Murad Yagizarov
Murad Yagizarov | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 July 1939 Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR |
| Died | 13 September 2025 (aged 86) Munich, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1958–2025 |
| Awards | |
Murad Yagizarov (Azerbaijani: Hacı Murad Yagizarov, 18 July 1939 – 13 September 2025) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani actor. He was honored as the People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1982.[1]
Life and career
Hacı Murad Hacı Ahmed oğlu Yagizarov was born on 18 July 1939, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. While studying at school, he performed in the drama club. The famous actor Alasgar Alakbarov, who watched the speech, advised him to enter the Theater Institute. He studied at the acting faculty of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in the course of Maharram Hashimov (1958–1962). Since 1962, he was working at the Azerbaijan State Academic Russian Drama Theatre named after Samad Vurgun.[2]
Yagizarov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1973 to 1991.
Personal life and death
His great-grandfather was descended from the Shamakhi Khans. One side of it is from Kumyks of Buynaksk. After the October Revolution, his father was exiled from the city of Buynaksk to Siberia, but after many years he was able to return to Baku. People from the same roots as him live in Makhachkala, Kislovodsk, Baku and other cities of the Caucasus.[3][4]
Yagizarov died in Germany on 13 September 2025, at the age of 86.[5]
Filmography
- On Distant Shores (1958) as partisan
- The Stepmother (1958) as Ayaz
- Matteo Falcone (1960) as soldier (uncredited)
- Babek (1979) as Khalifa Mamun
Awards and honors
- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974)
- People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1982)[6]
- Shohrat Order (2009)[7]
- Sharaf Order (2019)[8]
References
- ^ "Ягизаров Гаджи Мурад Гаджи Ахмедович". Archived from the original on 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "Hacı Murad Yegizarov və Fuad Poladov…". Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ Ülviyyə Həsənqızı (9 January 2017). ""Onun dərdindən dəliyə dönmüşdüm"" (in Azerbaijani). Primetime.az. Archived from the original on 25 April 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Hacı Murad Yagizarov: "Aktyoru hər adam başa düşə bilməz"". Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "People's Artist Haji Murad Yagizarov passes away". Apa.az. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Respublika teatr sənətinin işçilərinə Azərbaycan SSR fəxri adları verilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan SSR Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 1 dekabr 1982-ci il tarixli Fərmanı" (PDF). www.anl.az. 5 December 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "H.H.Yagizarovun "Şöhrət" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı". Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
- ^ President.Az (1 August 2019). "H.H.Yagizarovun "Şərəf" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı" (in Azerbaijani). www.president.az. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2024.