Jeyhun Mirzayev

Born: 1946-04-09

Jeyhun Jamil oglu Mirzayev (Azerbaijani: Ceyhun Mirzəyev) was an Azerbaijani actor and film director. Mirzayev was born in the Gulabli village, in Aghdam, Azerbaijan, to Jamil Mirzayev and his second wife Margarita. He had a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage to Yusif Mammadaliyev's brother Ibrahim. Mirzayev's father died when he was three years old. Noted for his good performance skills, he became a child actor in 1955 when he acted in the film The Meeting. Three years later, at age 12, Mirzayev played the leading role of young Ismayil in the film Stepmother. He later graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts majoring in film directing. He was most notable for starring and directing an Azerbaijani war film The Squall in 1993. Mirzayev was expected to be on movie's opening but he died from sudden heart attack.


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Stepmother

as Ismail
Released: 1958-12-09

The film is about the stepmother who tried to be a real mother of a boy. But she could be a real...

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Koroghlu

as Jeyhun
Released: 1960-10-10

The heroic Koroghlu is a poor youngster who leads a peasants' revolt against the tyrannic Khan.

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The Joke

as Mammadov
Released: 1990-01-10

Made in the tragic comedy genre, this film is about the dysfunctional Soviet management system...

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The Tempestuous Kura

as Osman
Released: 1969-04-13

After the novel of the same name of I.Shykhly. The film is about new intelligenzia in Azerbaijan...

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The Humble Cemetery

as uncredited
Released: 1989-12-01

The main character Vorobei is a professional grave digger and alcohol addict, who runs away from...

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Saddle these Horses

as Merchant
Released: 1984-08-25

The film is about Gachag Nabi's heroism.

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Matteo Falcone

as Fortunato
Released: 1960-01-03

Matteo Falcone is an Azerbaijani short drama film based on Prosper Merimée's like-named story...

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Black Gull

as Маноло (в титрах Джейхун Джамаль)
Released: 1962-01-01

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The Scream

as Ismayil
Released: 1993-01-01

Shot during the Nagorno-Karabakh War, "Fəryad" is only one of its kind. Following the Khojaly...

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The Meeting

as Shikhali's Son
Released: 1955-12-25

The film is about Azerbaijanian and Uzbekistan's cotton-growers contest and about two young...

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The Road Story

as Ibadulla
Released: 1981-02-20

After learning that his daughter is in love with a truck driver, corrupt Housing Office director...

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Real Friend

as Farman (Childhood)
Released: 1959-12-20

The film is about two fishermen who went through difficult ordeal during the shipwreck.

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The Invincible Battalion

as Teymur
Released: 1965-12-19

The film is about events which has happened with the "Potyomkin" ship.

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The Inquiry is Going On

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-17

After the novel "Sahil Amaliyyati" (The operation of "Side") of the same name of Jamshid Amirov....

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In the Name of the Law

as Absalam
Released: 1968-12-01

The film is about the public prosecutor who fought against the criminality but was killed by them.

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