Ashot Adamyan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ashot Adamyan
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1953(1953-02-14)
Age	71
Birthplace	Yerevan
Country	Armenia
Horoscope	Aquarius

Ashot Adamyan Biography

Ashot Adamyan is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on February 14, 1953 in Yerevan, Armenia. The talented director, actor and musician Ashot Adamyan is a household name not just in Armenia however, but also across the world. He has made a significant influence on the world of theater and cinema by introducing a distinctive aesthetic style to his area of expertise. He has been a prize-winner of numerous prestigious international film festivals. He has also been a part of the panels that judged these famous film festivals many occasions, as well as regarded by many as being among the top adored Armenian actors. Ashot Adamyan was born 1953 in Yerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR that is today Armenia is the son of Karlos Adamyan (geologist) and Olga Harutyunyan (chemist). From an early age his artistic talents were exceptional and began his legendary careerby playing in the school theatre.

In recognition of Adamyan’s talent director Henrik Malyan founded The Actor’s Theater located next in the “ArmenFilm” Studio in 1980 in which Ashot Adamyan was an actor director, actor, and later as the creative director for the newly named Henrik Malyan Theater. He appeared on stage “Nazar the Brave” by Derenik Demirchyan “Orchestra” by Jean Anouilh along with “Divine Comedy” by Isidor Stock. He was also featured as a character in “The Decameron” by Giovanni Boccaccio, “My name is Aram” by William Saroyan, “Autobiography” by Branislav Nusic as well as “The Prisoner of Second Avenue” by Neil Simon etc. Alongside his stage performances, Ashot Adamyan was continuing his acting career on the big screen. He appeared in “Little Love Story” (1981), “A Drop of Honey” (A Drop of Honey) (1982) and “The Song of the Old Days” (The Song of the Old Days (1982)) directed by Albert Mkrtchyan, where Ashot Adamyan played the role of Oberon and for this, the actor received three awards in the form of The Lenin Komsomol Central Committee, The Union of Cinematographers of ASSR as well as The Ministry of Culture of ASSR. In 1982, he was an associate part of The Union of Cinematographers of Armenia. In the following years, Adamyan starred in more films, such as “Master” (1983), “The Price of Return” (Tsena Vozvrata (1983)), “We Shall Meet Again” (1984), “Path to the Sky” (1984), “Where are You Going, Soldier?” (Ur es gnum, zinvor? (1986)), and “The Deadline: Seven Days” (Zhamkete yot or (1991)).

In 1998, Ashot Adamyan was invited to Los Angeles to perform in Khoren Aramouni’s play “Uncle Poghos’s visit.” Here, Ashot appeared both as a director and an actor. In 2003, director Adamyan was awarded “The best cognitive, cultural, and educational project” award for his film series “Javakhk: We are living here”. The award was given by the “Television and Radio Association of Development” NGO. Later in 2005, Adamyan portrayed the main role of Tigran in Ruben Kochar’s film, “The Path” (The Path (2005)). This film was shot in Armenia and the US in cooperation with the National Cinema Center of Armenia and Blue Lion Entertainment. In the same year, Adamyan put on the play by Bernard Slade, “Same Time, Next Year” in the Hakob Paronyan Musical Comedy Theater stage. The following year, Adamyan starred in Khachik Chalikyan’s film, “Black and White Rainbow”, and in 2007, portrayed the main character, Yusuf, in “The Enemies” by David Matevossyan in collaboration with “Focal” Swiss company.

