Kenenbai Kozhabekov

Known for ActingBorn 1928-03-03Died 1988-11-03Kaskelen, Kazakh ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Qaskeleng, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan]

He was born on March 3, 1928, in the village of Aksengir. He graduated from the acting department of the Almaty Theater and Arts College in 1950. In 1949, he made his film debut with the role of the Chukchi Ayye in the movie Alitet Leaves for the Mountains, directed by Mark Donskoy. Donskoy had also selected other future prominent actors, including Nurmukhan Zhanturin (who played the role of Tumatughe) and Gulfayrus Ismailova. From 1950 to 1967, he performed on the stage of the Kazakh Theater for Young Audiences (Kazakh TЮZ). From 1958, he was an actor at the Kazakhfilm studio, where a documentary film about him, The Return of Kenenbay, was made in 1975. In the late 1960s, during a fight with bandits, he sustained a severe injury and became disabled. For the rest of his life, Kozhabekov was confined to a wheelchair, but he continued to act, mainly in episodic roles and those where walking was not required. The film The Wolf's Pit highlighted his acting skills, even though he was confined to a wheelchair.Read more

Movies & web series

An Unquiet Spring

The Messengers Hurry

Lady Zhibek

Turksib

Trizna

Dzhigit Girl

Zhambyl

Alitet Leaves for the Hills

My Name Is Kozha

Sultan Beybars

Nesibeli

Wolf Pit

The Last Crossing

It's Time for Ringing Heat

Keep Your Star

Hey You, the Cowboys!

A Parable of Love

If Each of Us

One Night

We Are From Semirechye