Zikir Muhammadjonov

Zikir Muhammadjonov (Zikir Muhammadjonov, Зикир Муҳаммаджонов; 1921 – 23 August 2012 ) was a Soviet and Uzbek theater and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1977). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1977). He is recognized as People's Artist of Uzbekistan.

Biography
Zikir Muhammadjonov was born on 1 January (according to other sources – 14 August ) 1921 in Tashkent. He played on the stage of the school amateur theater, where he played all the main roles. Since 1938 he was an actor of the Uzbek National Academy of Drama Theatre named after Hamza. He worked in the theater until his last days. He played over three hundred roles, including Ulugh Beg, Abu-Reyhan Biruni, Ali-Shir Nava'i, Husayn Bayqarah, Amir Temur. The war prevented him from starting his studies, during which (1941–1943) he worked at an aircraft factory, in Tashkent, where he mastered plumbing.

Muhammadjonov graduated from the Tashkent State Institute of Theater Arts named after I. A. N. Ostrovsky in 1949. He studied during the day, worked in the theater in the evening.

Muhammadjonov began appearing in films from 1956, and has starred in more than 40 films. He dubbed a large number of films for the "Uzbekfilm" studio. He was a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Uzbek SSR.

Family
Muhammadjonov lived with his wife for 70 years. He had five sons, and a daughter Feruza (deceased), as well as 17 grandchildren.

Awards

 * Hero of Uzbekistan (2003)
 * Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1956)
 * People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1964)
 * People's Artist of the USSR (1977)
 * USSR State Prize (1977) — for playing the role of Lenin in the performance "Dawn of the Revolution"
 * State Prize of the Uzbek SSR named after Hamza (1986)
 * Order of Lenin (1986)
 * Two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor (1970, 1975)
 * Order Dostlik Uzbekistan (1994)
 * Order of Outstanding Merit Uzbekistan (1998)
 * Certificate of honor of the Republic of Uzbekistan (1991)