Talgat Nigmatulin | |
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Talgat Nigmatulin | |
| Born | Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin March 5, 1949 |
| Died | February 11, 1985 (aged 35) |
Talgat Kadyrovich Nigmatulin (Tatar: Təlğət Qadıyr uğlı Niğmətulin, Russian: Талга́т Кады́рович Нигмату́лин; 5 March 1949, in Kyzyl-Kiya – 11 February 1985, in Vilnius) was a famous Soviet actor and martial artist. Nigmatullin was born on October 5, 1949, in a Tatar-Uzbek family in Kirgizia.[citation needed] He took part in many action movies. Perhaps his most famous movie was Pirates of the 20th Century. He also appeared in other films as shown below.
Nigmatulin became a follower of Abai Borubayev, a teacher from Central Asia who had found favour with Moscow art circles, and was murdered in 1985 by other followers of Borubayev, in the latter's presence.