The Most Famous
ACTORS from Kazakhstan
This page contains a list of the greatest Kazakhstani Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 9,996 Actors, 3 of which were born in Kazakhstan. This makes Kazakhstan the birth place of the 84th most number of Actors behind Belarus and Bangladesh.
Top 3
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Kazakhstani Actors of all time. This list of famous Kazakhstani Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Oleg Yankovsky (1944 - 2009)
With an HPI of 54.12, Oleg Yankovsky is the most famous Kazakhstani Actor. His biography has been translated into 33 different languages on wikipedia.
Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia Pilyavskaya, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR.
2. Shaken Aimanov (1914 - 1970)
With an HPI of 49.54, Shaken Aimanov is the 2nd most famous Kazakhstani Actor. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Shaken Kenzhetaiuly Aimanov (Kazakh: Шәкен Кенжетайұлы Айманов; born Shahkarim Kenzhetaiuly Aimanov, Kazakh: Шаһкерім Кенжетайұлы Айманов; 15 October 1914 – 23 December 1970) was a Kazakh Soviet actor and film director. He is considered to be the father of Kazakh cinematography, as well as an iconic film director and actor. He directed eleven films between 1954 and 1970.
3. Samal Yeslyamova (1984 - )
With an HPI of 27.40, Samal Yeslyamova is the 3rd most famous Kazakhstani Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Samal Ilyaskyzy Yeslyamova (Kazakh: Самал Ілиясқызы Есләмова, Samal Iliiasqyzy Eslämova; born 1 September 1984) is a Kazakh film actress. She is recognized internationally for starring in the film Ayka directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy, which won her the award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2018.
Pantheon has 3 people classified as actors born between 1914 and 1984. Of these 3, 1 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living actors include Samal Yeslyamova. The most famous deceased actors include Oleg Yankovsky and Shaken Aimanov. As of April 2022, 1 new actors have been added to Pantheon including Samal Yeslyamova.
