Talgat Nigmatulin

Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin (Tatar: Təlğət Qadıyr uğlı Niğmətulin, Russian: Талга́т Кады́рович Нигмату́лин; 5 March 1949, in Kyzyl-Kiya – 11 February 1985, in Vilnius) was a famous Soviet actor and martial artist. Nigmatullin was born on October 5, 1949 in a Tatar-Uzbek family in Kirgizia. He took part in many action movies. Perhaps his most famous movie was Pirates of the 20th Century. He also appeared in the following films:

Talgat Nigmatulin
Born
Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin

(1949-03-05)March 5, 1949
DiedFebruary 11, 1985(1985-02-11) (aged 35)

Selected filmography

  • 1969 — Her Name is Spring (Её имя - Весна) as Pulat Sadykov
  • 1971 — The Night At the 14th Parallel as Sitong
  • 1972 — The Seventh Bullet (Седьмая пуля) as Ismail
  • 1977 — Armed and Dangerous (Вооружен и очень опасен) as Joyce
  • 1979 — Pirates of the 20th Century (Пираты 20-ого века) as Salikh
  • 1981 — The Right to Shoot as captain of the schooner "Kiyoshi"
  • 1981 — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (Приключения Тома Сойера и Гекльберри Финна) as Injun Joe
  • 1983 — The Wolf Pit (Волчья яма) as Samat Kasimov
  • 1984 — Lonely and Unarmed (Один и без оружия) as Khan
  • 1985 — Confrontation (Противостояние) as Urazbaev, a police captain in Kokand

Death

Nigmatulin became a follower of Abai Borubayev, a teacher from Central Asia who had found favour with Moscow art circles, and was murdered in 1985 by other followers of Borubayev, in the latter's presence.[1][2]

References

  1. Westerlund, David (ed.) (2004). Sufism in Europe and North America. New York, NY: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 89. ISBN 0-415-32591-9.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. Talgat Nigmatulin at IMDb


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