Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor. He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.
| Movie | A Great Life, Part 2 | District committee secretary | 1946-08-09 |
| Movie | Seaman's Daughter | Captain Shestov | 1941-02-03 |
| Movie | No One is Funnier than Us | Grigoriy Ivanovich Korzhev | 1940-01-01 |
| Movie | Возвращение | Pogodin, Nikita's grandfather | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Yakov Sverdlov | 1940-12-12 | |
| Movie | Stepan Razin | Prince Baryatinskiy | 1939-02-09 |
| Movie | The Vyborg Side | Mishchenko | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | A Great Life | District committee secretary | 1939-11-11 |
| Movie | Minin and Pozharsky | Prokopiy Lyapunov | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Professor Mamlock | Resistance member | 1938-09-04 |
| Movie | Daughter of the Motherland | Grandfather Andron | 1937-01-01 |
| Movie | The Return of Maxim | Mishchenko, white-wooly mustached worker | 1937-04-01 |
| Movie | The Miners | Nikanor | 1937-08-22 |
| Movie | The Thirteen | Aleksandr Petrovich Postnikov, geologist | 1937-05-08 |
| Movie | I Love | Nikanor | 1936-05-09 |
| Movie | Love and Hate | Vasilisa's husband | 1935-03-03 |
| Movie | The Pilots | Ivan Khrushchev, moustachioed mechanic | 1935-04-24 |
| Movie | A Severe Young Man | Olga's Father | 1935-12-04 |
| Movie | Beautiful Garden | 1935-10-07 | |
| Movie | Nastenka Ustinova | Ustinov | 1934-01-01 |
| Movie | Outskirts | Pyotr Ivanonich Kadkin | 1933-03-25 |
| Movie | Deserter | Fritz Muller | 1933-09-18 |
| Movie | The Last Night | Unknown | 1933-12-10 |
| Movie | Conveyor of Death | Kashevskiy, master | 1933-11-06 |
| Movie | Diary of a Revolutionist | Stationmaster (uncredited) | 1932-02-29 |
| Movie | A Personal Affair | Unknown | 1932-04-24 |
| Movie | Misunderstood | Ivan Timofeyev | 1931-12-31 |
| Movie | A Simple Case | Uncle Sasha | 1930-12-31 |
| Movie | Heroes of the Furnace | Commissar | 1929-02-05 |
| Movie | Two-Buldi-Two | 1929-01-01 | |
| Movie | The Happy Canary | Worker | 1929-03-05 |
| Movie | Bread | Peasant | 1929-10-01 |
| Movie | The Drive of Death | Machinist Gavrilov | 1929-08-13 |
| Movie | For Your Health | Philistine | 1929-03-26 |
| Movie | Salamander | Pryer, typographer | 1928-04-11 |
| Movie | The White Eagle | State prisoner | 1928-10-09 |
| Movie | Storm Over Asia | The Russian Rebel Leader | 1928-11-10 |
| Movie | Who Are You? | Beggar | 1927-12-06 |
| Movie | The End of St. Petersburg | Worker (Rabochiy) | 1927-12-13 |
| Movie | Mother | Vlasov, the Father | 1926-10-11 |
| Movie | Эх, яблочко, куды котишься | Machinist | 1926-12-26 |