Born
22 April 1928 (97)
Also known as
Nurmachan Shanturin
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...
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 screen
Surzhekey: Angel of Death
1991
Beybars
1989
Sultan Beybars
1989
Amulanga
1988
Bizzare World of Hopes and Dreams
1988
Prince Danylo Halytskyi
1987
Golden Woman
1987
Fly, Crane
1985
Fear, Enemy, the Ninth Son
1984
The Invincible
1983
The Salty River of Childhood
1983
White Shaman
1982
Native Steppes
1982
Grandma the General
1982
It's Time for Ringing Heat
1980
A Month to Think
1980
The Decisive Battle
1979
The Treasure of the Black Mountains
1979
The Wolverine's Trail
1979
Reapers
1979
The Еhird Side of the Coin
1977
My Love Is in the Third Year
1976
Genie's Space Adventures
1975
Beloved
1975
Eagle Dance
1975
The Choice
1975
Steppe Roar
1975
Swallows Arrive in Spring
1974
Epiphany
1973
The Seventh Bullet
1973
Where the Mountains are White
1973
Forest Ballad
1972
Listen, on the Other Side
1972
Nomadic Front
1972
White Square
1971
In Those Days
1970
The End of Ataman
1970
Goodbye, Gyulsary!
1969
Road of a Thousand Miles
1968
The Most Obedient
1966