Bolot Beyshenaliev

Biography

Bolot Beyshenaliyev was a Soviet cinematographer and film actor who made a name for himself in international cinema. Notable roles include his breakout performance as Duishen in Andrei Konchalovsky's The First Teacher (1965), followed by appearances in Andrei Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev (1966) and Miklós Jancsó’s The Red and the White (1967). He was a People's Artist of Kyrgyzstan and father to actor Aziz Beyshenaliyev.