The Most Famous
ACTORS from Azerbaijan
This page contains a list of the greatest Azerbaijani Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 9,996 Actors, 4 of which were born in Azerbaijan. This makes Azerbaijan the birth place of the 73rd most number of Actors behind Bermuda and Slovakia.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Azerbaijani Actors of all time. This list of famous Azerbaijani Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vladimir Menshov (1939 - 2021)
With an HPI of 55.61, Vladimir Menshov is the most famous Azerbaijani Actor. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.
Vladimir Valentinovich Menshov (Russian: Влади́мир Валенти́нович Меньшо́в; 17 September 1939 – 5 July 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. He was noted for depicting the Russian everyman and working class life in his films. Although Menshov mostly worked as an actor, he is better known for the films he directed, especially for the 1979 melodrama Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Actress Vera Alentova, who starred in the film, is the mother of Vladimir Menshov's daughter Yuliya Menshova.
2. Huseyn Arablinski (1881 - 1919)
With an HPI of 45.50, Huseyn Arablinski is the 2nd most famous Azerbaijani Actor. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Huseyn Arablinski (Azerbaijani: Hüseyn Ərəblinski), born Huseynbala Mammad oghlu Khalafov (1881, Baku – 17 March 1919, Baku), was an Azerbaijani actor.
3. Rasim Balayev (1948 - )
With an HPI of 44.48, Rasim Balayev is the 3rd most famous Azerbaijani Actor. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev (born 1948, in Agsu) is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films.
4. Afag Bashirgyzy (1955 - )
With an HPI of 39.43, Afag Bashirgyzy is the 4th most famous Azerbaijani Actor. Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.
Afag Bashirgyzy (Azerbaijani: Afaq Bəşirqızı), born Afag Bashir gyzy oghlu Safarova (1955, Baku, Azerbaijani: Afaq Bəşir qızı Səfərova), is an Azerbaijani actress.
Pantheon has 4 people classified as actors born between 1881 and 1955. Of these 4, 2 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Rasim Balayev and Afag Bashirgyzy. The most famous deceased actors include Vladimir Menshov and Huseyn Arablinski. As of April 2022, 2 new actors have been added to Pantheon including Huseyn Arablinski and Rasim Balayev.
