Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 3, 1935
- Died
- November 14, 2020 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR [now Armenia]
Biography
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (October 3, 1935 – November 14, 2020) was an Armenian and Soviet actor and theater director. Considered one of the greatest and most prolific actors in Armenian and Soviet cinema, he performed in more than 250 films and television productions throughout a career spanning over six decades. He received numerous accolades, including the titles of People's Artist of the Armenian SSR and People's Artist of the USSR, two Armenian SSR State Prizes, and the Golden Mask Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre. Dzhigarkhanyan studied acting at the Yerevan Institute of Fine Arts and Theatre under director Armen Gulakian, graduating in 1958. He began his theatrical career in 1955 at the Stanislavsky Russian Drama Theatre in Yerevan, where he performed for over a decade. In 1967, he moved to Moscow and joined the Lenkom Theatre before becoming a leading actor at the Mayakovsky Academic Theatre in 1969. His film debut came in 1960 with Landslide, and he first gained widespread recognition for his performance as physicist Artyom Manvelyan in Hello, That's Me! (1966). His portrayal of blacksmith Usta Mukuch in Triangle (1967) further established his reputation as a dramatic actor, earning him the Armenian SSR State Prize in 1975. He gained wider popularity for playing Captain Ovechkin in The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968) and its sequel The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971). Other notable performances include The Men (1973), Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975), The Dog in the Manger (1977), and the crime television series The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979), in which he portrayed the notorious criminal leader Karp, nicknamed Gorbaty. Dzhigarkhanyan continued to appear in prominent Soviet and Russian productions, including Teheran 43 (1981), City Zero (1988), The Assassin of the Tsar (1991), and Shirli-Myrli (1995). He also became well known for his voice acting, most notably portraying Captain Flint in the animated Treasure Island (1988). His distinctive voice and versatility allowed him to perform a remarkable range of characters across drama, comedy, adventure, and animation. In addition to his film career, Dzhigarkhanyan maintained an extensive theatrical career and worked as an acting professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography from 1989 to 1997. In 1996, he founded the Moscow Drama Theatre under the direction of Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, serving as its artistic director. He was named People's Artist of the Armenian SSR in 1977 and People's Artist of the USSR in 1985. His other honors included the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, the Order of Honor of Armenia, and the Stanislavsky International Award.
Known For
Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog
Treasure Island
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
The Best Movie
What a Mess!
Zerograd
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
Savva. Heart of the Warrior
My Fair Nanny
The Ghost
Filmography
Our Village or a Bride from Jermuk
Movie · as Revaz / Armen Dzhigarkhanyan
Last Prince of Atlantis
Movie · as (Voice)
The First Guy in the Village
TV · as Пифагор · 4 eps
10 самых...
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Soul of a Spy
Movie
Savva. Heart of the Warrior
Movie · as Shaman Shi-Sha / Rasskazchik (voice)
The Heroine
Movie · as (voice)
Posledniy yanychar
TV · as старый янычар · 115 eps
Love in the USSR
Movie
The House in the Heart
Movie · as Grandfather
Boatman Gull
TV · 4 eps
12 Months
Movie
Tatiana Vasilyeva. I Have An Angelic Character
Movie · as Self
German
TV · 8 eps
Hamlet XXI Century
Movie
Goldfish in city N
Movie
Olympic Village
Movie
The Ugly Duckling
Movie · as Индюк (голос)
God's Smile
Movie
O, Luckyman!
