Ken Davitian

Kenneth "Ken" Davitian (born June 19, 1953) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Borat's producer (Azamat Bagatov) in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, in which he speaks the Eastern dialect of Armenian throughout the film. Kenneth Davitian was born in Los Angeles on June 19, 1953, to an Armenian American family from Montebello, California. His maternal grandparents were survivors of the Armenian genocide. His father was a Red Army soldier during World War II who was captured by Wehrmacht forces and placed at an Armenian Legion camp in Stuttgart, Germany. After the end of the war, he immigrated to the US through the efforts of restaurateur and chef George Mardikian, known for his philanthropy. Davitian graduated from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles and Whittier College. His teenage idol was Burt Reynolds, who greatly influenced his choice of becoming an actor. Davitian would go on to perform in the film Pocket Listing, which also featured Reynolds. Davitian worked in his father's waste management company. Davitian is fluent in Armenian; he speaks the language as Azamat in Borat.

Known For: Acting

Born: Los Angeles, California, USA, 1953-06-19

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1991	Bikini Summer	Max	35
2	1992	Tuesday Never Comes	Greenberg	20
3	1992	Maximum Force	Fat Man	48
4	1992	Frogtown II	Bud	32
5	1993	Sexual Intent	Topless Bar Owner	10
6	1994	The Silence of the Hams	Luciano Pavarotti	49
7	1994	Red Sun Rising	Cab Driver	45
8	1995	The Wacky Adventures of Dr. Boris and Nurse Shirley		0
9	1995	Lord of Illusions	Swann Audience Member (uncredited)	60
10	1999	Shandra: The Jungle Girl	Diego	29
11	2000	Smashing Pumpkins: Stand Inside Your Love		100
12	2000	Virgins of Sherwood Forest	Manny / Friar Tuck	38
13	2003	A Man Apart	Ramon Cadena	61
14	2003	May	Foreign Doctor	66
15	2003	Holes	Igor Barkov	69
16	2003	S.W.A.T.	Uncle Martin Gascoigne (as Kenneth Davitian)	62
17	2004	L.A. Twister	Walter	47
18	2006	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan	Azamat Bagatov	68
19	2007	Lucky You	Poker Player (uncredited)	56
20	2008	Stone & Ed	Senor Gordo	16
21	2008	Meet the Spartans	Xerxes	41
22	2008	Julia		67
23	2008	Get Smart	Shtarker	62
24	2008	Float	Vahig Manoogian	50
25	2008	Soul Men	Ardesh Kezian	61
26	2009	Not Forgotten	Father Salinas	51
27	2010	The Prankster	Stavros Karas	37
28	2011	You May Not Kiss the Bride	Vadik Nikitin	56
29	2011	The Artist	Pawnbroker	75
30	2012	Natasha Mail Order Bribe Escape to America	Boris the Butcher	0
31	2013	Abstraction	Jacob Sarian	44
32	2014	Small Time	Wexler	54
33	2014	Walk of Shame	Cab Driver	60
34	2016	Pocket Listing	Mr. Mousian	64
35	2016	Paint It Black	Masha the Baker (uncredited)	60
36	2021	Mister Mayfair: The Spyce of Life	Arman	0
37		Mistletoe Massacre	Kristoff	0
38	2015	Big Baby	Underbrunter	40
39	2017	The Sex Addict	Ken Davitian	33
40	2017	Once Upon a Time in Venice	Yuri	52
41	2017	Price for Freedom	Sheik Omar	20
42	2017	Five Star Fouad	Fouad	0
43	2018	Abducted	Scotty	49
44	2018	Melvin Smarty	Harry	35
45	2018	The Samuel Project	Vartan	67
46	2018	Pink Elephants	Self	62
47	2019	1st Born	Charles	57
48	2019	In the Time It Takes to Get There	Merchant 1	70
49	2020	Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies	Self	66
50	2020	Psychopomp	Captain	30
51	2021	Roe v. Wade	Papa Potemkin	55
52	2021	Mummy Dearest	Malcolm Thrussel	20
53	2021	Habit	Gus	46
54	2022	Bromates	Kaloosh	47
55	2023	Dante's Hotel	Chef Willio	40
56	2023	The Messenger	Koorush	0
57	2023	Operation: Honorable Beggars	Soghomon Aghayan	0
58	2023	Woods Witch	Jocelyn's Father	30
59	2024	Betrayal	Paulie Marconi	0
60		The Sand Runner	Scott	0
61		Pay to Die	Agent	0
62	2024	Team of Two	Captain Dupree	20
63		The Red Scarf: A Story of Armenian Hope	Dede Krikor	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Jorge	86
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
3	1993	Saved by the Bell: The New Class	Gus	59
4	1994	ER	Zakar Papazian	78
5	1997	The View	Self	45
6	1998	The King of Queens	Movie Theatre Patron	71
7	1998	Becker	Cab Driver (uncredited)	72
8	1999	S Club 7	Alphonse	74
9	2000	Strong Medicine	Cabbie	71
10	2000	Gilmore Girls	Jesus	79
11	2001	The Division	Archimedes	70
12	2001	Six Feet Under	Krikor Hovanessian	81
13	2002	The Shield	Older Armenian	81
14	2002	Boomtown	Jewelry Store Owner	65
15	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Self	55
16	2003	Two and a Half Men	Mr. Mardirosian	75
17	2004	Boston Legal	Mr. Kahanov	79
18	2005	The Closer	Mr. Sarcasian	79
19	2005	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Snyder	83
20	2005	Ghost Whisperer	Jake Rose	81
21	2006	The Megan Mullally Show	Self - Guest	42
22	2007	The ½ Hour News Hour	Ken Davitian	30
23	2007	Chuck	Uncle Bernie	77
24	2009	NCIS: Los Angeles	Narek	75
25	2011	The Cape	Store Owner	50
26	2018	Cobra Kai	Armand Zarkarian	82

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