Rasim Balayev
Acting
Born: August 8, 1948 · Agsu District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Died: March 29, 2026 (aged 77)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
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Movies (70)
The Stars Don't Fade
Sultanov
Cümhuriyyətin 9 şəkli
Grandfather
The Basement
Ayaz
Nasimi
Imadaddin Nasimi
The Lonely Businessman's Big Score
1984
Black & White Nights
2013
The Joke
Rahimov
Baku, I Love You
Professor (segment "Bəhram Gur")
The Bat
Aghabey
Sound of the Pipe
Nuru (voice)
Etiraf
Qabil
Additional Trace
Nazim
Broken Bridges
Taxi Driver
Both a Visit and a Business
Davud
Fortress
Soltan
Awakening
Абдуразам-бай
The Diversion
Hasanov
Old Men, Old Men...
1982
A Country House for One Family
Ali
Straight to the Volcano
Tahir
Trap
Ziya Qasımoviç
The Turned World
Mammad Aliyev
The Witness
1990
Cavid ömrü
Hüseyn Cavid
Cavid ömrü
Cavidin gəncliyi (səs)
The Avenger of Ganjabasar
Aziz
An Ice in a Warm Sea
Mammad
You Are Always With Me
Hasanzade
Firangiz
Murad
Nazli
Şamil
Goodbye Schmidt!
Polis mayoru
Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
Dədə Qorqud
Dada Gorgud
Beyrak
The Native Shores
Habibi
Kitabi Dada Gorgud. Basat and Tepagoz
Dada Gorgud (voice)
The Scoundrel
assistant to the minister
Wäre die Erde nicht rund...
Hatem
The Devil under the Windshield
Nazarov
Tale of the Lonely Pomegranate Tree
Yagub
Saddle these Horses
Salim bey
There, Where the Rivers Merge
Bahman
The Special Visit to German Clinic
Mammad Rustamov
Даймохк
2010
The Stab in the Back
Cəbi
Additional Effect
Həbib (voice)
Bəyaz həyat
Vaqif
Don't Step in-He'll Kill You
Rasim
Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
Dədə Qorqud
Wait for Me
Nijat
Unusual Hunt
Teacher
The Price of Happiness
Sanan
The First Hour of Life
Azer
The Rider with Lightning in His Hand
1975
Black Volga
polkovnik Cavanşirov
An Old Ferry
Salman
This Wonderful, Wonderful World
Mirzayev
Demons Prison
1992
Interrogation
Elmar
Ambassador of the Dawn
Mirzə Fətəli Axundzadə
Sorry, I Couldn’t Come
2015
Babek
Babak Al-Xurrami
The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
Idrisov
The Bay of Happiness
Izabek
The Jinn in Microdistrict
Ali
The Day after Tomorrow at Midnight
Israfil Bey
Mountain Novella
1979
Little Man in a Big War
1990
Steepness
1983
Garden Season
Kalantar (voice)
Biz qayıdacağıq
müəllim (voice)
