Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 08, 1948
Died
Mar 29, 2026
Place of Birth
Agsu District, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR [now Azerbaijan]
Credits
78 titles
Rasim Balayev
Biography
Rasim Akhmed oglu Balayev is an Azerbaijani cinema and theatrical actor. He starred in the leading roles in more than 60 Azerbaijani films. Rasim Balayev was born on 8 August 1948 in Aghsu region of Azerbaijan. At the age of 15-16, he got involved in theater performances. Being from 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. The actor's first film experience on 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 Nasimi, Babek, The Scoundrel, Anecdote, and The Bat.
Known For
Filmography
Ana və poçtalyon
Magomaev
Jamaladdin Magomaev
Goodbye Schmidt!
Polis mayoru
Cümhuriyyətin 9 şəkli
Grandfather
Keçmişin izində
Rasul
Nazli
Şamil
Sorry, I Couldn’t Come
Baku, I Love You
Professor (segment "Bəhram Gur")
Qanun naminə
Mirzəağa
Black & White Nights
Ambassador of the Dawn
Mirzə Fətəli Axundzadə
Qaranlıqlar çiçəyi
Bəhruz
The Turned World
Mammad Aliyev
Additional Effect
Həbib (voice)
Даймохк
Fortress
Soltan
Biz qayıdacağıq
müəllim (voice)
Cavid ömrü
Hüseyn Cavid
Broken Bridges
Taxi Driver
There, Where the Rivers Merge
Bahman
Kitabi Dada Gorgud. Basat and Tepagoz
Dada Gorgud (voice)
Bəyaz həyat
Vaqif
Salur Qazanın evi talandığı boy
Dədə Qorqud
Boghach Khan Son of Dirse Khan
Dədə Qorqud
This Wonderful, Wonderful World
Mirzayev
Hotel Room
Sadiyar
Both a Visit and a Business
Davud
The Bat
Aghabey
Code of Silence 2. The Trail of the Black Fish
Agaev - polkovnik OUVD
Black Volga
polkovnik Cavanşirov
Demons Prison
Etiraf
Qabil
Don't Step in-He'll Kill You
Rasim
The Basement
Ayaz
The Witness
Trap
Ziya Qasımoviç
Little Man in a Big War
The Joke
Rahimov
The Native Shores
Habibi
The Diversion
Hasanov
The Scoundrel
assistant to the minister
The Special Visit to German Clinic
Mammad Rustamov
The Devil under the Windshield
Nazarov
You Are Always With Me
Hasanzade
The Jinn in Microdistrict
Ali
An Old Ferry
Salman
Saddle these Horses
Salim bey
Garden Season
Kalantar (voice)
The Lonely Businessman's Big Score
The Tale of the Old Oak Tree
Idrisov