Boris Gafurov

Boris Gafurov was born on 17 July 1972 in Namangan. In 1993 he graduated from the acting department of the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute, studying in Mark Weil's workshop. He has been with the Ilkhom Theatre since 1991, when he was still a student.

On stage he has played Caligula in Camus's play, the Uzbek tsar of Samarkand in Gozzi's «Happy Beggars», Alkhanon in Singer's «Teibele and Her Demon» and the King of Navarre in Shakespeare's «Love's Labour's Lost». In 2007 he won the «Ilkhom-2007» prize for best actor of the year.

Since September 2007 he has led the theatre: first as acting artistic director and, according to the theatre's website, as artistic director since 2010. He teaches acting at the theatre's Drama Art Studio and directs productions himself, for example «Five Remote Messages» (2023).

In film he appeared in «The White Dance» (1999), «Forgive» (2007) and others.

In the current repertoire of Ilkhom he plays Danny in «Tortilla Flat», Mullo Akhund in «White White Black Stork», Shah Bahram in «Seven Moons», Theseus in «Tsvetaeva. Phaedra» and Andrey in «Delhi Dance»; among his earlier roles are Claudius in «Hamlet», Agamemnon in «The Oresteia», K. in «The Castle. K.» and Onegin in «A Free Romance».