Armen Dzhigarkhanyan

Armen Dzigarkhanyan (Armenian: Արմեն Ջիգարխանյան, Russian: Арме́н Бори́сович Джигарханя́н, born 3 October 1935, Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR) is one of the most popular Soviet, Russian and Armenian actors.

2010

He starred in dozens of Soviet films (such as The Elusive Avengers and many others) and provided the voice for many cartoon characters. He founded his own theater in Moscow.

Dzigarkhanyan worked as assistant cameraman at Armenfilm studios in 1953–1954. He began his acting career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theater in Yerevan, and in 1967 moved to the Lenkom Theatre in Moscow.

In 1969, he joined the Mayakovsky Academic Theater. Dzhigarkhanyan was awarded the Armenian Republican State Prize in 1975 for Triangle and again in 1979 for Snow in Mourning. He appeared as a chief gangster in the 1979 TV series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed, playing opposite Vladimir Vysotsky's police investigator.

In 1981, he plays a leading role as Nazi Max Richard in an international Cast (Claude Jade, Alain Delon and Curd Jürgens) in Russian-French Movie Teheran 43.

Dzigarkhanyan was given the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1985.

He has appeared in more than 170 films, according to IMDb. This does not include TV series, voice works and uncredited appearances. Some suggest the real figure is over 200 films.

Selected filmography

Actor

• Hello, That's Me! (1966)
• The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968)
• The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971)
• Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975)
• The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)
• Teheran 43 (1981)

Voice

• Once Upon a Dog (1982) — The Wolf
• Formula of Love (1984) — Count Cagliostro
• Treasure Island (1988) — John Silver

Honours and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (3 October 2010)
  • 3rd class (3 October 1995) - for his great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art
  • 4th class (1 December 2005) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art, and many years of creative activity
• Order of Honour (Armenia) (2010)
• Honoured Artist of Armenian SSR (1966)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1973)
• People's Artist of the USSR (1985)
• State Prize of the Armenian SSR, twice (1975, 1979)
• Tsarskoselskaya Art Prize (18 October 2011) - "For the original cast and writing a unique path in theatre and film"

External links

• Armen Dzhigarkhanyan at the Internet Movie Database