Yashar Nuri

Biography

Yashar Nuri (Azerbaijani: Yaşar Nuri) was an Azerbaijani film, television and theater actor and a member of the Azerbaijan State Academic Drama Theatre. He appeared in more than fifty Azeri and Soviet era films, as well as more than 100 television and stage roles. On the stage first came out at the age of 11, playing the role of Tapdyga in the play "Whose wedding is this?" At the Azerbaijan State Theater of Musical Comedy. While studying at school, he was a leading child and youth programmer, participated in drama circles. In 1968 he graduated from secondary school No. 173 in Baku and entered the faculty of film acting of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts for the course of famous teachers Rza Tahmasib and Aliheydar Alakbarov. During his studies he played roles in several productions, including "Sevil" (Balash), "Wedding" (Salmanov), "Guilty Without Guilt" (Neznamov), etc. In 1972, after graduating from the institute, he served in the army for a year and, having returned, worked as an actor in the educational theater of the Institute. In 1974, at the invitation of the chief director of the Academic National Drama Theater, he was accepted into the acting company of the collecti…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Scoundrel (1989) — Mashalla
2. The Kidnapping of Groom (1985) — Israfil
3. The Joke (1990) — Mammad
4. The Road Story (1981) — Makintosh
5. The Birthday Party (1977) — Eldar
6. The Window of Sadness (1986) — Karbala resident
7. Uzeyir's Life (1981) — Zulfugar Hadjibeyov
8. The Devil under the Windshield (1988) — Nazimzadeh
9. All For The Best (1997) — Abdulgani
10. The Lion Ran Away from the House (1977) — Father
11. The Musicians from Bremen (2000)
12. Execution Day (1990) — Mahmud
13. Mesozoic Story (1976) — Rauf
14. National Bomb (2004) — Producer Abdulgani
15. The Jinn in Microdistrict (1986) — Azer
16. Painful Roads (1982) — Small Giant
17. The Poet (1991)
18. Yellow Leaves in Summer (1986) — Rizvan
19. Hello from the Other World (1991) — Mashadi Oruj
20. Garden Season (1985) — Jabbar (voice)
21. Məşədi İbad 94 (2005) — Həkim
22. Be Human! (2005) — Zeynal's Father
23. The Dream (2001) — Khalil
24. The Window (1991) — Nasib
25. In the Fire (1978) — Ajdar
26. Wait for the Signal from the Sea (1986) — Captain
27. Beast (1994)
28. Surayya (1987) — Musa
29. Nakas (1991)
30. The Truth of the Moment (2003) — Abid Sharifov
31. In the Train (1981) — Dadashov
32. Part-time (1995) — Muxtar
33. The Unfinished Song (1979) — Musician
34. Four Sundays (1974) — Seyran
35. When the Owl Flies (1978) — Doctor
36. The Diversion (1989) — Rahimov
37. The Basement (1990)
38. The Frenchman (1995) — Atabala
39. The Istanbul Plane (2010) — Aghasi
40. I Will Burn in the Fire of Purification (1991) — Ogtay

Directed

1. Thank You (1998) — Director