The famous actor and director of “Capercaillie” is fighting cancer

Maria Bredikhina

32 minutes ago


“Virus” (2019)

65-year-old Rustam Urazaev is known as an actor in the films and TV series Alias ​​Albanian, Red Train, Angel on Fire, Cop, Sword. And also as a director who directed some seasons of Capercaillie, Cop in Law, Cobwebs and other popular projects. Now he is seriously ill.

At one time, Urazaev (his father is Uzbek, and his mother is Russian) was compared with Alain Delon. Rustam really looked like a handsome Frenchman. What successfully used when communicating with the weaker sex.

– I once filmed in France, – Urazaev recalled with a sly smile, – and one famous actress approached me with the question: “Tell me, are you by any chance the son of Alain Delon?” To which I answered absolutely seriously: “Yes, he is my father.” And guess what, she believed.

Urazaev in the film “The Incident at the Airport” (1987)

Now Rustam Renatovich is still joking. He picks up the phone and says: “The police chief is listening” or “Foreign intelligence is in touch.” Although he has no reason to be humorous. The actor and director is in one of the clinics in Moscow with a serious illness.

“Unfortunately, I won’t be able to give you an interview,” he explained. I’m afraid I won’t be leaving the hospital soon. I have stage 3 cancer.

He last appeared on screen in the 2019 series Virus and fell ill shortly after.

Photo source: Film stills

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