Arsen Grigoryan Արսեն Գրիգորյան | |
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Arsen Grigoryan
Արսեն Գրիգորյան March 20, 1982 Vardenik, Armenia |
Occupation | Actor, Presenter, Singer |
Years active | 1997–present |
Arsen Grigoryan (Armenian: Արսեն Գրիգորյան, born March 20, 1982) is an Armenian actor, singer and presenter. He is known for his diverse roles in cinema, theatre and TV productions. He plays the persona of Kamil (Armenian: Կամիլ), an Armenian drag queen.
His career started while studying at Metro Theatre Children’s Studio (1995 - 1997). From 1998 to 2002, Arsen took studies at Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Cinema, meanwhile acting at different theatres.
In 2011 with film director Lilit Movsisyan, Arsen made an experimental zero budget feature-length fiction film Ashtray, which was long discussed, praised and criticized afterwards.
In 2011 a very spontaneous shooting turned into a real success: Lilit Movsisyan and Arsen made an experimental short (starring Arsen) for “Life in a Day” Ridley Scott project. Very soon it was selected to be the opening part of the film.
From 2013 Arsen took different actors’ courses overseas, such as Anthony Meindl's Actor Workshop, The William Esper Studio (meisner technique).
Arsen became famous also through his musical creative videos, performing as a singer, director and producer. Many of his released singles were hits. At the end of 2017, Grigoryan as "Kamil" announced that she will compete in Depi Evratesil. In 2018, during her interview on Nice Evening, she said that the song is in Spanish and it is written by Vahram Petrosyan and Arthur Abgar.