Actor. Born in Tobolsk, Russia, he made his 1974 motion picture debut in “About Vitya, about Masha and the Sea Force.” In 1975 he was hired by Lenkom Theater director Mark Zakharov, and became a celebrity after appearing in “The Ordinary Miracle.” During the early 1980s he was considered a sex symbol and one of the most popular Russian stars, playing in “Look for a Woman,” “Magicians” and “The Woman in White.” During the 1990s he mostly worked in the Lenkom Theatre, where he directed the play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” In 1991 Abdulov was awarded the title of People’s Artist of Russia. In his last years, Abdulov worked on television series such as “Anna Karenina” and “The Master and Margarita.”