Ilgar Jumshud oghlu Jahangir was born on 30 November 1967 in the settlement of Jeyranbatan, Absheron district. In 1989 he was admitted to the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts. He began his theatre career in 1991 at the Chamber Theatre, where he worked until 2009. He then worked for a time at the Azerbaijan State Young Spectators' Theatre, and after leaving there became an actor of the independent "Oda" theatre. As a drama and film actor he appears in films, television series and advertisements.
