Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Actor, Film actor
1935 –
Who is Armen Dzhigarkhanyan?
Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is an Armenian and Russian actor.
Born and raised in Yerevan, Dzhigarkhanyan started acting in the academic and Russian theaters of the city, before moving to Moscow to continue stage acting. Since 1960, he appeared in a number of Armenian films. He became popular in the 1970s with the various roles he portrayed in Soviet films like The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers, its sequel The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers and The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed. After almost 30 years on the stage of the Mayakovsky Theatre, Dzhigarkhanyan taught at VGIK and in 1996 he founded his own drama theater in Moscow.
Dzhigarkhanyan, one of the most renowned living film and stage Armenian and Russian actors, has appeared in more films than any other Russian actor with more than 250 appearances.
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- Born
- Oct 3, 1935
Yerevan - Also known as
- Armène Djigarkhanian
- A. Dzhigarkhanyan
- A. Dzigarkhanyan
- Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan
- Armen Jigarkhanyan
- Armen Djigarkhanian
- Armen Dzigarkhanyan
- Armen
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Armenians in Russia
- Nationality
- Armenia
- Russia
- Profession
- Lived in
- Yerevan
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on July 23, 2013
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