Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1948-08-08 (Age: 78)
Place of Birth
Aktogay, Semipalatinskaya oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Biography
After completing a two-year course at the Kazakhfilm studio, Dimash Akhimov began acting in films in 1968. In 1970, he entered the acting department at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Moscow) in the class of Boris Babochkin and graduated successfully in 1974. His diploma work included the lead role in William Shakespeare's play Othello, as well as the role of the mayor in Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector. In 1987, he entered the directing faculty at the T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, completing it in 1990. Over his 48-year acting career, he starred in more than 100 films and TV series across 13 studios in countries of the former USSR, as well as abroad, including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Japan, India, Iran, and others. He currently resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His work in the film industry was recognized with the title "Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR" in 1990, and in 2008, he was awarded the "Order of Kurmet." In 2014, overcoming the language barrier, he played the role of a guide in the TV series Marco Polo, produced by The Weinstein Company. A year later, Dimash portrayed the criminal authority Buzaubas in Nurtas Adambayev's film Escape from the Village. Operation Mahabbat. In 2016, he played the role of the ruler of Moghulistan, Esen-Buga, in the film Kazakh Khanate.
Filmography (43)
Escape from Village
2015
The Old Woman
2014
Hard to Be a God
2014
The Book of Legends: The Mysterious Forest
2012
Waiting for the Sea
2012
The Sky of My Childhood
2011
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
2009
The Inhabited Island
2009
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter
2005
Luna Papa
1999
Shanghai
1996
Abai
1995
The Fall of Otrar
1991
The Leg
1991
