Berik Aitzhanov

Aitzhanov was born in Kzyl-Orda, and raised in Alamin. His father is a police officer and mother is an educator in kindergarten.

Aitzhanov's career began with theater roles. His debut role was a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, in which he played Laertes, the son of Polonius. Aitzhanov made his big screen breakthrough in 2005, when he took a part in Rymbek Alpiyev's Wolf Hour. Later in 2005, Aitzhanov starred in Zastava and Mahambet followed by Mustafa Shokai, which was filmed in Prague. In 2008, Aitzhanov starred in Brothers, a TV series created and directed by Akan Satayev. Aitzhanov continued his collaboration with Satayev in 2010 action-drama film The Liquidator, co-starring Vinnie Jones and Karlygash Muhammedzhanova.^[1]