
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour
  • People's Artist of the USSR
  • Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour
  • USSR State Prize

Filmography5 titles

Solaris

1972as Kris Kelvin

Watch Out for the Automobile

1966as пастор, покупатель

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda

2017as Kris Kelvin (archive footage)

King Lear

1970as Albany

The Red Tent

1969as Adalberto Mariano