Mukhtar Magomedsharipovich Gusengadzhiyev (Russian: Мухта́р Магомедшари́пович Гусенгаджи́ев; born 20 May 1964, Izberbash, Dagestan ASSR, USSR) is an actor of circus, film and television. Master of Yoga.[1]
Biography
editGusengadzhiyev was born as a Dargin. He studied at the Izmailovo Circus Studio (1989), the Darginsky Theater Studio (1990–1991), the Roman Theater Studio Raffaello Sanzio (1999–2000), the Cirque du Soleil acting studio (Montreal, 2003).
His profession sent him to different corners of the planet, to different continents, instilling love for different cultures and religions. He lived in thirty countries of the world, where he studied different directions of acting and performed at the most prestigious stages. His great experience on stage brought him to the cinema. He is also engaged in drawing and music.
In 1996, he became the owner of the title most flexible man in Europe at the International Yoga Congress in the Canary Islands. In 1998, Hollywood Broadcasting Company FOX-11 signed a contract to showcase his body's capabilities to the whole world and record it in the Guinness Book of World Records as The World's Most Flexible Man.[2]
He performs on the stage of the famous ZUMANITY Theater of Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, appears on Los Angeles television, Black Belt and Kung Fu magazines.
He is a frequent guest of educational institutions of different levels and directions, where he is invited to hold seminars and meetings with students.
On 2 April 2018 Mukhtar was sentenced to 22 years of strict regime with compulsory treatment for pedophilia, the creation and storage of child pornography.[3][4]
Filmography
edit- Paradise in the Shadow of Sabel (1992) as Prince Nutsal Khan
- Pistol with Muffler (1993) as crazy
- Cirque du Soleil: Solstrom (2003) as lonely prisoner
- Kulagin and Partners (2006) as Nikolay Abayev
- My Prechistenka (2007) as Jamshet
- Platon (2007) as Abdul
- Yeralash (2007) as Wushu fighters
- Tsar (2009) as episode
- Peter the Great: The Testament (2011) as Dowd[5]
- Devil's Pass (2013) as Monster
- The Last of the Magikyans (2014) as Hamlet
Awards and honors
edit- 1991 Laureate of the All-Russian Variety and Circus Festival Yalta'91[2]
- 1993 Winner of the international festival of arts Gran Premio'93 in Milan, Italy
- 1995 Winner of the European Yoga Congress San Marino'95
- 1998 Laureate of the international teleorum Sochi-Lazurnaya'98[2]
- 1998 Recorded in the Guinness World Record Book Los Angeles'98[2]
- 2002 The record holder of the Guinness Book of Russia Divo'2002
- 2003 The record holder of the Book of Records of the CIS and Baltic Countries'2003[2]
- 2004 The record holder of the Association of Russian Records Lefty'2004
- 2008 Russian Book of Records[6]
References
edit- ^ В чем суть дела актёра Мухтара Гусенгаджиева?
- ^ a b c d e Биография Мухтара Гусенгаджиева
- ^ "Мухтар Гусенгаджиев получил 22 года колонии за педофилию". Газета.Ru. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ "Мухтар Гусенгаджиев, осужденный за педофилию: Всю камеру отучил курить" (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- ^ Фильмография Мухтара Гусенгаджиева
- ^ Помощник обвиненного в педофилии Мухтара Гусенгаджиева: Это неправда, что он приставал к 10-летней девочке