Deceased

How Did Donatas Banionis Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 90

Also known asДонатас Банёнис, Донатас Юозович Банионис, D. Banionis, Д. БанионисGenderMaleNationalitySoviet UnionBorn28/04/1924Born inKaunas, LithuaniaDied04/09/2014 (aged 90)Died inVilniusCausestrokeWikidataQ908633 ↗Buried atAntakalnis CemeteryTMDb#1190206 ↗

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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Filmography30 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2017	Ryuichi Sakamoto: CODAMovie	Kris Kelvin (archive footage)	93
2004	The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe and Archie GoodwinSeries	Nero Wolfe	80
2004	Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red SunMovie	Sveneld	80
2004	The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint OlgaMovie	—	80
2002	Nero Wolfe and Archie GoodwinSeries	Nero Wolfe	78
1994	Nobleman ZavalniaMovie	—	70
1990	Entrance to LabyrinthMovie	Mazardi	66
1990	Entrance to the MazeSeries	Mazardi	66
1989	Vera - Der schwere Weg der ErkenntnisSeries	—	65
1987	Cry of a DolphinMovie	Bar-Mattay - professor psychologist	63
1986	He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeMovie	Self (archive footage)	62
1982	Nicolo PaganiniSeries	—	58
1982	Nicolo PaganiniMovie	—	58
1982	A Child's WorldMovie	Mikhail Rasporkin	58
1980	The Monarch ButterflyMovie	—	56
1979	Identification Marks NoneMovie	Harting	55
1979	TerritoryMovie	Chinkov	55
1977	Cash Collector's BagMovie	Aleksey Tulyakov	53
1977	Mama, I’m AliveMovie	Mauris	53
1973	DiscoveryMovie	Сергей Матвеевич Юрышев (академик)	49
1972	Капитан ДжекMovie	Митя	48
1971	Goya: Or the Hard Way to EnlightenmentMovie	Goya	47
1970	King LearMovie	Albany	46
1969	The Red TentMovie	Adalberto Mariano	45
1968	Operation 'Trust'Movie	Eduard Ottovich Staunits	44
1968	Operation 'Trust'Series	Эдуард Оттович Стауниц - барон	44
1966	Beware of the Car!Movie	пастор, покупатель	42
1966	The Little PrinceMovie	Adult	42
1964	March, march! Tra-ta-ta!Movie	Major Varnalesa	40
1963	The Chronicle of One DayMovie	—	39