Ken Davitian
Thursday, February 14, 2019Kenneth Davitian (born June 19, 1953) is an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his role as Borat's producer Azamat Bagatov in the 2006 comedy film Borat
Kenneth Davitian was born on June 19, 1953 to an Armenian-American family in Montebello. California. His father, a Soviet soldier during World War II, was captured by Nazi forces. He was placed at a Armenische Legioncamp in Stuttgart. After the end of the war, he emigrated to the United States through the efforts of George Mardikian. Davitian worked in his father's waste management company. He graduated from Whittier College.
His teenage idol was Burt Reynolds, who greatly influenced his choice of becoming an actor. Davitian would go on to play in a film which also featured Reynolds, titled Pocket Listing.
Davitian is fluent in both Armenian and English.
Restaurant ventures
Davitian founded a restaurant in 2003 called The Dip, which was located in Los Angeles. His son Robert used to run his baseball-themed hot dog restaurant The Infield in Sherman Oaks, which boasted a hot dog, conceived by Charlie Sheen, called the "Charlie Sheen Dog with Tiger Blood"
Film
Year | Title | Role | |
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1975 | Sons of Sassoun | Freedom Fighter | |
1977 | American Raspberry | Fat Bartender | |
1991 | Talkin' Dirty After Dark | Seat Mate | |
1991 | Bikini Summer | Max | |
1992 | Tuesday Never Comes | Greenberg | |
1992 | Maximum Force | Fat Man | |
1992 | Return to Frogtown | Bud | |
1993 | Sexual Intent | Topless Bar Owner | |
1993 | Private Wars | Bartender | |
1994 | The Silence of the Hams | Luciano Pavarotti | |
1994 | Red Sun Rising | Cab driver | |
1995 | Lord of Illusions | Swann Audience Member | |
1996 | The Garbage Man | Uncle Herbert | |
2000 | Virgins of Sherwood Forest | Manny / Friar Tuck | |
2000 | Our Lips Are Sealed | Thug #1 | |
2001 | Bukas, Babaha ng Dugo | Raul | |
2002 | May | Foreign Doctor | |
2002 | Boris | Pawn-Shop Dealer | |
2002 | After Freedom | Jacob | |
2003 | A Man Apart | Ramon Cadena | |
2003 | Holes | Igor Barkov | |
2003 | S.W.A.T. | Uncle Martin Gascoigne | |
2004 | L.A. Twister | Walter | |
2006 | Borat | Azamat Bagatov | |
2007 | Lucky You | Poker Player | |
2007 | South of Pico | Nick | |
2007 | On Bloody Sunday | Grandpa | |
2008 | Stone & Ed | Senor Gordo | |
2008 | Meet the Spartans | Xerxes | |
2008 | Julia | Taxi Driver | |
2008 | Get Smart | Shtarker | |
2008 | Lonely Street | Raj (Motel Owner) | |
2008 | Float | Vahig Manoogian | |
2008 | Soul Men | Ardesh Kezian | |
2009 | Not Forgotten | Father Salinas | |
2010 | Let the Game Begin | Eric Banks | |
2010 | The Prankster | Stavros Karas | |
2011 | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Vlatko 'Vadik' Nikitin | |
2011 | The Artist | Pawnbroker | |
2011 | The Ballerino | Sergey 'Sam' Belyakova / Homeless Bob | |
2012 | Sharkproof | Yuri | |
2012 | Melvin Smarty | ||
2013 | Abstraction | Jacob Sarian | |
2014 | Small Time | Wexler | |
2014 | Walk of Shame | Cab Driver | |
2015 | Pocket Listing | Mr. Mousian | |
2015 | Big Baby | Underbrunter | |
2015 | Burn Off | ||
2016 | Nina | Club Owner | |
2016 | Paint It Black | Masha The Baker | |
2016 | The Hollywouldn'ts | Frankie 'The Method' DeSayse | |
2017 | The Sex Addict | Ken Davitian | |
2017 | The President's Sun | Khoren | |
2017 | Once Upon a Time in Venice | Yuri | |
2017 | Price for Freedom | Sheik Omar | |
2017 | Five Star Fouad | Fouad | |
2018 | Diverted Eden | Scotty | |
2018 | The Samuel Project | Vartan |