Movie · as Дед Рамиза
The Devil‘s Confession
Movie
Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer"
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hand for Happiness
Movie · as Godfather
The Best Movie
Movie · as Бог
Vanished Empire
Movie · as Дедушка Сергея
The Ghost
Movie · as Felix
Yarik
Movie · as Gurgen
Parents' day
Movie
Van Gogh is not to blame
Movie
White Canvas
Movie
Crucified
Movie
Vanechka
Movie
Rud and Sam
Movie · as Руд
Artists
Movie · as продавец-кавказец
Джоконда на асфальте
Movie
Poor Baby
Movie · as Mole
When the Gods Went to Sleep
Movie
The Adventures of Verka Serduchka
Movie · as voiceover
Казус Кукоцкого
Movie
Казус Кукоцкого
TV · 12 eps
Adjutants of Love
TV · as Spartak · 30 eps
Three Musketeers
Movie · as Captain De Treville
The 32 of December
Movie
Cavaliers of the Starfish
TV · as Алексей Миронов · 8 eps
My Fair Nanny
TV · as Иван Иванович Джагашвили · 1 ep
Moya bolshaya armyanskaya svadba
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Бандитский Петербург. Арестант
TV · as Gurgen · 3 eps
Esli Nevesta Vedma
Movie
Choo-Choo-2
Movie
Watch Without Hands
Movie
Gangster's Petersburg
TV · as Гиви Чвирхадзе, Гурген · 7 eps
Banditskiy Peterburg: Advokat
TV · as Gurgen · 10 eps
Delusion
Movie · as Man
Natasha
Movie · as Andrey Nikolaevich
Our Yard 2
Movie · as Self (as Armen Jigarkhanyan)
Children of Monday
Movie
Schizophrenia
Movie
Without Return Address
Movie
Poor Sasha
Movie · as Начальник колонии
Don Quixote Returns
Movie
Carnival Night 2
Movie
Return of the "Battleship"
Movie
Линия жизни
Movie
Line of Life
Movie · as Papa
White Feast
Movie
Revizorro
Movie · as Osip, his servant
Queen Margot
TV · 18 eps
Moscow Vacation
Movie
Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea
Movie
What a Mess!
Movie · as Kozyulski
American Daughter
Movie · as Ardov
A Few Love Stories
Movie
Nocturne for Drum and Motorcycle
Movie
Simple - Minded
Movie
Shooting Angels
Movie
Last Station
Movie
The Wizard of the Emerald City
Movie
Короли российского сыска
TV · 3 eps
White King, Red Queen
Movie · as Makeiev
Dreams
Movie · as Doctor
Alphonse
Movie
The Murderer
Movie · as Genrikh
There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach
Movie · as Katz
Ivan & Abraham
Movie
A Gun with silencer
Movie
Kennet the Knight
Movie
To Remember
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Oriental Novel
Movie
Death macaroni, or Professor Buggensberg's mistake
Movie · as Barrymore
Black Square
Movie
Serious Game
Movie · as Арсений Фёдорович Черкизов
Richard the Lionheart
Movie
Katka and Shiz
Movie · as Игнатьев
Sniper
Movie · as Augusto Salante
Demons
Movie · as Игнат Лебядкин
Gangsters in the Ocean
Movie · as Ivan Vasilyevich
In Search of the Golden Phallus
Movie · as Эдик - «инвалид» в круизе
The Call Guy
Movie
Casino
Movie · as Jack Perry
Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
Movie · as President
Talking Monkey
Movie · as Эдик - аферист-дрессировщик
The Little Witch
Movie
Assassin of the Tsar
Movie · as Александр Егорович
100 Days Before the Command
Movie · as Brigade Commander
Made in USSR
Movie · as Viktor Andreyevich
Tyoma's Childhood
Movie
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love
Movie
Ooh, Train Robbery
Movie · as Nachalnik Poveshchuka
The Passport
Movie · as Semyon Klain - «Senya»
His Nickname Is Beast
Movie · as Король
Facing the Wall
Movie · as Прокурор
Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood
Movie · as Wolf (voice) / Волк (озвучка)
