- Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Armen Dzigarkhanyan ( _hy. Արմեն Ջիգարխանյան, _ru. Армен Джигарханян, b.
October 3 1935 ,Yerevan ,Soviet Armenia ) is one of the most popularArmenia n actors working inRussia .He starred in dozens of Soviet films (such as "
The Elusive Avengers " and many others) and provided the voice for manySoyuzmultfilm cartoon characters. He founded his own theater inMoscow .Dzigarkhanyan worked as assistant cameraman at
Armenfilm studios in 1953-1954. He began his acting career in 1955 at the Russian Stanislavsky Theater inYerevan , and in 1967 moved to theLenkom Theatre inMoscow .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 chiefgangster in the 1979 TV series "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed ", playing oppositeVladimir Vysotsky 's police investigator.In 1981 he plays a leading role as nazi Max Richard in an international Cast (
Claude Jade ,Alain Delon andCurd Jurgens ) in Russian-French Movie "Teheran 43 ".Dzigarkhanyan was given the title of
People's Artist of the USSR in 1985.He has filmed in more than 170 films(imdb).
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