Hoshim Arslonov

Hoshim Arslonov was born on 1 August 1956 in the town of Chust in the Namangan region. He attended a Russian-language school. In 1977 he graduated from the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute and the same year joined an Uzbek drama theatre as an actor.

From 1977 to 2017, forty years, he worked at the Abror Hidoyatov Uzbek State Drama Theatre (earlier the youth theatre «Yosh Gvardiya»). On stage he worked with the director Bakhtiyor Ikhtiyorov and took part in «Muvozanat» (Balance), a production based on a play by Ulugbek Hamdam.

He first appeared on screen in 1983 in «Uyg'onish» (Awakening). Over the following decades he played in «Marg'iyona» (1996), «Otamdan qolgan dalalar», «Alpomish» (2000), «Xo'ja Nasriddin: o'yin boshlandi» (2006), «Chavandoz» (2007), «Dinozavr qoldirgan iz» (2010), «Haqiqat kuni» and «Qasos» (2011), «Xiyonat» (2012) and «Ijarachilar» (2013), and in the series «Tutash taqdirlar» and «Bokira». In «101-reys» (shot in 2019, released in 2022) he played the aircraft commander; it was his last film work.

For his role in the film «Ulug'bek. Osmon toqiga qo'yilgan narvon» he received an award at an international film festival in Ischia, Italy (the year is not given in the sources).

Alongside theatre and film he worked in dubbing, voicing foreign films and series in Uzbek, among them the Turkish series «İçerde» (Inside). The Uzbekistan Cinematographers' Creative Union called him a master of dubbing.

He held the title Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan. He died on 29 May 2020; the death was announced by the Uzbekistan Cinematographers' Creative Union. His sons Jamshid and Bobur have also acted in films.