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister
Movie · as Павел Андреевич
The Law
Movie
The Hat
Movie · as Marshal Pobratimov
Dinosaurs of the Twentieth Century
Movie
Jokes
Movie · as Bruskov - sledovatel/glavvrach
...Life is Beautiful
Movie
Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective
Movie · as Глава рода
The Drayman and the King
Movie · as Мендель Крик
The Maid of Rouen Named Boule de Suif
Movie
Prince Udacha Andreyevich
Movie · as Генрих Касториев
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie
Constellation Goattour
Movie · as Avtandil Avtandilovich
The Birth of Eros
Movie · as Voice
The Lonely Nut-Tree
Movie
The Thirteenth Apostle
Movie
Zerograd
Movie · as Пал Палыч, директор завода
Earthly Joys
Movie
Treasure Island
Movie · as John Silver (voice)
Physicists
Movie · as инспектор полиции Рихард Фосс
Foontic at the Сircus
Movie · as Unkle Mokus / дядюшка Мокус
The Life of Klim Samgin
TV · as Timofey Varavka - Klim's Stepfather · 14 eps
Proceed to the Investigation. Film 2: Slander
TV · as Левон Арамович Джангиров, следователь · 2 eps
Candidate
Movie
Chosen by Fate
Movie
One Time Deal
Movie · as Papashin
Cry of a Dolphin
Movie · as Styuard
Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map
Movie · as John Silver - sea pirate (voice)
Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure
Movie · as John Silver - sea pirate (voice)
Maigret at the Minister
Movie · as Комиссар Мегрэ
Foontic and the Old Woman With a Mustache
Movie · as Unkle Mokus / дядюшка Мокус
How Donkey Got Sick with Sadness
Movie · as Little girl's father (voice)
With Obvious Advantage
Movie
Maigret is with the Minister
TV · as Maigret · 2 eps
End of the World with Symposium to Follow
TV · 3 eps
Hercules and Admetus
Movie
The Mystery of the Pirate Queen
Movie · as Commissioner Thompson
Banquet
Movie · as Guest (voice)
Foontic and the Detectives
Movie · as Unkle Mokus / дядюшка Мокус
The Elusive Foontic
Movie · as Unkle Mokus / дядюшка Мокус
To proceed with the investigation. Movie 2: Slander
Movie
Face to Face
Movie · as Фол Ларсен
Strange Games
Movie · as Дрампян
Three on an Island
Movie · as Captain Red Dog (voice)
Priklyucheniya porosenka Funtika
TV · as Unkle Mokus (voice) · 4 eps
Proceed to the Investigation. Film 1: Version
TV · as Левон Арамович Джангиров, следователь · 2 eps
Anna Firling's Roads
Movie
Sincerely Yours...
Movie · as Serafimov
Расставания
Movie
Goldfish
Movie
At dawn in the courtyard
Movie
The Tales of the Old Wizard
TV · as Младший Министр, позднее Самый Главный Министр королевства · 2 eps
The Shore
Movie · as Platon Petrovich
Investigator by Profession
Movie · as Anatoly Krupanin
Fairy-Tales of an Old Magician
Movie · as Junior Minister
Wintering Law
Movie
I'm Ready to Take a Challenge
Movie
Investigator by Profession
TV · as Anatoliy Krupanin - zamdirektora ovoshchebazy · 5 eps
The Fight
Movie · as Stepan
The Green Van
Movie
Recipe of Her Youth
Movie · as Count Hauk
Three People on a Highway
Movie · as Виктор Карцев
Oriole Is Crying Somewhere...
Movie
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Movie · as Хасан
I Won't Pay!
Movie
Али-Баба и сорок разбойников
Movie · as Хасан
The Green Van
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 2 eps
Once Upon a Time, There Lived a Dog
Movie · as Wolf (voice)
Date with Your Youth
Movie
This is Where We Live
Movie · as Alexander Sheremetev
Gikor
Movie · as Bazaz Artem
Nicolo Paganini
Movie
Nicolo Paganini
TV · 4 eps
Where Did Fomenko Go?
