| Rza Afganli | |
| Native Name: | Azerbaijani Rza Rüstəm oğlu Cəfərzadə |
| Birth Name: | Rza Jafarzade |
| Birth Date: | 15 May 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Sarab, Qajar Iran |
| Death Place: | Baku, Azerbaijan SSR |
| Spouse: | Badura Afganli (wife) |
Rza Rustam oglu Afganli (real surname Jafarzade; 1899–1973) was a Soviet Azerbaijani actor, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943) and Laureate of the Stalin Prize (1948).
Rza Jafarzade was born on May 15, 1899, in the village of Ogan, near Sarab in northwestern Qajar Iran. He began his stage career in the Baku Mobile Workers' Theater. From 1923, he was an actor at the Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre named after Mashadi Azizbeyov. In the years 1923–1926, he studied at the Baku Theater Technical School. Rza Afganli passed away on November 9, 1973, in Baku.[1]
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He established a family life twice. His daughter Khumar Zulfugarova (1927-2017), became a dancer, choreographer, and People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1979). In the second time, Rza was married to actress Badura Afganli (People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1974), and Honored Art Worker of the Azerbaijan SSR (1949)). Their daughter Ophelia (1939–2010), who also became an actress, was married to actor Sayavush Aslan.[4]