Berik Aitzhanov ( kk, Берік Бөшенұлы Айтжанов, ''Berık Böşenūly Aitjanov'') is a Kazakh

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and film producer. He was named Best Actor in 2011 for his performance in ''The Liquidator'' and '' Returning to the A'', which was selected as Kazakhstan's entry for

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at the

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Background

Aitzhanov was born in

Kzyl-Orda Kyzylorda ( kk, Қызылорда, translit=Qyzylorda, ), formerly known as Kzyl-Orda (russian: Кзыл-Орда), Ak-Mechet (Ак-Мечеть), Perovsk (Перовск), and Fort-Perovsky (Форт-Перовский), is a city in south-cen ...

, and raised in

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. His father is a police officer and mother is an educator in kindergarten.

Career

Aitzhanov's career began with theater roles. His debut role was a production of William Shakespeare's ''

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'', in which he played Laertes, the son of Polonius. Aitzhanov made his big screen breakthrough in 2005, when he took a part in Rymbek Alpiyev's ''Wolf Hour''. Later in 2005, Aitzhanov starred in ''Zastava'' and ''Mahambet'' followed by ''Mustafa Shokai'', which was filmed in

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. In 2008, Aitzhanov starred in ''Brothers'', a TV series created and directed by Akan Satayev. Aitzhanov continued his collaboration with Satayev in 2010 action-drama film ''The Liquidator'', co-starring

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and Karlygash Muhammedzhanova.

References

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