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name: "Suimenkul Chokmorov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/suimenkul-chokmorov"
fi1m_id: "suimenkul-chokmorov"
imdb_id: "nm0158924"
tmdb_id: 58993
wikidata_id: "Q4517080"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 November 1939"
died: "26 September 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:50:49.962961+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Suimenkul Chokmorov

## Identity

Suimenkul Chokmorov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/suimenkul-chokmorov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** suimenkul-chokmorov
- **IMDb ID:** nm0158924
- **TMDB ID:** 58993
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4517080
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suimenkul_Chokmorov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4517080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58993

Actor. Born 9 November 1939 in Chong-Tash. Died 26 September 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 November 1939, Chong-Tash
- **Died:** 26 September 1992
- **Also known as:** Суйменкул Чокморов, Suymenkul Chokmorov , Сүймөнкул Чокморов, Süymönqul Çoqmorov
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suimenkul_Chokmorov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4517080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0158924/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58993

## Biography

Suimenkul Chokmorov (also credited as Суйменкул Чокморов and similar variants) was a Kyrgyz Soviet actor and painter. Born on 9 November 1939 in Chong-Tash, he graduated from the Leningrad Academy of Arts in 1964 and later taught painting and composition.

He made his film debut in 1968 in Bolotbek Shamshiyev’s *A Shooting at the Karash Pass* and went on to appear in numerous Soviet films, including adaptations of Chingiz Aitmatov’s works such as *Jamilya* (1968), *The Ferocious One* (1973) and *The Red Apple* (1975). He played Jan Bao in Akira Kurosawa’s *Dersu Uzala* (1975).

Chokmorov was named a People’s Artist of the USSR in 1981. He continued painting alongside his acting career until his death on 26 September 1992 in Bishkek.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dersu Uzala* (1975), Fi1m 82, as Jan Bao — [page](https://film.one/film/dersu-uzala.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The First* (1985), Actor
- *Waves Die On The Shore* (1985), as Askhat
- *Sunday Walks* (1984), as Димаш
- *Wolf Pit* (1983), as Police Colonel Turabaev
- *Men Without Women* (1981), Actor
- *Early Cranes* (1980), as Otets
- *Kanybek* (1978), Actor
- *The Life and Death of Ferdinand Luce* (1977), as Mr. Lao «Naumo» - Joseph Lim's Man
- *Ulan* (1977), Actor
- *The Apple of My Eye* (1976), as Erkin's father
- *Dersu Uzala* (1975), as Jan Bao — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/dersu-uzala.md)
- *The Red Apple* (1975), as Temir
- *The Fierce One* (1973), as Akhangul
- *The Seventh Bullet* (1973), Actor
- *I am Tian Shan* (1973), Actor
- *Worship the Fire* (1972), as Utur-Usta
- *Red Poppies of Issyk-Kul* (1971), as Karabalta
- *Extraordinary Commissar* (1970), Actor
- *Dzhamilya* (1969), as Daniyar
- *Gunshot at the Mountain Pass* (1968), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Suimenkul Chokmorov](https://film.one/media/person/3919289/gallery-ea8eae820edd.jpg) Suimenkul Chokmorov — Image via TMDB
- ![Suimenkul Chokmorov](https://film.one/media/person/3919289/gallery-bca1ea99f9cb.jpg) Suimenkul Chokmorov — Image via TMDB

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