Seydulla Moldakhanov

Seydulla Abdullayevich Moldakhanov was born on 24 May 1958 in Tashkent. He trained as an actor at the Gerasimov All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in the workshop of Professor Boris Chirkov.

His first film roles date from 1983. His early work includes “Act According to the Situation!” (1984), “Savoy” (1990), “Hearts of Three” (1992), and “Alaska Kid” and “On the Murom Road…” (both 1993).

In the 2000s he appeared more and more often in projects by Uzbekistani and Russian directors: in the television series “Shaytanat” he played the police captain Hamdam Talipov, in the film “Shima” (2007) Sasha, and in “Admiral” (2008) Hasan. In December 2006 he received a diploma at the international film actors’ festival “Sozvezdie” in Tver in the nomination for best supporting male role.

On stage Moldakhanov is known as an actor of the Ilkhom Theatre in Tashkent. His roles there include productions of “Petrushka”, Carlo Gozzi’s “The Happy Beggars”, “Imitations of the Koran”, “White White Black Stork” after Abdulla Qodiriy and “Seven Moons” after Alisher Navoiy. In June 2009 he won the Ilkhom’s Mark Weil Prize in the audience favourites category.

In 2003 he was given the honorary title of Honoured Artist of the Republic of Uzbekistan. He later appeared in Russian projects — “Vysotsky. Thank God I’m Alive” (2011), “The Fugitives” (2014) and “The Baron” (2016) — and in the series “Lada Gold” (2023).

Moldakhanov has also worked in theatres in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, including as a guest teacher. He is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Uzbekistan and of the Guild of Film Actors of Russia.