Ashot Melikjanyan or Melikdzhanyan (20 April 1952 — 12 November 2001) was a Soviet Armenian actor.[1]
Early life, family and education
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Ashot Melikdjanyan was born in the Soviet Union 20 April 1952.
Career
Melikdjanyan began his acting career at the Yerevan Dramatic Theater. His first on-screen performance was playing the role of Meruzhan in the 1972 film Ayrik. He then starred as the protagonist in the 1979 film Air Pedestrians, filmed at the Uzbekfilm film studio.
He starred in the 1983 film Without Much Risk which was filmed at the Gorky Film Studio. Melikdjanyan's last appearance was in the 1990 film Yearning, which was filmed at the Armenfilm studio.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Melikdjanyan emigrated with his family to the United States, where he worked at a jewelry factory which supervised one of its branches in the Dominican Republic.