Dinmukhamet Akhimov
Date of birth: 1948-08-08
Place of birth: Aktogay, Semipalatinskaya oblast, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Димаш Ахимов, Dimash Akhimov, Динмухамед Ахимов
Biography
After completing a two-year course at the Kazakhfilm studio, Dimash Akhimov began acting in films in 1968. In 1970, he entered the acting department at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (Moscow) in the class of Boris Babochkin and graduated successfully in 1974. His diploma work included the lead role in William Shakespeare's play Othello, as well as the role of the mayor in Nikolai Gogol's The Government Inspector. In 1987, he entered the directing faculty at the T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, completing it in 1990. Over his 48-year acting career, he starred in more than 100 films and TV series across 13 studios in countries of the former USSR, as well as abroad, including Czechoslovakia, Poland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Japan, India, Iran, and others. He currently resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan. His work in the film industry was recognized with the title "Honored Artist of the Kazakh SSR" in 1990, and in 2008, he was awarded the "Order of Kurmet." In 2014, overcoming the language barrier, he played the role of a guide in the TV series Marco Polo, produced by The Weinstein Company. A year later, Dimash portrayed the criminal authority Buzaubas in Nurtas Adambayev's film Escape from the Village. Operation Mahabbat. In 2016, he played the role of the ruler of Moghulistan, Esen-Buga, in the film Kazakh Khanate.
Movie Credits
Luna Papa
1999-09-08
The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming
The Leg
1991-10-23
The film's protagonist Valera - cheerful guy from Moscow, who at age 19 learned a whole hell of war
The Cannibal
1991-01-01
Kazakhstan. 1954. Copper mines. Concentration camp. In the center of the plot - a revolt which priso
Abai
1995-08-07
An epic drama about the life, love and creativity of the Kazakh poet Abai (1845-1904), an educator,
The Book of Legends: The Mysterious Forest
2012-12-10
Bakha and Takha are the sons of a well-known businessman who are really into adventures and surprise
Goodbye, Medeo
1982-12-03
The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" -
The Eastern Corridor, or the Software Racket...
1990-11-01
In an old castle, the residence of a criminal authority, turned into a torture chamber for «knocking
The Deer Man
1985-10-02
High in the mountains, the forester Aktan lives alone with his mute aunt in an abandoned village. Pe
The Inhabited Island
2008-12-18
On the threshold of 22nd century, furrowing the space, protagonist from the Free Search Group makes
Waiting for the Sea
2012-11-09
Sailor Marat carries a great burden. His whole village condemns him since his wife and many fisherme
The Sand-Storm
1989-06-05
In this heavyhanded political allegory, set in the plains and mountains of Central Asia, a tribe of
A Shot or It All Started on Saturday
1976-01-01
Based on Kyr Bulychev's Sci-Fi story, a man acquires the ability to throw objects with precision. He
The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Saga of the Love of Genghis Khan's Daughter
2005-12-01
The third part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars". The
The Shelter for Majors
1988-11-28
Who Are You, Horseman?
1987-08-01
An English company is developing a gold deposit. Its representative, Allan Kane, is trying to hide s
On the Night of Lunar Eclipse
1978-02-18
The film is based on the play of the same name by the national poet of Bashkortostan Mustai Karim. T
Escape from Village
2015-11-26
A story about five best friends who left their village to make a fortune in big city.
The Inhabited Island 2: Rebellion
2009-04-23
Maxim Kammerer fights for his love and freedom. He leads a rebel movement challenging the five greed
Golden Autumn
1980-01-02
The forty-year-old commentator, summing up his life and realizing that his well-being is purely exte
Shanghai
1996-08-29
People of an old abandoned neighborhood are waiting for the end of their district and a whole Soviet
The Sky of My Childhood
2011-04-14
The story of a boy whose childhood fell on the difficult war and post-war years. The film will tell
Fear, Enemy, the Ninth Son
1984-01-01
The youngest son of the herdsman Yerzhan — the ninth son of Yerkenzhe, goes in search of his father
The Fall of Otrar
1991-12-01
A staggering historical epic about the intrigue and turmoil of the East Asian civilization of Otrar,
Artemisia
1986-02-04
Little Ergesh wants to help his sick grandfather buy expensive medicine. To earn the necessary money
Persecution
1989-10-01
20s south of Kyrgyzstan. Platoon commander Abysh Isaev arrives at the military garrison. His task, t
My Home on the Green Hills
1985-08-01
It's so different — the world of our childhood. For Arman, the little hero of the film, these are en
Atone for the Guilt
1984-04-25
Old Kozhabek is going through grief — his son Sultan was killed in a car accident. After a while, Ko
House Under the Moon
1983-08-01
About the fight against poaching in the camel-breeding state farm. The young worker Daut returned wi
Don Quixote of My Childhood
1978-08-01
The parable is about a young man who lives in his imaginary world and gets into various funny situat
Once and for a Lifetime
1977-08-01
The first post-revolutionary years in Kazakhstan, the period of formation of Soviet power. More than
Alpamys Goes to School
1978-08-25
A funny story of a six year old Kazakh boy who really wants to start going to school in order to joi
The Old Woman
2014-08-04
An old man and his old woman live in a remote Kazakh village. People call the old man Shorty Kairgal
Lord of Darkness
1990-07-01
When the herdsman's son was born, the Great Ruler of the underworld, Erlik Khan, predicted to the ne
Nesibeli
1986-01-01
A single woman, Nesibeli, raises her son and daughter without a husband. Despite the hardships, she
The Last Crossing
1981-01-01
The film takes place in 1926 on the southern borders of Kazakhstan. An OGPU search detachment, led b
It's Time for Ringing Heat
1980-08-01
The film is dedicated to the life of a modern village, raises current problems of agriculture.
The Long Milky Way
1983-01-01
1944. To provide aid to the famine-stricken regions of liberated Donbass, it was decided to drive ca
Sultan Beybars
1989-08-19
The second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. XIII c
Stay in the Saddle
1987-01-01
The boy Nurdin spent his summer holidays in the mountains with his grandfather, a herdsman. He learn
The Stranger
1989-05-25
A former graduate of the Akhun ballet school, he leaves ballet behind and becomes a regular at the e