Olim Xoʻjayev
Olim Xoʻjayev was a celebrated Uzbek stage and movie actor. Over a career that spanning nearly five decades, Xoʻjayev received numerous accolades. Some of his most notable roles in theater include Hamlet and Othello in Soviet productions of Shakespeare's plays and the role of Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi in the 1960 film Hamza directed by Zagid Sabitov.
Life and work
Olim Xoʻjayev was born on 24 September 1910 in Bukhara. After graduation from the Bukhara Institute of Education in 1929, he worked at the Hamza State Theater, where he worked for the rest of his life. In 1955, he became the chairman of the Union of Theater Actors of Uzbekistan.Xoʻjayev was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Uzbekistan from 1966 to 1971 and then from 1976 to 1977.