<P> Baryshnikov performed in his first film role soon after arriving in New York . He portrayed the character Yuri Kopeikine , a famous Russian womanizing ballet dancer , in the 1977 film The Turning Point , for which he received an Oscar nomination . He co-starred with Gregory Hines and Isabella Rossellini in the 1985 film White Nights , choreographed by Twyla Tharp ; and he was featured in the 1987 film Dancers . On television , in the last season of Sex and the City , he played a Russian artist , Aleksandr Petrovsky , who woos Carrie Bradshaw relentlessly and takes her to Paris . He co-starred in Company Business ( 1991 ) with Gene Hackman . </P>
<P> Baryshnikov performed in his first film role soon after arriving in New York . He portrayed the character Yuri Kopeikine , a famous Russian womanizing ballet dancer , in the 1977 film The Turning Point , for which he received an Oscar nomination . He co-starred with Gregory Hines and Isabella Rossellini in the 1985 film White Nights , choreographed by Twyla Tharp ; and he was featured in the 1987 film Dancers . On television , in the last season of Sex and the City , he played a Russian artist , Aleksandr Petrovsky , who woos Carrie Bradshaw relentlessly and takes her to Paris . He co-starred in Company Business ( 1991 ) with Gene Hackman . </P>
who plays aleksandr petrovsky in sex and the city
who plays aleksandr petrovsky in sex and the city
Baryshnikov
Baryshnikov