Obid Asomov

Obid Asomov was born in Tashkent in 1963. He graduated with honours from the Benkov Republican Art College and then entered the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute, which he did not complete.

As a student he worked as a wedding toastmaster and gave comic concerts in cultural centres and clubs. Director Latif Fayziyev saw one of them and invited him to film; his screen debut was Sherali and Oybarchin in 1989.

In the following years he appeared in films such as Gonchar i gorshok, Kammi, Alpomish and The Giant and the Dwarf. In 2000 he hosted the concerts of the group Yalla on its German tour, which covered 29 cities.

In the 2000s he performed on the Russian television programme Krivoye Zerkalo. On 24 May 2018 he was appointed director of the Animated Film Studio under Uzbekfilm.

In 1996 he was named Honoured Artist of Uzbekistan. He died in Tashkent on 14 December 2018 and was buried at the Kamolon cemetery; in 2021 he was posthumously awarded the Order «For Selfless Service».