Nurmukhan Zhanturin

Known for ActingBorn 1928-04-22Died 1990-05-02

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 screenRead more

Movies & web series

Fear of the Ninth Son, Oh Enemy

The Wolverine's Trail

A Poem About Love

Amulanga

White Shaman

My Love Is in the Third Year

Forest Ballad

Road of a Thousand Miles

Daughter of the Steppes

Zhambyl

Nomadic Front

Listen, on the Other Side

Saltanat

Roads of Fire

Goodbye, Gyulsary!

Beybars

The Invincible

His Time Will Come

Alitet Leaves for the Hills

The End of the Ataman

The Seventh Bullet

Surzhekey: Angel of Death

The First Echelon

Heat

Prince Danylo Halytskyi

Grandma the General

Sultan Beybars

Bizzare World of Hopes and Dreams

Golden Woman

Fly, Crane

The Salty River of Childhood

Native Steppes

A Month to Think

It's Time for Ringing Heat

Reapers

The Decisive Battle

The Treasure of the Black Mountains

The Еhird Side of the Coin

Genie's Space Adventures

The Choice

Beloved

Steppe Roar

Eagle Dance

Swallows Arrive in Spring

Epiphany

Where the Mountains are White

White Square

In Those Days