Azernews.Az

A world-famous American actor who performed one of the main roles in the popular "Santa Barbara" soap opera, Lane Hunt Davies, has met with his Azerbaijani fans on a visit to Baku, the state news agency AzerTac reported.

Davies said he became familiar with Azerbaijan via videos on CNN and that the goal of the visit was to get better acquainted with the country. Davies highly assessed the modern and ancient buildings in Baku, Azerbaijani cuisine and the people's kindness.

Attending the presentation of the first part of "The Aghabeyovs" soap opera, the world-famous actor praised the professionalism of Azerbaijani actors.

Lane Davies was born in Dalton, State of Georgia. Though perhaps best known for sardonic roles in television comedy and drama, during 30 years as a stage actor, Lane has performed such roles as Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard III, King Lear, Petruchio, Henry V and Cyrano de Bergerac in companies from San Diego to Providence, Rhode Island. He was the original 'Mason Capwell' on NBC's 80s soap Santa Barbara, an international hit which has now played in over 53 countries worldwide.