ACTORS from Armenia

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Armenian Actors of all time. This list of famous Armenian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935 - 2020)

With an HPI of 58.69, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan is the most famous Armenian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 46 different languages on wikipedia.

Armen Borisi Dzhigarkhanyan (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.

2. Olga Chekhova (1897 - 1980)

With an HPI of 56.94, Olga Chekhova is the 2nd most famous Armenian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Olga Konstantinovna Chekhova (née Knipper; Russian: Ольга Константиновна Чехова; 14 April 1897 – 9 March 1980), known in Germany as Olga Tschechowa, was a Russian-German actress. Her film roles include the female lead in Alfred Hitchcock's Mary (1931).

3. Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930 - 1993)

With an HPI of 55.03, Frunzik Mkrtchyan is the 3rd most famous Armenian Actor.  His biography has been translated into 26 different languages.

Mher Musheghi Mkrtchyan (Armenian: Մհեր Մուշեղի Մկրտչյան; 4 July 1930 – 29 December 1993), better known by the name Frunzik (Armenian: Ֆրունզիկ; Russian: Фрунзик), was an Armenian stage and film actor. Mkrtchyan is widely considered one of the greatest actors of the Soviet period among Armenians and the USSR as a whole. He received the prestigious People's Artist of the USSR award in 1984.

4. Angela Sarafyan (b. 1983)

With an HPI of 42.76, Angela Sarafyan is the 4th most famous Armenian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 33 different languages.

Angela Sarafyan (Armenian: Անժելա Սարաֆյան), sometimes credited as Angela Sarafian, is an Armenian-American actress. She has appeared as a guest star in several television series and has acted in the feature films: Kabluey (2007), On the Doll (2007), A Beautiful Life (2008), The Informers (2008), A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011), Lost & Found in Armenia (2012), and Reminiscence (2021). She portrayed Clementine Pennyfeather throughout the four seasons of the HBO series Westworld (2016–22).

5. Iveta Mukuchyan (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 40.43, Iveta Mukuchyan is the 5th most famous Armenian Actor.  Her biography has been translated into 40 different languages.

Iveta Roberti Mukuchyan (Armenian: Իվետա Ռոբերտի Մուկուչյան, pronounced [ivɛˈtɑ mukuˈtʃʰjɑn]; born 14 October 1986) is an Armenian-German singer. Born in Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, in 1992. Mukuchyan returned to Armenia in 2009 and placed fifth in the fourth season of the talent competition Hay Superstar. During this time, she received vocal training at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. Mukuchyan also participated for season two of The Voice of Germany in 2012. She represented Armenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "LoveWave", finishing seventh in the final. Mukuchyan made her acting debut in the comedy movie Run Away Or Get Married that year, and released her debut extended play, IvaVerse. In autumn 2016, Mukuchyan was a jury member on the first season of Depi Evratesil, a television series selecting the Armenian entrant for the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Mukuchyan and Aram Mp3 released "Dashterov", which won a Song of the Year Award, in 2017. The song preceded a collaborative project of the same name, which received the Collaboration of the Year award at the Armenian Europe Music Awards. Mukuchyan released Armenian Folk, a solo version of Dashterov Project, on 3 October 2017. That year, she starred in the film The Path of Our Dream. At the 2018 Swallow Music Awards, Mukuchyan won the title of Best Female Singer of the Year. In 2020, she was honored at the Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards (DIAFA) in Dubai, UAE. In December 2022, she hosted the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Yerevan.