Over the past few years, Armenian actor Hrant Tokhatyan has become increasingly popular among Russian fans of the comedy genre. His roles are so loved by the viewer that I want to learn more about this wonderful artist.
Biography
The actor was born in 1958 in the capital of the Armenian SSR - the city of Yerevan. When he was in high school, he became interested in the popular game of KVN, and also became involved in the theater circle and participated in stage improvisations. His hobby was so strong that, despite the lack of mathematical abilities, he decided to enter the Polytechnic Institute to participate in fun and resourceful games. However, after two years of study, Hrant Tokhatyan realized that higher education is much more important than a game, and went to a humanitarian university, an institute of foreign languages, and to the faculty of Russian philology. After graduation, he was identified as a teacher of the Russian language in a rural school (Soviet times). He liked to teach children. He even managed to work as a head teacher. However, he lacked creativity, and he dreamed of being back on stage. At this time, the Chamber Theater was making its first steps in Yerevan. Its creators were former kaveenshchiki - friends of Grant. He was invited to join the troupe, and he agreed. The composition was very interesting: doctors, pianists, cybernetics, biologists and philologist Hrant Tokhatyan. Not a troupe, but an interest club. These were Soviet times, and the Komsomol administration staff constantly intervened in the theater.
Movie work
Hrant Tokhatyan’s first work in the cinema was a film about the legendary revolutionary Kamo - Simon Ter-Petrosyan. However, when work on the film was completed, the Soviet Union came to an end, and the film was never presented to the audience. His next work was a role in the television movie Our Courtyard. Thanks to her, Hrant Tokhatyan gained great popularity in the republic, and everyone became aware of his name. And then he was invited to star in the comedy film directed by Rodion Nakhapetov (Armenian by origin) "My Big Armenian Wedding."
New films with the participation of Hrant Tokhatyan
Once, Russian colleagues contacted the actor and offered to star in the series “The Last of the Magikyan”, which will be broadcast on the STS channel. This meant that he would have to leave Yerevan for a long time, and therefore his first reaction was to refuse. However, when he read the script, he realized that this role was as if invented specifically for him. Thus, he had to pack his suitcase and go to Moscow. Most of all, he missed his young wife and children, so he had to fly to Yerevan on his days off from filming, and from time to time the children visited him in Moscow to get acquainted with the members of his “new family”. The series was so liked by the Russian audience that soon the authors began to shoot new seasons. By the way, this is not his first work on Russian television. Prior to that, he had already starred in the series “Resort Romance”, playing the role of the taxi driver-philosopher Mamuka. It was after this that the name Hrant Tokhatyan became known to a wide circle of Russians. Films in which he is shot become popular precisely because of his colorful game.
Personal life
Grant was married three times, or rather two times, and is in one marriage today. As he himself talks about them, they were all strange. The first time he got married when he was 27 years old. He himself did not think about getting married, but friends said that the time had come, and pointed to the girl who comes to all the performances of Kamerny, sits in the front row, gives him a flower and runs away. The guys found out who she was and went to get married. But the native girls pounced on unexpected guests and drove them away. After that, they got drunk in the house of one of his friends, the one who was already married. His wife had an unmarried girlfriend, who, as it turned out, was drying according to Grant. The team decided that Tokhatyan should marry Arusyak, that was the name of his girlfriend. This time the matchmakers were not driven out, and Grant got married. The second time he married his colleague in the theater Irina Danielyan. This time it was even funnier. During the flight to the States, the landing gear didn’t let the landing gear out of the plane, and there was real panic in the cabin. Irina, sitting next to Grant, told him that if you now make me an offer, the chassis will instantly open. Amid the general panic, Grant Tokhatyan suddenly stood up with a microphone in his hand. His height is small, however, everyone noticed him. He publicly announced his intention to marry Irina. Soon after, the landing gear actually opened and the plane safely landed in San Francisco. As a man of his word, Grant soon married an actress. They lived in marriage for 10 years, they had a son, and then the actor again went to free swimming.
Gray in the beard, demon in the rib
The actor met his third wife in the States. Louise, the name of his current wife, is also an actress. She came to America with the troupe as part of the tour program, and here they were “thrown”. And then, Tokhatyan’s friend called him from Yerevan with a request to help one young actress, who was among those “thrown”. She met him and liked him, although she was 20 years younger. They began to spend time together, go to a restaurant, a movie, etc. Then they returned to Yerevan and began to live as before. And once, when Granu was unwell, he asked his very friend to bring him medicine, but instead of him Louise came to him. Arrived and stayed. They lived together, but were in no hurry to marry. And when one night Louise was bitten by a scorpion and died, Hrant Tokhatyan decided that this was the very woman whom he would certainly marry.
Children
The actor has three children, and all from different marriages. Arusyak gave birth to his son Aram. This is Grant's pride. He is engaged in producing activities. The middle son Aik was born in his second marriage with Irina Danielyan, well, his youngest one - Lilit - was born when the actor was almost 50 years old. All three children are very friendly with each other. Rather, the brothers take care of and souls do not chase in a little naughty and minx. All of them are proud that their father is Hrant Tokhatyan, whose films are loved not only in his homeland, but also in the vast Russia and other CIS countries. His wives are also friendly with each other. The thing is that not one of them was a homemaker. Grant left just like that, and not to his next woman. When Aram decided to marry, and it was necessary to go get a bride for him, his wives were among those accompanying the groom. And when Lilith was born, the “older” wives helped Louise look after her. Despite the fact that he loves all his children very much, a daughter in his heart has a special place. He pampers, cherishes and cherishes her.
Fun and interesting facts.
Today, Grant says that he has not three, but six children. Of course, he means his daughters from his favorite series. By the way, he is going to become the godfather for his “youngest”. Another interesting fact from the life of Tokhatyan. He participates in many charity projects, in particular, he is a leading telethon, organized annually to raise funds for the development of the economy and culture of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Once, the NKR President asked how to thank him for his activities, to which the actor asked to give him the honorary title of captain of the Karabakh army. You probably guessed why the captain. Yes, he wanted his offspring to be called the "children of Captain Grant." And on the day of the 20th anniversary of his eldest son, he gave him the keys to his paternal home in the city of Kars (Turkey). During the Armenian Genocide, his great-grandfather managed to take out his family, closed the house with a key, and they went east. Years later, Grant managed to visit the city of his ancestors as a tourist. He found this house. Kurds live there today. He believes that someday, if not his son, then at least his grandchildren will again become his masters.
Hrant Tokhatyan: filmography
So, we have already listed some of the films in which this comedian starred. Nevertheless, there are such paintings that we forgot to mention. For example, Grant brilliantly played in the film "Grandfather 005" along with such actors as Kikabidze and Shakurov. His play in the film of the American director of Armenian origin “Once Upon a Time in Armenia” was also recognized as the best film critics. Among his works are the paintings “Love with an Accent” and “Without Borders”. The freshest is the role in the film “Earthquake”.