Serge Avédikian

Serge Avédikian

Born 1955-12-01 (age 70) Yerevan, Armenia
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Biography

Serge Avédikian (Armenian: Սերժ Ավետիքյան; born 1 December 1955), sometimes credited as Serje Avétikian, is an Armenian-French film and theatre actor, director, writer and producer, winner of Cannes Festival prize.

Avédikian was born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR. His parents were born in France, children of survivors of the Armenian genocide. In 1947, influenced by Joseph Stalin's and Maurice Thorez's propaganda, they left to rejoin the motherland, where Avédikian attended the French school of Yerevan. At the age of fifteen along with his family, he returned to France. He had his stage debut in college, in his professor's amateur theater company.

After studies at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Meudon (France), he arrived in Paris in 1971 where he worked with the students of the Paris Conservatory. In 1976, he created a theater company and produced several plays. At the same time, he pursued a career as a theater, movie and television actor. In 1988, he founded his own production company but continues to direct films.

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Known For

Mother
Mother

1991

as Vaksen Papasian

Nuages
Nuages

2008

as Jean-Clair

Bonded Parallels
Chicken with Plums
Chicken with Plums

2011

as Le père d'Irâne

Parajanov
Parajanov

2013

as Parajanov

Secret Agents
Secret Agents

2004

as Igor Lipovsky

Armenia
Armenia

2006

as Vanig

By Then
We Were One Man
We Were One Man

1979

as Guy Rouveron

Rainbow Serpent
Rainbow Serpent

1983

as Guy Merlin

Army of Crime
Army of Crime

2009

as Micha Aznavourian

Entre vents et marées
Souvenir
Souvenir

1996

as Taxi Driver

The Crossing
The Crossing

2021

as Jon (voice)

The Inn
Dangerous Moves
Dangerous Moves

1984

as Fadenko

Le lac et la rivière
Le lac et la rivière

2003

as L'oncle