Shovgi Huseynov was born on 9 August 1972 in the Jalilabad district. In 1989 he enrolled at the faculty of drama theatre and film acting of the Institute of Arts. He studied under People's Artist and professor Jannat Salimova. From 1991 he began working as an actor at the Baku Chamber Theatre, which operated under Jannat khanim's direction. Since 2000 he has also worked in dubbing. He has been an actor of the Azerbaijan State Young Spectators' Theatre since 2009 and of the Academic Musical Theatre since 2014. He has taught at the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts since 2018.