Movie
Teheran '43
Movie · as Max Richard - killer
Stories About Love
Movie
The Boy Walked, the Owl Flew
Movie
Dulcinea of Tobossa
Movie
Rafferty
Movie · as Томми Фарричетти
The Legend of the Clown
Movie · as Jail Superintendant
Horses Aren't Changed at the Crossing
Movie
The Flight Begins from the Ground
Movie
Live Long
Movie · as Baroyan
Cabbages and Kings
Movie · as Billy Keogh
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
Movie · as "Hunchback"
Grandmother's Grandson
Movie · as Gevork Arshakovich Kaloshyan
The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed
TV · as «Горбатый» · 5 eps
Koroli i kapusta
TV · as Billy Keogh · 2 eps
The Mountain
Movie · as Isay
The Star of Hope
Movie · as Mkhitar Sparapet
Yaroslavna, Queen of France
Movie
The Benefit. Lyudmila Gurchenko
Movie · as shoemaker-husband
Risk Strategy
Movie
Arevik
Movie · as Andronicus
My Love, My Sorrow
Movie · as Stranger
Risk Strategy
TV · 4 eps
The Dog in the Manger
Movie · as Тристан
Sunstroke
Movie · as Professor Radev
Chefs Came to Competition...
Movie · as Амо
Rudin
Movie
Eleven Hopes
Movie · as тренер испанской сборной Гомес
Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat
Movie · as Roman
The Balloonist
Movie
Taste of Khalva
Movie · as Эмир
The Bonus
Movie · as Grigoriy Frolovskiy
Hello, I'm Your Aunt!
Movie · as Judge Kriegs
Olga Sergeevna
Movie · as Vladimir
When September Comes
Movie · as Левон Погосян
A Bride from the North
Movie · as Serob
A Story About a Simple Thing
Movie
The Canyon of Deserted Tales
Movie · as Азария
Kruzhilikha
Movie
Olga Sergeevna
TV · as Владимир · 8 eps
Cement
Movie
Autumn
Movie · as Viktor Skobkin
Here Is Our Home
Movie
Girl Without Dowry
Movie · as Юлий Капитонович Карандышев
The Ocean
Movie · as Zub
Such Stories
Movie
Бесприданница
TV · as Юлий Капитонович Карандышев · 2 eps
The Men
Movie · as Ghazaryan
A Man at His Place
Movie
And Then I Said No
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Old Walls
Movie · as Volodya
An Hour Before Dawn
Movie
Translation from English
Movie
Tronka
Movie
Racers
Movie · as Vartan Vartanovich
The Seagull
Movie · as Shamrayev
The Fourth
Movie
Tell Me About Yourself
Movie
Sveaborg
Movie
A Zebra Was Stolen
Movie · as дрессировщик
The End of the Lyubavines
Movie · as Zakrevskiy
A Circle
Movie · as Rostislav Frolov
Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again
Movie · as staff captain Ovechkin
A Train to a Distant August
Movie · as Chigorin
Young People
Movie · as Pyotr
Twenty Years Later
Movie · as Д'Артаньян
Investigation Held by ZnaToKi
TV · as «Вольдемар» - шантажист · 1 ep
Reckoning
Movie
Those Who Kept the Fire
Movie
Extraordinary Commissar
Movie
Echo of Distant Snows
Movie · as Кирилл Костомаров
Train to Tomorrow's Day
Movie · as Proshyan
A Little Crane
Movie · as Styshnoy
What About You, Comrade?
Movie
White Explosion
Movie · as Артём Арсенов
The Kyiv Direction
Movie
Operation 'Trust'
Movie · as Artuzov
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers
Movie · as staff captain Ovechkin
The Sixth of July
Movie · as Prosh Proshyan
Punisher
Movie
There Lived Once a Man
Movie · as Ruben
Operation 'Trust'
TV · as Артузов - чекист · 4 eps
Triangle
Movie · as Usta Mukuch
Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait
Movie
Hello, It's Me!
Movie · as Artyom Manvelyan
People Of Our City
Movie · as Ruben (novel «Garni»)
Steps / Qayler
Movie
Twelve Companions
Movie · as Fedoseev (uncredited)
Before the Dawn
Movie · as teacher Alexander
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