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 234
Movies 218
TV Shows 16
Voice 5
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)
Love in the USSR (2014)
12 Months (2013)
Паровозик Тишка (2012)
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)
God's Smile (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)
Hand for Happiness (2008)
Vanished Empire (2008)
The Best Movie (2008)
Yarik (2008)
Rud and Sam (2007)
Джоконда на асфальте (2007)
Vanechka (2007)
Raspyatye (2007)
Artisty (2007)
Babka Ezhka and Others (2006)
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)
Watch Without Hands (2000)
Gangster's Petersburg (2000)
Natasha (1998)
Our Yard 2 (1998)
Poor Sasha (1997)
Shizofreniya (1997)
Without Return Address (1997)
Don Quixote Returns (1997)
Children of Monday (1997)
Carnival night 2 (1996)
Ревизор (1996)
Queen Margot (1996)
Возвращение броненосца (1996)
White Feast (1996)
Line of Life (1996)
Линия жизни (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)
A Gun with silencer (1993)
Rytsar Kennet (1993)
The Murderer (1993)
Alphonse (1993)
Катька и Шиз (1992)
Казино (1992)
In Search of the Golden Phallus (1992)
Demons (1992)
Gangsters in the Ocean (1992)
Serious Game (1992)
White King, Red Queen (1992)
Oriental Novel (1992)
Death macaroni, or Professor Buggensberg's mistake (1992)
Black Square (1992)
Richard Lvinoe Serdtse (1992)
KGB Agents Also Fall in Love (1991)
Ау, ограбление поезда (1991)
Assassin of the Tsar (1991)
Sniper (1991)
Made in USSR (1991)
Говорящая обезьяна (1991)
Tyoma's Childhood (1991)
100 Days Before the Command (1991)
The Little Witch (1991)
The law (1990)
Grey Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood (1990)
Anekdoty (1990)
The Passport (1990)
His Nickname Is Beast (1990)
Litsom k Stene (1990)
Dinosaurs of the Twentieth Century (1990)
Spanish Actress for Russian Minister (1990)
The Hat (1990)
The Drayman and the King (1989)
Ruanskaya Deva po Prozvishchu Pyshka (1989)
Two Arrows. Stone Age Detective (1989)
Prince Udacha Andreyevich (1989)
The Birth of Eros (1989)
Treasure Island (1989)
Treasure Island: Part II - Captain Flint's Treasure (1989)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1989)
Созвездие Козлотура (1989)
Zerograd (1988)
Физики (1988)
The Thirteenth Apostle (1988)
The Life of Klim Samgin (1988)
Фунтик в цирке (1988)
Maigret at the Minister (1987)
Претендент (1987)
Maigret is with the Minister (1987)
End of the World with Symposium to Follow (1987)
The Lonely Nut-Tree (1987)
One Time Deal (1987)
Фунтик и старушка с усами (1987)
Избранник судьбы (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)
Cry of a Dolphin (1986)
Banquet (1986)
Proceed to the investigation. Film 1: Version (1986)
Treasure Island: Part I – Captain Flint's Map (1986)
Sincerely Yours... (1985)
Goldfish (1985)
Расставания (1985)
Anna Firling's Roads (1985)
The Shore (1984)
Investigator by Profession (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)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1983)
Once Upon a Time there Lived a Dog (1982)
Date with Your Youth (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)
My Love, My Sorrow (1978)
Стратегия риска (1978)
Arevik (1978)
Star of Hope (1978)
Cabbages and Kings (1978)
Бенефис. Людмила Гурченко (1978)
Yaroslavna, Queen of France (1978)
Chefs Came to Competition... (1977)
Sunstroke (1977)
Rudin (1977)
The Dog in the Manger (1977)
Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata (1976)
Одиннадцать надежд (1976)
Hello, I'm Your Aunt! (1975)
A Bride from the North (1975)
When September Comes (1975)
Olga Sergeevna (1975)
Olga Sergeevna (1975)
Воздухоплаватель (1975)
Taste of Khalva (1975)
Рассказ о простой вещи (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)
Перевод с английского (1972)
The Men (1972)
Расскажи мне о себе (1972)
Tronka (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)
What About You, Comrade? (1969)
The New Adventures of the Elusive Avengers (1968)
The Sixth of July (1968)
Punisher (1968)
The Kyiv Direction (1968)
There Lived Once a Man (1968)
Touches on the V. I. Lenin's Portrait (1967)
Operation 'Trust' (1967)
Triangle (1967)
People Of Our City (1966)
Hello, It's Me! (1966)
Twelve Companions (1962)
Steps / Qayler (1962)
Before the Dawn (1961)
The Canyon of Deserted Tales
German
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1935-10-03
Deathday2020-11-14 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceYerevan, Armenia
SiblingsMarina Dzhigarkhanyan
CitizenshipsUnited States of America, Soviet Union, Armenia, Russia
ResidencesMoscow, Russia
Also Known AsԱրմեն Բորիսի Ջիգարխանյան, Армен Джигарханян, Джигарханян Армен Борисович, Армен Борисович Джигарханян
Awardsmedal "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, Icarus, Prize of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, 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
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