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 321
Movies 314
Writer 226
TV Shows 7
self 1
Screenplay 1
The Seagull (2024)
A Joke (2024)
National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024)
The Seagull (2023)
National Theatre Live: The Seagull (2022)
Un selfie avec Anton Tchekhov (2022)
The seagull (2021)
Sonata (2021)
Uncle Vanya (2020)
Escenario 0 (2020)
Wrecker (2020)
Uncle Vanya (2019)
Die Seemeeu (2019)
Onkel Wanja (2019)
The Seagull (2018)
The Seagull (2017)
Joker (2017)
Ogres (2016)
Platonow (2015)
Agafia (2015)
Ottaal (2014)
La Mouette (2012)
Ivanov (2009)
The Orchard (2008)
Uncle Vanya (2007)
Afternoon (2007)
Seagull (2007)
About Love (2006)
The Sisters (2005)
Ragin (2004)
About Love (2004)
Fear (2004)
Onkel Wanja (2004)
Kashtanka (2004)
Little Lili (2003)
Upheaval (2002)
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)
Nina (2000)
Agáta (1999)
Requiem (1999)
Chekhov and Co. (1998)
Racek (1997)
August (1996)
Junior Lieutenant (1996)
Frieriet (1995)
Onkel Vanja (1994)
Country Life (1994)
Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)
Brace Up! (1993)
Swan Song (1992)
Uncle Vanya (1991)
Kasba (1991)
Three Years (1990)
Love and Fear (1988)
Sala nr 6 (1987)
Jubileum (1987)
Dark Eyes (1987)
Softly from Paris (1986)
The Witch (1986)
Medvěd (1985)
Rozprávanie pani N. N. (1985)
Björnen (1984)
The Bear (1984)
Svatba s generálem (1984)
Lights (1984)
The Kiss (1983)
An Uneventful Story (1983)
Courtship (1983)
Fish Day (1983)
Hasičský plášť (1983)
Anyuta (1982)
Ivanov (1982)
La Cerisaie (1982)
Anyuta (1982)
Dve duše (1982)
Vanka Zhukov (1981)
Three Years (1980)
Labutí píseň (1979)
Onkel Wanja (1979)
The Steppe (1978)
The Seagull (1978)
Višňový sad (1978)
Ward Six (1978)
The Wife (1977)
Dead End (1977)
Racek (1976)
Kaštanka (1976)
Kashtanka (1975)
The Seagull (1975)
The Bad Boy (1974)
The Duel (1973)
Mamad (1973)
A Misfortune (1973)
Ward Six (1973)
Nepriatelia (1973)
My Life (1972)
Rain (1972)
Prelietavka (1972)
The Seagull (1972)
Iwanow (1971)
Platonov (1971)
Jubileum (1971)
Zlodeji (1971)
Platonov (1971)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
Ujo Váňa (1970)
Uncle Vanya (1970)
Alta comedia (1970)
Three Sisters (1970)
Svadba (1970)
An Event (1969)
Úsměvy světa (1969)
The Father (1969)
Tío Vania (1969)
Bahno (1969)
Chameleón (1969)
The Sea Gull (1968)
Суд (1968)
Román o base (1968)
Na zapřenou (1967)
Navštívenka (1967)
Zločin a trik I. (1967)
Опекун (1967)
Deary (1966)
Labutí píseň (1966)
Labutí píseň (1966)
Шуточка (1966)
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
Das Duell (1964)
Ivanov (1964)
Аптекарша (1964)
Tři sestry (1964)
Uncle Vanya (1963)
Onkel Vanja (1963)
Starostlivý otec (1963)
Die Möwe (1963)
Die Rache (1962)
The Steppe (1962)
Námluvy (1961)
The Wedding (1961)
Duel (1961)
Враги (1961)
Medvěd (1961)
Vanka (1960)
Mest (1960)
Podzimní slunce (1960)
Drama (1960)
Huntsman (1960)
Måsen (1959)
Too Salty (1959)
The Proposal (1959)
The Witch (1959)
Liberal (1959)
La Sorcière (1958)
Revenger (1958)
Uncle Vanya (1957)
Boots (1957)
The Bride (1956)
Medvěd (1956)
Folio (1955)
Medvěd (1953)
Iniquity (1953)
Kashtanka (1952)
The Bad Boy (1951)
Story of the Bass Cello (1949)
Юбилей (1944)
Summer Storm (1944)
Wedding (1944)
Surgery (1939)
The Bear (1938)
The Bear (1938)
Маска (1938)
Kashtanka (1926)
Drama on the Hunt (1918)
Lawlessness (1915)
The Apple Trees
Champ Libre
Il gabbiano
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1860-01-29
Deathday1904-07-15 (44 years old)
Birth NameАнтонъ Павловичъ Чеховъ
Birth PlaceTaganrog, Russia
RelationshipsOlga Knipper (1901 - 1904)
FatherPavel Chekhov
MotherEvgenia Chekhova
SiblingsMaria Chekhova, Mikhail Chekhov, Nikolai Chekhov, Alexander Chekhov
CitizenshipsRussian Empire
ResidencesMelikhovo, Russia
Also Known AsA. P. Čechov, А. П. Чехов, Антон Павлович Чехов, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pawlowitsch Tschechow
AwardsOrder of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class, Medal for works on the first general census, Honorary Citizen of the Russian Empire, Pushkin Prize
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