Donatas Banionis was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Tarkovsky's Solaris as Kris Kelvin. He was born in Kaunas, Lithuania.
- Occupation
- theatre director, stage actor, film actor, politician
- Position held
- deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
- Citizenship
- Soviet Union, Lithuania
- Born
- April 28, 1924
- Died
- September 4, 2014