In 2008, Ashot Adamyan was an honorable jury member of the Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival. On top of this, Adamyan organized artistic master classes in Tehran and directed “Like it or not – We are Armenians”: a play dedicated to the 100th anniversary of William Saroyan. In 2009, Ashot Adamyan starred in “Metsamor”, a mono-play based on the essay of a great writer, Hrant Matevosyan, for which Adamyan received The Best Actor “Artavazd” award by the Theater Workers Union of Armenia. After the turn of the decade, Ashot Adamyan, in cooperation with David Matevossyan, directed the film “We are…”, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the famous movie, “We and Our Mountains” (We and Our Mountains (1969)). The next year, by the invitation of Radio Liberty, Adamyan starred in “The Writer and the Reality” by the Radio Liberty Armenian Service production where he portrayed the infamous Armenian writer, Hovhannes Tumanyan. In 2012, he appeared in “The Pheasant Hunter”, a segment of Half Moon Bay (2014) by Parallels Film production LLC supported by National Cinema Center of Armenia. In the same year, Adamyan presented his documentary film, “Snapshots”, ordered by the women’s’ NGO, “Shahkhatun,” in Armenia. Following this project, he reunited with Canadian filmmaker, Atom Egoyan to create, “The Invisible World” (Mundo Invisível (2012)), their second collaboration. This film was brought to life by 12 directors (Theodoros Angelopoulos, Guy Maddin, Marco Bechis, Manoel de Oliveira, Laís Bodanzky, Gian Vittorio Baldi, Maria de Medeiros, Beto Brant, Cisco Vasques, Jerzy Stuhr, Wim Wenders, Atom Egoyan) and is presented through 11 short segments combined to become “The Invisible World” (Mundo Invisível (2012)). The Yerevan part of the film was directed by Atom Egoyan with the addition of Ashot Adamyan as the leading actor.

His first film role was made in Vilen Zakaryan’s “Bow to the Coming Day” (1977). After that the director Arman Manaryan enlisted Ashot Adamyan on to portray the lead role, Hovik, in his feature film “Another five days” (1978). The next notable, leading part was that of the Captain Danielyan as Captain Danielyan in “Silent Witness” (1980) by Anatoliy Mokatzian. But his most memorable performance was in his character Torik on the screenplay “A Piece of the Sky” (Ktor me yerkinq (1980)) also called “A Slap” by translated versions, written by Henrik Malyan. “A Piece of the Sky” (Ktor me yerkinq (1980)) was as of today considered to be among the top classic Armenian films that has ever been made featuring a great cast director and an avant-garde screenwriting. Because of its popularity, Ashot Adamyan became a well-known name. In the film the actor was awarded “The Most Charming Actor” award at the All-Union Film Festival in Vilnius in 1981.

Ashot Adamyan Net Worth

Ashot Adamyan is one of the richest Actor from Armenia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ashot Adamyan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ashot Adamyan (Armenian: Ashot Adamyan 14 February 1953, Yerevan) is an Armenian stage and film actor.

After having graduated at the Alexander Pushkin school in Yerevan He then attended his first class at the Yerevan Construction and Architectural College between 1968 and 1972. He was awarded an honorary degree from the department of architecture at the college and presented his thesis on theater design which astonished jurors from the academy and later published in a number of newspapers. When he was a kid He also performed in several of the most popular Armenian rock groups of the time, such as Spiders, Apostles, and 1+2, and was regarded as a well-known rock singer and guitarist. Between 1975 and 1979, Adamyan studied directing at State Pedagogical Institute under the supervision under the guidance of Henrik Malyan, one of the most acclaimed Armenian filmmakers of the past. In the following years, he attended Moscow High School which was a training facility for Scriptwriters as well as Film Directors alongside Rolan Bykov serving as his instructor (1987-1990). While college student Ashot Adamyan was successful in managing to manage both his studies as well as his growing career.

In 1992, a renowned Canadian filmmaker, Atom Egoyan, visited Armenia and started shooting his new film, Calendar (1993), starring Ashot Adamyan and Arsinée Khanjian. The film was presented in several international festivals and got great feedback from critics and audiences alike. In 1996, Ashot Adamyan, his wife, Armine Geghamyan, and their two children, Gohar and Mariam Adamyan, released his musical album, “Dle M’konde”, which consisted of old Armenian folk songs with new developments and arrangements by Ashot Adamyan himself. The album was well accepted with Armenian, European and American- Armenian audiences. The live version of this project was later presented in Vienna, Austria in the “Troubadour” festival in 2002, within the “Armenian Folk Music: Before and After Sayat Nova” program. During this festival, Ashot performed “Tamam ashkharh ptut eka” by Sayat-Nova, cooperating with a famous jazz musician, Christoph Cech. In 2001, Adamyan was awarded by The Best Song Pan-Armenian Award for the song “Back to Yerevan” in the Sayat Nova 2001 festival.

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Facts & Trivia

Ashot Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Armenia. Ashot Adamyan celebrates birthday on February 14 of every year.