Makhmud Esambayev: Makhmud Esambayev. Actor: I Will Dance!. Makhmud Esambayev was born on 15 July 1924 in Starye Atagi, Chechen Autonomous Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Chechnya, Russia]. He was an actor, known for I Will Dance! (1962), Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (2003) and Lebedinoe ozero (1969). He died on 7 January 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
Known For: I Will Dance! (Mahmud), Swan Lake: Kirov/Yelena Yevteyeva/John Markovsky (Rothbart), Lebedinoe ozero (Rothbart), Zemlya Sannikova (Black shaman)