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Suimenkul Chokmorov
Acting
09 Nov 1939
† 26 Sept 1992
Chong-Tash
Biography
Suimenkul Chokmorov (November 9, 1939 – September 26, 1992) was a Kyrgyz Soviet actor and painter who became one of the most recognizable faces of the Kyrgyz Miracle cinema wave during the 1960s and 1970s. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1981. Born in the village of Chong-Tash, Chokmorov initially pursued a career in the fine arts, graduating from the Leningrad Academy of Arts in 1964. He shifted to acting in his late twenties, making his film debut in Bolotbek Shamshiyev's A Shoo...
Also Known As
Суйменкул Чокморов, Suymenkul Chokmorov , Сүймөнкул Чокморов, Süymönqul Çoqmorov





















