Rasim Balayev
Acting
Born August 8, 1948, Agsu District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films. Rasim Balayev was born on 8 August 1948 in Aghsu region of Azerbaijan. At the age of 15-16, he got involved in theater performances. Being from rural area, Rasim's family attempted to push him to choose a different career, though he never did and got enrolled in Azerbaijani Institute of Arts, from which he graduated in 1969. The actor's first film experience on big screen came with a short role in the film "Stars don't die away". Rasim Balayev's fame came after his part in 3 movies and participation in two film festivals: the 7th Soviet festival in Baku and 3rd International festival in Tashkent where he received an award for Best Actor and several proposals for main roles in future movies. Among his best performances are films Nasimi, Babek, The Scoundrel, Anecdote, and The Bat.
Filmography
- 2020Ana və poçtalyon
- Magomaev — Jamaladdin Magomaev
- 2019Goodbye Schmidt! — Polis mayoru
- 2018Cümhuriyyətin 9 şəkli — Grandfather
- Keçmişin izində — Rasul
- 2017Nazli — Şamil
- 2015Baku, I Love You — Professor (segment "Bəhram Gur")
- 2015Sorry, I Couldn’t Come
- Qanun naminə — Mirzəağa
- 2013Black & White Nights
- 2012Ambassador of the Dawn — Mirzə Fətəli Axundzadə
- Qaranlıqlar çiçəyi — Bəhruz
- 2011The Turned World — Mammad Aliyev
- 2010Additional Effect — Həbib (voice)
- 2010Даймохк
- 2008Fortress — Soltan
- 2007Biz qayıdacağıq — müəllim (voice)
- 2007Cavid ömrü — Hüseyn Cavid, Cavidin gəncliyi (səs)
- 2004Broken Bridges — Taxi Driver
- 2004There, Where the Rivers Merge — Bahman
- 2003Bəyaz həyat — Vaqif
- 2003Kitabi Dada Gorgud. Basat and Tepagoz — Dada Gorgud (voice)
- 2001Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy — Dədə Qorqud
- 2000Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan — Dədə Qorqud
- 1999This Wonderful, Wonderful World — Mirzayev
- 1998Hotel Room — Sadiyar
- 1995Both a Visit and a Business — Davud
- 1995The Bat — Aghabey
- 1994Black Volga — polkovnik Cavanşirov
- Code of Silence 2. The Trail of the Black Fish — Agaev - polkovnik OUVD
- 1992Demons Prison
- 1992Etiraf — Qabil
- 1991Don't Step in-He'll Kill You — Rasim
- 1990Little Man in a Big War
- 1990The Basement — Ayaz
- 1990The Joke — Rahimov
- 1990The Witness
- 1990Trap — Ziya Qasımoviç
- 1989The Diversion — Hasanov
- 1989The Native Shores — Habibi
- 1989The Scoundrel — assistant to the minister
- 1988The Devil under the Windshield — Nazarov
- 1988The Special Visit to German Clinic — Mammad Rustamov
- 1987You Are Always With Me — Hasanzade
- 1986The Jinn in Microdistrict — Ali
- 1985An Old Ferry — Salman
- 1985Garden Season — Kalantar (voice)
- 1985Saddle these Horses — Salim bey
- 1984Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree — Yagub
- 1984The Lonely Businessman's Big Score
- 1984The Tale of the Old Oak Tree — Idrisov
- 1983An Ice in a Warm Sea — Mammad
- 1983Awakening — Абдуразам-бай
- 1983Steepness
- 1982Old Men, Old Men...
- 1981Additional Trace — Nazim
- 1981The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight — Israfil Bey
- 1981Wäre die Erde nicht rund... — Hatem
- 1980Wait for Me — Nijat
- 1979Babek — Babak Al-Xurrami
- 1979Interrogation — Elmar
- 1979Mountain Novella
- Roads of Fire
- 1979The Stab in the Back — Cəbi
- 1978A Country House for One Family — Ali
- 1978The Bay of Happiness — Izabek
- 1977Straight to the Volcano — Tahir
- Straight to the Volcano — Tahir
- 1977The Price of Happiness — Sanan
- 1975Dada Gorgud — Beyrak
- 1975Firangiz — Murad
- 1975Sound of the Pipe — Nuru (voice)
- 1975The Rider with Lightning in His Hand
- 1974Nasimi — Imadaddin Nasimi
- 1974The Avenger of Ganjabasar — Aziz
- 1974The First Hour of Life — Azer
- 1974Unusual Hunt — Teacher
- 1971The Stars Don't Fade — Sultanov