Biography

G‘ani Aʼzamov (Uzbek: Gʻani Aʼzamov; January 7, 1909, Tashkent, Russian Empire – 2001) was an Uzbek and Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1961). He was a laureate of the State Prize of the Uzbek SSR Named After Hamza. After completing the preparatory teacher training courses named after F. Dzerzhinsky in 1928, he worked as an educator at a school.

In 1930, he appeared on the stage of the Hamza Theater in Tashkent (now Uzbek National Academic Drama Theater). He performed in small episodes, various roles in crowd scenes, and eventually became interested in the art.

Throughout his 60-year creative career, Gani Aʼzamov consistently learned from great masters. Alongside elegant portrayals, Gani Aʼzamov crafted solid, decisive characters, such as the portrayal of Munajjim in Uygur and Izzat Sultanov's drama "Alisher Navoi," Arslonsher in the play "Chin muhabbat" by S. Azimov, Yusuf in the play "Soʻnggi nusxalar" by Abdulla Qahhor, Launce in William Shakespeare's comedy "The Two Gentlemen of Verona".

From the inception of the film magazine "Nashtar," he played Hodja Nasreddin in it.

Starting in 1953, Gani Agzamov acted in movies, creating a series of vivid characters in films produced at the "Uzbekfilm" film studio.