Sos Artashesi Sargsyan (; 24 October 1929 – 26 September 2013) was a prominent

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actor, director and writer.

Biography

Sos Sargsyan was born in Stepanavan in northern Armenia, at the time part of the

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. He moved to

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in 1948 and started to perform at the Theater of the Young Spectator. He graduated from the Fine Arts and Theater Institute in 1954 as an actor. Between 1954 and 1991 he performed at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre of Yerevan. In October 1991, a month after Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union, Sargsyan took part in the first presidential election in independent Armenia. He was nominated by the

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. In 1991 he established the Hamazgayin (Pan-National) Theater, which he headed until his death. From 1997 to 2006 he was the rector of the Yerevan Cinema and Theatre Institute. Sargsyan died on 26 September 2013 in Yerevan. Sargsyan's funeral was held on 29 September in attendance of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan and thousands of people. He was buried at the Komitas Pantheon.

Career

Sargsyan started acting in 1947. Some of his most notable roles include

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, Iago, King John,

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, etc. He starred in over 40 films, mostly Armenian. Besides Armenian films he has starred in a number of Russian films, most notable of which is '' Solaris'' (1972), directed by

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Filmography

*1960: '' Guys from the Army Band'' as Artashes (uncredited) *1962: ''Tchanaparh'' as Dayan *1966: ''Msyo Zhake yev urishner'' as Priest (segment "The Priest's Promise") *1967: ''Triangle'' as varpet Mkrtich *1968: ''Aprum er mi mard'' *1969: '' We and Our Mountains'' as Lieutenant *1971: ''Heghnar spring'' as varpet Mkrtich *1972: ''Khatabala'' as Zambakhov *1972: '' Solaris'' as Dr. Gibarian *1974: ''Hndzan'' as Vardan *1974: ''Qaos'' as Smbat Alimyan *1975: ''Zhayre'' as Hayrapet *1976: ''I togda ty vernyoshsya'' as Babayan *1977: ''Yerkunq'' as Murza *1977: ''Sobstvennoe mnenie'' as Ashot Gasparyan *1977: '' Nahapet'' as Nahapet *1978: ''Star Of Hope'' as Movses *1978: ''Komissiya po rassledovaniyu'' *1979: ''The Best Half of Life'' *1979: ''Goluboy lev'' as «Yuvelir» *1980: ''Beyond The Seven Mountains'' as Hovsep *1981: '' Dzori Miro'' as Miro *1982: '' Gikor'' as Hambo *1984: ''Sans Famille'' (TV Movie) as Vitalis *1985: ''Apple Garden'' as Martin *1985: ''Tchermak anurjner'' as Hakob *1985: ''Khndzori aygin'' as Martin *1986: ''Pod znakom odnorogoy korovy'' *1987: ''Yeghishe Charents – Known and Unknown Sides'' *1988: ''Kvartet'' as Petros *1988: ''Pharmacy On The Corner'' as Adamyan *1988: ''Vozneseniye'' *1989: ''I povtoritsya vsyo'' *1992: ''Where Have You Been, Man of God?'' (TV Mini-Series) as Stepham Yesayan *2001: ''And There Was Light'' *2001: ''The Merry Bus'' as priest *2006: ''Mayak'' as Grandfather

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sargsyan, Sos Armenian male film actors 1929 births 2013 deaths Burials at the Komitas Pantheon People from Stepanavan Male actors from Yerevan Writers from Yerevan