Jeyhun Mirzayev

Jeyhun Jamil oglu Mirzayev (; April 9, 1946, Gulabli, Aghdam – March 5, 1993, Baku) was an Azerbaijani actor and film director.

Career Mirzayev was born in the Gulabli village, in Aghdam, Azerbaijan, to Jamil Mirzayev and his second wife Margarita. He had a half-sister from his mother's previous marriage to Yusif Mammadaliyev's brother Ibrahim. Mirzayev's father died when he was just three years old. Noted for his good performance skills, he became a child actor in 1955 when he acted in the film The Meeting. Three years later, at age 12, Mirzayev played the leading role of young Ismayil in the film Stepmother. He later graduated from Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts majoring in film directing. Mirzayev was expected to be on movie's opening but he died from a sudden heart attack.