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Aliases: Nurmachan Shanturin , Нурмухан Жантурин , Н. Жантурин

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Kondaurovo (modern Makhambet district of the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan)

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Movie Involvements: 16

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

Nurmukhan Zhanturin was born in the settlement of Kondaurovo, Guriev Region (now known as Atyrau Region, Kazakhstan) on April 22, 1928. At the age of 14 he started working as an operator's assistant in a Guriev oil prospecting group, and later attended motion picture operator courses in Alma-Ata. He graduated from Alma-Ata Movie School in 1950 and the Acting Dept. of the Ostrovsky Institute of Performing Arts (Tashkent) in 1952[4] and soon joined Auezov Theater. His first screen roles go back to 1948, while 1967 saw Zhanturin officially employed at Kazakhfilm Studios. He returned to the theater in 1988 and continued to work there until his death in 1990. Zhanturin's best-known roles include Chokan Valikhanov (eponymous play by Sabit Mukanov), Kodar (Kozy Korpesh — Bayan Sulu by Gabit Musirepov), Kebek and Syrym (Enlik-Kebek and Karakoz by Mukhtar Auezov), Arman (One Tree Does Not Make a Forest by Abdilda Tazhibaev), Kaben (Unquenchable Fire by Zeinulla Kabdulov), Sanzhan (Unfunny Comedy by Akim Tarazi), Doctor (The Forgotten Man by Nâzım Hikmet), Sintaro (A Woman's Life by Kaoru Morimoto), Molière (The Cabal of Hypocrites by Mikhail Bulgakov), as well as Iago and Macbeth in Shakespeare's Othello and Macbeth (the latter in a production at the Seifullin Theater in Karaganda). Mark Donskoy spotted Zhanturin's talent when scouting the Central Asia for actors for his movie Alitet Leaves for the Hills (after a 1950 novel by Syomushkin). Nurmukhan played the role of a young man named Tumatuge. This first screen role paved his way to popularity. Nurmukhan's other well-known roles included Kerim (Daughter of the Steppes, 1954), Dzhoomart (Saltanat, 1955), Alzhanov (On the Wild Coast of the Irtysh, 1959), Abakir (Heat, 1962), Tagay (Dzhura, 1964), Tanabay (The Trotter's Gait, 1968), Ablaykhanov (The End of the Ataman, 1970), Kurmangazy (Kurmangazy, 1974). He first appeared as Shoqan Walikhanov in the 1957 movie His Time Will Come (directed by Mazhit Begalin). Zhanturin's eponymous role in Sultan Baybars brought him a prize for Special Achievements in Acting (shared with Nonna Mordyukova) at Sozvezdie-90 USSR national festival. He performed a total of more than 50 roles on screen

Most Famous Work

The End of Ataman
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The End of Ataman

(1970) Ablaikhanov
Prince Danylo Halytskyi
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Prince Danylo Halytskyi

(1987) Batu Khan
Sultan Beybars
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Sultan Beybars

(1989) Sultan Baybars
Fear, Enemy, the Ninth Son
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Heat
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Heat

(1963) Abakir
Жнецы
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Жнецы

(1979) Keldenov
Солёная река детства
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Солёная река детства

(1982) Зейнулла-ата
A Poem About Love
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A Poem About Love

(1954) Kodar

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1991 N/A
1989 Sultan Baybars
Sultan Beybars
1988 N/A
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1987 Batu Khan
1985 N/A
1984 Tasbol
1983 Dshuma
1982 N/A
Зейнулла-ата
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1979 N/A
Keldenov
1975 N/A
1973 N/A
N/A
1971 Bit part
Лопзон
1970 Ablaikhanov
1969 N/A
1968 Sardarbek
1965 Ilyas
1964 Tagay
1963 Abakir
1959 Alzhanov
1958 N/A
1955 N/A
1954 Kodar
1953 N/A
1950 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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