Farman Abdulcabbar oghlu Abdullayev (Shakili) was born on 4 November 1954 in Sheki. He studied at the Sheki Acting School and at Mikheil Tumanishvili's acting course in Georgia. He has been on the professional stage since 1975. He worked at the Sheki State Theatre. Productions he staged were awarded prizes at international festivals. He is the author of the pantomime play "Genius." He was the founder of the art of clowning in Azerbaijan. The renowned Azerbaijani actor Farman Abdullayev (Shakili) passed away on 5 March 2013, at the age of 58, after a long and severe illness.
