Rasim Balayev
{{Short description|Azerbaijani actor}}
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| name = Rasim Balayev
| image = Расим Балаев.jpg
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| birth_name = Rasim Ahmad oglu Balayev
| birth_date = 8 August 1948
| birth_place = Agsu, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
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| yearsactive = 1970-until now
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Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev (born 1948, in Agsu) is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films.{{Cite news
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| title = Famous People: Then and Now. Rasim Balayev. Actor (1948)
| pages = 32–33
| newspaper = Azerbaijan International
| location = California
| date = 5 March 2010
| url = http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/74_folder/74.articles/74_balayev.html
| accessdate = 18 May 2010}}{{Cite web
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| title = Biography for Rasim Balayev
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| accessdate = 18 May 2010 }}
Early life
Rasim Balayev was born on 8 August 1948 in Agsu region of Azerbaijan. At the age of 15-16, he got involved in theater performances. Being from the 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.{{Cite web
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| accessdate = 18 May 2010 }}
Career
File:Nesimi Film.jpg in the film Nasimi]]
The actor's first film experience on the 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 Nesimi (about Nasimi), Babek, Dada Gorgud, The Scoundrel, Anecdote, and The Bat.
Personal life
In 2012, he has campaigned to stop male violence against women.{{cite web|script-title=ru:Алим Гасымов, Гурбан Гурбанов и Ко снялись в социальной рекламе против насилия над женщинами - ВИДЕО|url=http://www.1news.az/society/20121211034007898.html|website=www.1news.az|accessdate=11 August 2014|language=Russian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218151924/http://www.1news.az/society/20121211034007898.html|archivedate=18 December 2014}}
Awards
- Best Actor
- Award of Lenin's Komsomol.
- Shohrat Order (1998){{Cite web|url=http://www.e-qanun.az/framework/3315|title=Decree of the President of Azerbaijan on Awarding Rasim Balayev Sohrat Order|last=|first=|date=|website=Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Unified Electronic Database of Regulatory Legal Acts|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-21}}
- Sharaf Order (2018){{Cite web|url=https://president.az/articles/29611|title=Order of the President of Azerbaijan on Awarding Azerbaijani cinema figures|last=|first=|date=|website=Official website of the President of Azerbaijan|language=az|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-21}}
- Medal of Nesimi (2020){{Cite web|url=https://www.turksoy.org/en/news/2020/01/16/the-famous-azerbaijani-film-director-hasan-seyidbeyli-was-commemorated-in-ankara-on-the-1|title=The famous Azerbaijani film director Hasan Seyidbeyli was commemorated in Ankara on the 100th anniversary of his birthday :: TURKSOY|website=www.turksoy.org|access-date=2020-01-21}}
- Istiglal Order (2023) {{cite web | url=https://president.az/az/articles/view/60802 | title=R.Ə.Balayevin "İstiqlal" ordeni ilə təltif edilməsi haqqında Azərbaycan Respublikası Prezidentinin Sərəncamı » Azərbaycan Prezidentinin Rəsmi internet səhifəsi }}
Notes
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External links
- [http://azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/74_folder/74.articles/74_balayev.html Famous People: Then and Now - Rasim Balayev] in Azerbaijan International (AZER.com), Vol. 7.4 (Winter 1999), pp. 32–33.
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Category:People from Agsu District
Category:Azerbaijani male film actors
Category:Azerbaijani male stage actors
Category:People's Artists of Azerbaijan
Category:Soviet Azerbaijani people
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