Abduraim Abduvahobov

Abduraim Abduvahobov (full name Abduvahobov Abduraim Abdullaxayevich) was an Uzbek stage and film actor, Honored Artist of Uzbekistan (2002). According to Wikipedia he was born on 8 August 1963 in Tashkent and died on 14 July 2020.

As a young man he attended amateur youth acting circles; he passed the audition held for the film «Shum bola» and played the lead, Qoravoy, the role that made him known to audiences. In 1984 he graduated from the acting faculty of the M. Uyg'ur Tashkent State Institute of Arts.

From 1991 to 2019 he worked at the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre (Milliy Teatr) and created about a hundred stage characters, among them roles in «Alisher Navoi», «Sohibqiron Temur», «King Lear», «Hamlet» and «Intrigue and Love». He appeared in about thirty film projects, including «Suyunchi» (1982), «Shaytanat» (1998), «Muhabbat sinovlari» (2002–2004) and «Nazira» (2017), and hosted the programmes «Lazzat» and «Galina Blanka».

He was awarded the Order of Friendship in 2014.