Nabi Rahimov (Uzbek: Nabi Rahimov, Наби Раҳимов; Russian: Наби Рахимов, romanized Nabi Rakhimov; 7 November 1911 — 23 November 1994) was an Uzbek and Soviet stage and film actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1964).

Life and work

Nabi Rahimov was born in Kokand, then the Russian Empire.^[1] He began acting at the age of 6, and began working in theater at the age of 14 in 1926. In 1929, he began working at the Uzbek Theater named after Hamza in Tashkent, where he worked until his death 1994. In 1945, he became a member of the Communist Party. In 1946, Rahimov began teaching at the Tashkent Theater Institute, where he taught until 1961.^[2][3]

Throughout his career, Rahimov acted in many plays and movies, playing roles ranging from tragic characters to heroes,^[4] working with many other famous Uzbek actors and actresses, including Sora Eshontoʻrayeva, Mannon Uygur, and Abror Hidoyatov. He played the roles of main characters in a wide variety of plays, including in foreign classics. In particular, he played the roles of Iago in Othello, Laertes in Hamlet, and Duke of Albany in King Lear, in addition to playing key roles in Uzbek dramas such as Boʻriboy in Togʻa va jiyanlar, Bobo Kayfiy in Mirzo Ulugʻbek, and Shokir ota in Qutlugʻ qon.^[5] He also appeared in the celebrated Uzbek films Maftuningman (1958) and Kelinlar qoʻzgʻoloni (1984).

Rahimov died in Tashkent at the age of 83.^[5]

Awards and honors

• People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1950)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1951)
• Order of Lenin (1959)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1964)
• State Hamza Prize (1967)
• USSR State Prize (1977)
• Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class (1986)
• Order of Outstanding Merit (awarded posthumously in 2004)

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