Bakhtiyor Akhmedovich Ikhtiyarov (Uzbek: Baxtiyor Ixtiyorov / Бахтиёр Ихтиёров, Russian: Бахтиёр Ахмедович Ихтияров; 28 March 1940 – 21 November 2021) was a Soviet and Uzbek actor.

Career

Ikhtiyarov was born in Bukhara. He started his career as a theatre actor, but in 1964 he starred in Ali Hamroyev's Yor-yor, one of the most successful Uzbek comedies of all time. Following that, he became a well-known actor and regularly appeared in many movies from 1964 on. In 1989, he was given the title People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR.[1]

Personal life

He was married to the actress, People's Artist of Uzbekistan Mariam Ikhtiyarovа (nee Ruzmetova, born in 1939).[2][3]

Ikhtiyarov died on 21 November 2021 in Tashkent.[4]

Filmography

• 1964: Yor-yor as Bakhtiar[5]
• 1969: Oʻtgan kunlar as puppeteer
• 1972: The Seventh Bullet as Sagdulla
• 1977: The Mischievous Boy as crazy man
• 1983: Hot Summer in Kabul as Jamali
• 1991: Shikari: The Hunter as Bakhtiar-aka

References

External links

• Bakhtiyor Ikhtiyarov at IMDb
• Экран. Стр. 144 (1964)