Fathulla Masudov

Fathulla Masudov was born on 16 May 1963 in Tashkent. He studied at the Ostrovsky Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute and graduated in 1984.

From 1986 he worked at the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre, first as an assistant director and, from 1988, as an actor. Besides the stage he worked in film; his first screen roles date from 1990 (Tangalik bolalar, Bobur). Later he appeared in dozens of films, series and television films, among them Kichkina tabib, Dard, Zumrad va Qimmat, Meros, Qo'rg'oshin, Qovun, Bekatdagi odam, Farhod va Shirin and Nazira.

Masudov was also a well-known dubbing artist: he voiced Anvar in the series Shaytanat and, according to the sources, some five hundred films in all.

From 2015 until his death he was the director of the Uzbek National Academic Drama Theatre.

His work was recognised by the state: the Shuhrat medal (1999), the title Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan (2003) and the Order of Mehnat Shuhrati (2014). In 2021 he was posthumously given the Order «For Selfless Service».

Fathulla Masudov died of COVID-19 in Tashkent on 30 August 2020, aged 57.