Shukur Burkhanov (Russian: Бурханов, Шукур; 15 September 1910 – 15 August 1987) was a Soviet and Uzbek stage and film actor. He is recognized as a People's artist of the USSR.
Burkhanov was born and grew up in Tashkent (then part of the Russian Empire) in a strict Muslim family. In order to join the Uzbek drama theatre, which was founded in the 1920s, he had to leave home because his family's orthodox religious beliefs forbade acting.
At the time Uzbek theatre was still in its infancy. In 1930 he received training at the Moscow Art Theatre, which he credited as enabling him to play classic roles such as Romeo, Hamlet, and Oedipus.
Burkhanov was involved in Uzbek cinema from its very inception. The Uzbekfilm studio typecast him as a rebel who challenged the old order and traditions.
In the early 1970s he was the subject of a documentary, People's Artist Shukur Burkhanov, narrated by fellow actor Boris Andreyev.
1978
1973
1972
as Aghabala
1971
as Aznavur
1969
1968
1965
as Yusup Yalantush
1965
1964
as Mayor
1961
1956
as Tsar Kalin
1945
as Karabatyr
1940