Nickname:	Misha
Known for:	White Nights, The Turning Point, Baryshnikov on Broadway
Birth name:	Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov
Birthday:	28 January 1948, Riga, Latvia, Soviet Union. [now independent Latvia]
Height:	5' 7" (1.70 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Ballet dancer turned actor Following his defection in Canada, the first ballet troupe that he performed with was the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Children by Lisa Rinehart: Peter Andrew (born 1989), Anna Katerina (born May 22nd 1992) and Sofia-Luisa (born May 24th 1994). Danced with the Bolshoi Ballet, the American Ballet Theatre and the New York City Ballet. Was romantically involved with legendary ballerinas Natalia Makarova and Gelsey Kirkland. Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actor (Play) for "Metamorphosis." Daughter Shura (Alexandra) Baryshnikov, whose mother is Jessica Lange, graduated from Marlboro College in Vermont, the same college that Chris Noth attended in the 70s. [2003] His name in English means "Michael." He appeared in three of the ballet programs which were Emmy-nominated for "Outstanding Classical Program in the Performing Arts" in the same year - "Giselle", "American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House", and "The Nutcracker". "Giselle" was the one that took home the Emmy, but "The Nutcracker" remains the one that has most often been shown and is consistently the most popular. The other two have not even been released on video or DVD, due to a royalties dispute about all "Live From Lincoln Center" programs. Hobby is golf. Taught by ballet instructor Bella Kovarsky when he was a child.

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