Haji Murad Haji Ahmad oghlu Yagizarov was born on 18 July 1939 in Baku. While still at school he performed in a drama club. The renowned actor Alasgar Alakbarov, who saw one of his performances, advised him to enter the Theatre Institute. He studied in the acting faculty of the M. A. Aliyev Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts, in the course of Maharram Hashimov (1958–1962). Since 1962 he has worked at the Samad Vurgun Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre. He passed away in Germany on 13 September 2025.
