Biography
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860 – 1904) was a Russian playwright and writer, whose plays received international acclaim, and who as a short-story writer is still regarded as virtually unmatched. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. Chekhov was a physician by profession. "Medicine is my lawful wife", he once said, "and literature is my mistress."
The son of a former serf, Chekhov started out supporting his family by writing popular comic sketches as a medicine student. While practicing as a doctor, he produced his first full-length play, Ivanov (1887). He took up serious themes with stories such as “The Steppe” (1888) and “A Dreary Story” (1889); later stories include “Ward Number Six” (1892), “The Black Monk” (1894) and “The Lady with the Dog” (1899). His play The Seagull (1896) was badly received until its successful revival in 1899 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre. After this he converted his earlier work The Wood Demon (1889) into the universally acclaimed play Uncle Vanya (1897). To nurse his eventually fatal tuberculosis he moved to the Crimea, where he wrote his famous last plays, Three Sisters (1901) and The Cherry Orchard (1904).
Filmography
all 290
Movies 283
Writer 232
TV Shows 7
self 1
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024)
The Student (2024)
The Seagull (2023)
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2022)
Un selfie avec Anton Tchekhov (2022)
Le Moine Noir (2022)
The Cherry Orchard (2022)
The seagull - the movie (2022)
If Thalia Were Blind (2021)
Sonata (2021)
Crise de nerfs (2021)
Uncle Vanya (2020)
Escenario 0 (2020)
Wrecker (2020)
The Vanishing Field (2020)
The Cherry Orchard (2020)
National Theatre Live: Three Sisters (2019)
To Stumble (2019)
Uncle Vanya (2019)
Die Seemeeu (2019)
Onkel Wanja (2019)
Cherry Orchard (2019)
The Seagull (2018)
Three Sisters (2017)
The Seagull (2017)
Joker (2017)
Ogres (2016)
Platonow (2015)
Agafia (2015)
Le Rustre et le Juge (2015)
Three Sisters (2015)
The Diary of an Old Man (2015)
Still Alice (2014)
Ottaal (2014)
Days and Nights (2014)
Winter Sleep (2014)
It Can Pass Through the Wall (2014)
Hollywood Seagull (2013)
The Little Theater (2011)
National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard (2011)
Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)
Backstage Story (2009)
Ward No. 6 (2009)
Ivanov (2009)
The Orchard (2008)
Afternoon (2007)
Seagull (2007)
About Love (2006)
Digital Sam in Sam Saek 2006: Talk to Her (2006)
The Sisters (2005)
Ragin (2004)
About Love (2004)
Fear (2004)
Onkel Wanja (2004)
Kashtanka (2004)
Little Lili (2003)
Three Sisters (2003)
Mansion by the Lake (2002)
Chekhovian Motifs (2002)
Upheaval (2002)
Lover's Prayer (2001)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Nina (2000)
Speed for Thespians (2000)
Agáta (1999)
From Every Man I Loved (1999)
The Cherry Orchard (1999)
Chekhov and Co. (1998)
Racek (1997)
August (1996)
Frieriet (1995)
Onkel Vanja (1994)
Country Life (1994)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
A Golden Ring, a Bouquet of Scarlet Roses (1994)
Three Sisters (1994)
The Cherry Orchard (1993)
Brace Up! (1993)
If Only I Knew... (1993)
Swan Song (1992)
Oneskorené kvety (1992)
The Three Sisters (1991)
Uncle Vanya (1991)
Kasba (1991)
The Harmfulness of Tobacco (1991)
Three Years (1990)
Love and Fear (1988)
The Black Monk (1988)
The Death of a Government Clerk (1988)
Hôtel de France (1987)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Série rose (1986)
Ростислав Плятт читает Чехова (1986)
The Witch (1986)
Drei Schwestern (1986)
Big Volodya, Small Volodya (1985)
Rozprávanie pani N.N. (1985)
Incredible Bet, or True Event That Ended Happily Hundred Years Ago (1984)
Björnen (1984)
The Bear (1984)
Three Sisters (1984)
Lights (1984)
Из жизни земского врача (1984)
The Kiss (1983)
An Uneventful Story (1983)
Koe-chto iz Gubernskoy Zhizni (1983)
Švédská zápalka (1983)
Fish Day (1983)
The Man In The Case (1983)
Anyuta (1982)
La Cerisaie (1982)
Anyuta (1982)
Obyčajný príbeh (1982)
Dve duše (1982)
The Three Sisters (1981)
The Cherry Orchard (1981)
Vanka Zhukov (1981)
Les trois soeurs (1980)
Story of an Unknown Man (1980)
Three Years (1980)
Labutí píseň (1979)
Onkel Wanja (1979)
The Good Doctor (1978)
Soft-Boiled Boots (1978)
Хористка (1978)
El jardín de los cerezos (1978)
My Tender and Affectionate Beast (1978)
