
Biography
Armen Borisovich Dzhigarkhanyan (Russian: Армен Борисович Джигарханян; Armenian: Արմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, romanized: Armen Borisi Jigarkhanyan; pronounced [dʒiɡɑrχɑnjɑn]; 3 October 1935 – 14 November 2020) was a Soviet, 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 (1968), its sequel The Crown of the Russian Empire, or Once Again the Elusive Avengers (1971) and The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979). 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.
With more than 250 appearances, Dzhigarkhanyan, one of the most renowned film and stage Armenian and Russian actors, appeared in more films than any other Russian actor.
Filmography
All 219
Movies 205
TV Shows 14
Voice 7
Self 3
Narrator 2
Director 1

Lola the Living Potato (2018)

Первый парень на деревне (2018)

Last Prince of Atlantis (2018)

The Heroine (2015)

Savva. Heart of the Warrior (2015)

The Soul of a Spy (2015)

Boatman Gull (2014)

The House in the Heart (2014)

12 Months (2013)

Татьяна Васильева. У меня ангельский характер (2012)

Goldfish in city N (2011)

Гамлет XXI век (2011)

The Ugly Duckling (2010)

Олимпийская деревня (2010)

Исповедь дьявола (2009)

Akhtamar (2009)

O, Luckyman! (2009)

Yuri Olesha, nicknamed "The Writer" (2009)

The Ghost (2008)

Parents' day (2008)

Van Gogh is not to blame (2008)

White canvas (2008)

God's Smile (2008)

Hand for Happiness (2008)

Vanished Empire (2008)

The Best Movie (2008)

Yarik (2008)

Rud and Sam (2007)

Джоконда на асфальте (2007)

Vanechka (2007)

Artisty (2007)

Poor Baby (2006)

Когда боги уснули (2006)

The Adventures of Verka Serduchka (2005)

Adjutants of Love (2005)

Казус Кукоцкого (2005)

Три мушкетёра (2005)

The 32 of December (2004)

Кавалеры морской звезды (2004)

My big armenian wedding (2004)

Esli Nevesta Vedma (2002)

Choo-choo-2 (2001)

Часы без стрелок (2000)

Gangster's Petersburg (2000)

Natasha (1998)

Our Yard 2 (1998)

Poor Sasha (1997)

Shizofreniya (1997)

Don Quixote Returns (1997)

Children of Monday (1997)

Carnival night 2 (1996)

Ревизор (1996)

Королева Марго (1996)

Возвращение броненосца (1996)

White Feast (1996)

Линия жизни (1996)

Line of Life (1996)

American Daughter (1995)

Московские каникулы (1995)

What a Mess! (1995)

Polyphemus, Acis and Galatea (1995)

A Few Love Stories (1994)

Стреляющие ангелы (1994)

Last Station (1994)

To Remember (1993)

Dreams (1993)

Ivan & Abraham (1993)

There's Good Weather in Deribasovskaya, Or It's Raining Again in Brighton Beach (1993)

Alphonse (1993)

The Murderer (1993)

A Gun with silencer (1993)

Rytsar Kennet (1993)

Казино (1992)

In Search of the Golden Phallus (1992)

Sniper (1992)

Demons (1992)

Gangsters in the Ocean (1992)

Serious Game (1992)

White King, Red Queen (1992)

Black Square (1992)

Восточный роман (1992)

Richard Lvinoe Serdtse (1992)

Катька и Шиз (1992)

KGB Agents Also Fall in Love (1991)

Ау, ограбление поезда (1991)

Assassin of the Tsar (1991)

Made in USSR (1991)

Tyoma's Childhood (1991)

100 Days Before the Command (1991)

Маленькая колдунья (1991)

The Grey Wolf & Little Red Riding Hood (1990)

Anekdoty (1990)

His Nickname Is Beast (1990)

The Passport (1990)

Litsom k Stene (1990)

Динозавры ХХ века (1990)

Spanish Actress for Russian Minister (1990)

Шапка (1990)

Ruanskaya Deva po Prozvishchu Pyshka (1989)

The Drayman and the King (1989)

Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective (1989)

Prince Udacha Andreyevich (1989)

The law (1989)

The Birth of Eros (1989)

Treasure Island (1989)

