Hrant Tokhatyan

Hrant Tokhatyan
Born (1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 (age 66)
Occupation(s)Actor, Comedian, Announcer, Producer
Years active1981–present
SpouseIrina Danielyan (divorced)
Louisa Nersisyan
Children3 (2 with Irina, 1 with Louisa)

Hrant Arami Tokhatyan (Armenian: Հրանտ Արամի Թոխատյան, born 10 January 1958) is an Armenian actor, comedian, announcer, and producer. Tokhatyan studied at the Yerevan State Institute of Foreign Languages from 1976 to 1981.[1][2]

Family

Hrant Tokhatyan was born in the family of first class motor mechanic Aram Tokhatyan and forest management engineer Yevgenia Tokhatyan. Tokhatyan has two sons from previous marriages and a daughter in his current marriage with Chamber Theater actress Louisa Nersisyan.

Career

In 1976, Tokhatyan received an invitation from the Chamber Theater, where he worked for 15 years. In 1991, together with Ruben Jaghinyan and Karen Ghazaryan he founded “Sharm” Holding LLC, where he appears as a director to date. Currently, Hrant Tokhatyan is actively engaged in cinema, as well as theater performances, cooperating with a number of Armenian, Russian and foreign directors, producers, theater personalities and film studios. Tokhatyan is busy not only in his homeland, but also in the Russian Federation. Simultaneously, Tokhatyan participates in philanthropic and patriotic projects, among which are the large-scaled campaign of the charity foundation “Donate life” (at the head of the RA first lady Rita Sargsyan), annual fundraising marathon, organized by “Hayastan” All-Armenian Fund, as well as road construction works in cooperation with Hayk Marutyan and Vazgen Asatryan in the near-border village Haterk in Martakert region of Artsakh, etc. Hrant Tokhatyan is also a member of the Council of Elders of Yerevan from the Republican Party, being actively engaged in the country’s social life, and appearing as a member of the initiative aimed at the preservation of buildings and constructions in Yerevan. Establishment of a children’s theater is Tokhatyan’s primary objective.

Awards

Medals and Awards that were granted to him are:[3][4][5][6]

  • Winner of the World Festival of Youth and Students (1985)
  • Laureate of Lenin Komsomol of the first degree (1989)
  • Winner of the second degree in the international theater festival Le Theatre De Monde (1989)
  • Honorary Diploma of the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.
  • Certificate of Merit of the Minister of Defense of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, 2002.
  • Honored Artist of Armenia (2006)
  • Honorary Diploma of the Egyptian Children's Festival entertaining films of 2006.
  • Medal Andranik Ozanian (Ministry of Defence of Armenia, 2008)
  • Vazgen Sargsyan Medal (Ministry of Defence of Armenia, 2010)
  • World Armenian Entertainment Awards Most Demanded Artist Award (2015)

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Avtomeqenan taniqi vra
1996 Our Yard Hrant
1997 Khatabalada
1998 Our Yard 2 Hrant
2000-2006 Our Alphabet
2005 Our Yard 3 Hrant
2006 Big Story in a Small City Grigor Janoyan
2009 Taxi Eli Lav A
2012 Lost & Found in Armenia Alexan
2013 Grandfather 005 Robert
2014 Anahit Serob
2016 Everything About Men
2016 Earthquake Precinct
2016 Wonderland
2019 How I Became Russian (Chinese: 战斗民族养成记; Russian: Как я стал русским) Ruben
2021 Our Yard: 25 Year Later Hrant
Television and web
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Armenian Radio (Armenian: Հայկական Ռադիո; Russian: Армянские Радио) TV Program
2004 My Big Armenian Wedding Aram Mini-series
2005-2006 Armenian Version (Armenian: Հայկական Տարբերակ) TV Program
2006-2007 100 Version (Armenian: 100 Տարբերակ) TV Show
2007 2 Stars (Armenian: Երկու աստղ) with Shushan Petrosyan TV Show
2009 Our Alphabet (Armenian: Մեր այբբենարանը) TV Series
2010 Our Yard (Armenian: Մեր բակը) Hrant TV Series
2015 Grandfather 005 Robert
2017-2021 Raid Aram Hrantovich
2017 The Ivanovs vs. The Ivanovs Hamlet Oganyan
2017-2018 Little Big Shots (Armenian: Մեծ փոքրիկներ)
2021 Small Stars (Armenian: Փոքրիկ աստղեր) with Tamara Petrosyan
2022 Big Small Stars (Armenian: Մեծ փոքրիկ աստղեր) with Tamara Petrosyan

References

  1. ^ "Грант Тохатян - КиноПоиск.ru". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  2. ^ "AV Production - Hrant Tokhatyan". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Грант Тохатян (Hrant Tokhatyan) - биография - актеры". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Հրանտ Թոխատյան [Hrant Tokhatyan]". People.am. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Hrant Tokhatyan / WAEA 2015 / Awards // Most Demanded Artist Award". Retrieved 9 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Hrant Tokhatyan Has Been Awarded The Title Of Honored Artist". Retrieved 9 August 2015.