The Steppe (1978)
Il giardino dei ciliegi (1978)
The Seagull (1978)
Ward Six (1978)
Višňový sad (1978)
Il prigioniero (1978)
Drei Schwestern (1977)
Funny People! (1977)
An Unfinished Piece for Player Piano (1977)
The Seagull (1977)
Dead End (1977)
Der Herr der Schöpfung (1976)
The Cherry Orchard (1976)
Kaštanka (1976)
Racek (1976)
Kashtanka (1975)
The Seagull (1975)
Krankensaal 6 (1974)
The Wood Demon (1974)
Les Trois Sœurs (1974)
An Artist's Story (1974)
Romance with a Double Bass (1974)
The Duel (1973)
Mamad (1973)
A Misfortune (1973)
Ward Six (1973)
Nepriatelia (1973)
Моя жизнь (1972)
Rain (1972)
Prelietavka (1972)
The Seagull (1972)
Jeden ze soubojů (1972)
These Different, Different, Different Faces (1972)
Romance with a Double Bass (1972)
Švédska zápalka (1971)
The Cherry Orchard (1971)
Iwanow (1971)
Platonov (1971)
Onkel Wanja - Bilder aus dem Landleben (1971)
Jubileum (1971)
Zlodeji (1971)
Platonov (1971)
The Roundabout (1971)
Drama on the Hunt (1970)
Der Kirschgarten (1970)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
Körsbärsträdgården (1970)
Ujo Váňa (1970)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
Family Happiness (1970)
Alta comedia (1970)
Three Sisters (1970)
Belated Flowers (1970)
The Three Sisters (1970)
Archa bláznů aneb Vyprávění z konce života (1970)
Svadba (1970)
Главный свидетель (1969)
An Event (1969)
Úsměvy světa (1969)
The Father (1969)
Tío Vania (1969)
Bahno (1969)
Exam for Rank (1969)
Chameleón (1969)
Belated Flowers (1969)
The Sea Gull (1968)
Tragödie auf der Jagd (1968)
Суд (1968)
Román o base (1968)
Dieser Platonow (1967)
Na zapřenou (1967)
Navštívenka (1967)
Das schwedische Zündholz (1967)
Zločin a trik I. (1967)
Gooseberry (1967)
Eccentrics (1967)
Опекун (1967)
Deary (1966)
In the Town of S. (1966)
Лебединая песня (1966)
Labutí píseň (1966)
Шуточка (1966)
Drei Schwestern (1966)
Pflicht ist Pflicht (1966)
The Three Sisters (1966)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
The Three Sisters (1965)
The Teacher of Literature (1965)
Ein Sommer - ein Herbst (1964)
Das Duell (1964)
Der Seitensprung (1964)
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964)
Ivanov (1964)
Аптекарша (1964)
The Seagull (1964)
Tři sestry (1964)
Uncle Vanya (1963)
Tears the World Can't See (1963)
Black Sabbath (1963)
Starostlivý otec (1963)
Die Möwe (1963)
Der jähzornige junge Mann (1963)
Die Nacht der Schrecken (1963)
Die Rache (1962)
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
The Steppe (1962)
Námluvy (1961)
The Wedding (1961)
Пёстрые рассказы (1961)
Duel (1961)
The House with the Mezzanine (1961)
Враги (1961)
Medvěd (1961)
Vanka (1960)
Les trois soeurs (1960)
Mest (1960)
Lady with the Dog (1960)
Proizvedenie iskusstva (1960)
Podzimní slunce (1960)
Drama (1960)
Егерь (1960)
Måsen (1959)
The Proposal (1959)
The Witch (1959)
Либерал (1959)
La Sorcière (1958)
Revenger (1958)
Uncle Vanya (1957)
Boots (1957)
The Bride (1956)
Medvěd (1956)
The Lottery Ticket (1956)
Folio (1955)
Das Streichholz unterm Bett (1955)
The Grasshopper (1955)
The Safety Match (1954)
The Anna Cross (1954)
Il matrimonio (1954)
Medvěd (1953)
Iniquity (1953)
Toto and the Kings of Rome (1952)
Kashtanka (1952)
The Bad Boy (1951)
Story of the Bass Cello (1949)
Summer Storm (1944)
Юбилей (1944)
Wedding (1944)
Surgery (1939)
Man in a Shell (1939)
The Bear (1938)
The Bear (1938)
Маска (1938)
Ranks and People (1929)
Superfluous People (1926)
Kashtanka (1926)
Tsvety zapozdalye (1917)
Long Live... Mice (1916)
Romance with a Double Bass (1911)
The Country Man, or The Involuntary Tragedian (1911)
Champ Libre
Il gabbiano
Kolme suudelmaa
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GenderMale
Birthday1860-01-29
Deathday1904-07-15 (44 years old)
Birth NameАнтонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ
Birth PlaceTaganrog, Russia
RelationshipsOlga Knipper (1901-01-01 - 1904-01-01)
FatherPavel Chekhov
MotherEvgenia Chekhova
SiblingsMaria Chekhova, Mikhail Chekhov, Nikolai Chekhov, Alexander Chekhov
CitizenshipsRussian Empire
ResidencesMelikhovo, Russia
Also Known AsАнтон Чехов, Anton Pavlovič Čechov, Anton Čechov, A. P. Čechov, Anton Tchekhov, Anton Tjechov
AwardsMedal for works on the first general census, Honorary Citizen of the Russian Empire, Pushkin Prize, Order of Saint Stanislaus, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class
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