Созвездие Козлотура (1989)

Zerograd (1988)

Физики (1988)

The Thirteenth Apostle (1988)

The Life of Klim Samgin (1988)

Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure (1988)

Фунтик в цирке (1988)

Maigret at the Minister (1987)

Претендент (1987)

Мегрэ у министра (1987)

Конец света с последующим симпозиумом (1987)

The Lonely Nut-Tree (1987)

Фунтик и старушка с усами (1987)

Избранник судьбы (1987)

One Time Deal (1987)

Priklyucheniya porosenka Funtika (1986)

Litsom k litsu (1986)

Secrets of Madame Wong (1986)

To proceed with the investigation. Movie 2: Slander (1986)

Hercules and Admetus (1986)

Фунтик и сыщики (1986)

Неуловимый фунтик (1986)

Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map (1986)

Cry of a Dolphin (1986)

Proceed to the investigation. Film 1: Version (1986)

Banket (1986)

Sincerely Yours... (1985)

Goldfish (1985)

Расставания (1985)

Anna Firling's Roads (1985)

The Shore (1984)

Профессия - следователь (1984)

Fairy tales of the old magician (1984)

The Green Van (1983)

Recipe of Her Youth (1983)

Трое на шоссе (1983)

Encounter (1983)

Али-Баба и 40 разбойников (1983)

Investigator by Profession (1982)

Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog (1982)

Gikor (1982)

Где-то плачет иволга... (1982)

Nicolo Paganini (1982)

Kuda Ischez Fomenko? (1981)

Teheran '43 (1981)

Dulcinea of Tobossa (1980)

Horses Aren't Changed at the Crossing (1980)

Rafferty (1980)

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)

The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979)

Live Long (1979)

Grandmother's Grandson (1979)

Любовь моя, печаль моя (1978)

Стратегия риска (1978)

Arevik (1978)

Star of Hope (1978)

Lyubov moya, pechal moya (1978)

Cabbages and Kings (1978)

Yaroslavna, Queen of France (1978)

Бенефис. Людмила Гурченко (1978)

Chefs Came to Competition... (1977)

Sunstroke (1977)

Rudin (1977)

The Dog in the Manger (1977)

Одиннадцать надежд (1976)

Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975)

A Bride from the North (1975)

When September Comes (1975)

Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (1975)

Olga Sergeevna (1975)

Ольга Сергеевна (1975)

Воздухоплаватель (1975)

Рассказ о простой вещи (1975)

Taste of Khalva (1975)

Girl without dowry (1974)

Цемент (1974)

Autumn (1974)

The Ocean (1974)

Old Walls (1974)

Here Is Our House (1974)

The Bonus (1974)

And Then I Said No (1973)

A Man at His Place (1973)

An Hour Before Dawn (1973)

Украли зебру (1972)

A Circle (1972)

The Fourth (1972)

The Men (1972)

Расскажи мне о себе (1972)

Racers (1972)

The End of the Lyubavines (1972)

The Seagull (1972)

Sveaborg (1972)

A Train to a Distant August (1971)

Young People (1971)

Investigation Held by ZnaToKi (1971)

Extraordinary Commissar (1970)

Crown of Russian Empire, or the Elusives Again (1970)

Сохранившие огонь (1970)

Эхо далеких снегов (1970)

Reckoning (1970)

White Explosion (1969)

A Little Crane (1969)

The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968)

The Sixth of July (1968)

Punisher (1968)

There Lived Once a Man (1968)

Operation 'Trust' (1967)

Triangle (1967)

People Of Our City (1966)

Hello, It's Me! (1966)

Twelve Companions (1962)

Before the Dawn (1961)

Говорящая обезьяна
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Information
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday1935-10-03
Deathday2020-11-14 (85 years old)
Place of birthYerevan, Armenia
SiblingsMarina Dzhigarkhanyan
CitizenshipsArmenia, Russia, United States of America, Soviet Union
ResidencesMoscow, Russia
Also known asԱրմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Армен Джигарханян, Джигарханян Армен Борисович, Армен Борисович Джигарханян
AwardsOrder "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, Prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, medal "for outstanding service to the City of Moscow", Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "10 years of Astana", Golden Mask, People's Artist of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the Armenian SSR, honorary citizen of Yerevan, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class
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