About

Known credits:
45
Birthday:
1928-04-22
Place of birth:
Kondaurovo (modern Makhambet district of the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan)
Website:
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Nurmukhan Zhanturin

Overview

Nurmukhan Zhanturin was born in the settlement of Kondaurovo, Guriev Region (now known as Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan) on April 22, 1928. At the age of 14 he started working as an operator's assistant in a Guriev oil prospecting group, and later attended motion picture operator courses in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Alma-Ata Movie School in 1950 and the Acting Dept. of the Ostrovsky Institute of Performing Arts (Tashkent) in 1952[4] and soon joined Auezov Theater. His first screen roles go back to 1948, while 1967 saw Zhanturin officially employed at Kazakhfilm Studios. He returned to the theater in 1988 and continued to work there until his death in 1990.

Zhanturin's best-known roles include Chokan Valikhanov (eponymous play by Sabit Mukanov), Kodar (Kozy Korpesh — Bayan Sulu by Gabit Musirepov), Kebek and Syrym (Enlik-Kebek and Karakoz by Mukhtar Auezov), Arman (One Tree Does Not Make a Forest by Abdilda Tazhibaev), Kaben (Unquenchable Fire by Zeinulla Kabdulov), Sanzhan (Unfunny Comedy by Akim Tarazi), Doctor (The Forgotten Man by Nâzım Hikmet), Sintaro (A Woman's Life by Kaoru Morimoto), Molière (The Cabal of Hypocrites by Mikhail Bulgakov), as well as Iago and Macbeth in Shakespeare's Othello and Macbeth (the latter in a production at the Seifullin Theater in Karaganda).

Mark Donskoy spotted Zhanturin's talent when scouting the Central Asia for actors for his movie Alitet Leaves for the Hills (after a 1950 novel by Syomushkin). Nurmukhan played the role of a young man named Tumatuge. This first screen role paved his way to popularity. Nurmukhan's other well-known roles included Kerim (Daughter of the Steppes, 1954), Dzhoomart (Saltanat, 1955), Alzhanov (On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh, 1959), Abakir (Heat, 1962), Tagay (Dzhura, 1964), Tanabay (The Trotter's Gait, 1968), Ablaykhanov (The End of the Ataman, 1970), Kurmangazy (Kurmangazy, 1974). He first appeared as Shoqan Walikhanov in the 1957 movie His Time Will Come (directed by Mazhit Begalin). Zhanturin's eponymous role in Sultan Baybars brought him a prize for Special Achievements in Acting (shared with Nonna Mordyukova) at Sozvezdie-90 USSR national festival. He performed a total of more than 50 roles on screen

Known for

Acting
1991 Surzhekey: Angel of Death Actor 58
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1989 Sultan Beybars Actor Sultan Baybars N/A
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1989 Beybars Actor Sultan Beybars N/A
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1988 Amulanga Actor N/A
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1988 Bizzare World of Hopes and Dreams Actor N/A
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1987 Prince Danylo Halytskyi Actor Batu Khan 58
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1987 Golden Woman Actor дядя Евдей N/A
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1985 Fly, Crane Actor N/A
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1984 Fear, Enemy, the Ninth Son Actor Tasbol N/A
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1983 The Invincible Actor Dshuma 58
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1982 White Shaman Actor N/A
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1982 Native Steppes Actor N/A
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1982 Grandma the General Actor N/A
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1982 The Salty River of Childhood Actor Зейнулла-ата N/A
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1980 A Month to Think Actor N/A
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1979 The Decisive Battle Actor N/A
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1979 The Treasure of the Black Mountains Actor N/A
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1979 След росомахи Actor N/A
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1979 Roads of Fire Actor 69
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1979 Жнецы Actor Keldenov N/A
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1975 Genie's Space Adventures Actor N/A
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1975 The Choice Actor N/A
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1975 Steppe Roar Actor N/A
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1973 Epiphany Actor Voice N/A
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1973 The Seventh Bullet Actor 58
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1973 Where the Mountains are White Actor N/A
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1972 Listen, on the Other Side Actor Kamutabara N/A
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1971 White Square Actor Bit part N/A
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1971 Nomadic Front Actor Лопзон N/A
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1970 The End of Ataman Actor Ablaikhanov 58
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1969 Goodbye, Gyulsary! Actor 59
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1968 Road of a Thousand Miles Actor Sardarbek N/A
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1965 Plane Tree on the Rock Actor Ilyas N/A
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1964 Dzhura Actor Tagay N/A
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1963 Heat Actor Abakir 58
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1959 On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh Actor Alzhanov N/A
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1958 His Time Will Come Actor 58
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1955 The First Echelon Actor 58
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1954 A Poem About Love Actor Kodar N/A
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1954 Daughter of the Steppes Actor N/A
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1953 Zhambyl Actor N/A
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1950 Alitet Leaves for the Hills Actor 58
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Любимая Actor N/A
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Directing
1979 The Treasure of the Black Mountains Directing Director N/A
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1972 Forest Ballad Directing Director N/A
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