Gor Leo Babakhanyan

About Me

I was born on October 21, 1999 to actors Hovhannes John Babakhanyan and Mari Msryan. Having descended from five generations of actors, I knew I was destined to act. My career began as a child, in New York. There, I attended PS 253: Magnet School of Arts and Multicultural Humanities. In my first professional production, I portrayed Johnny(Lead) in My Heart is in the Highlands by William Saroyan. My family later moved to California where I attended Hoover High School: Magnet School of Performing and Visual Arts. There, I became an Honored Member of the International Thespian Society. In October of 2016 , I was invited back to New York to host the Annual AYT Concert in Carnegie Hall. After graduating, I was admitted to the University of Southern California, where I am currently pursuing a Bachelor's Degree of Fine Arts: Acting for Stage, Screen and New Media.

Awards

Best Actor in Leading Role (2017) International Thespian Society Spotlight Awards for portrayal of Bérenger in Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco.

Jack Nicholson Award (2019) for Outstanding Undergraduate Acting from School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California for my portrayal of Richard, Duke of York in Queen Margaret based on the History Plays of William Shakespeare, and Sam in Happy End by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weil.

D. C. Dukes Memorial Scholarship and Center Theatre Group Fellowship (2020) for my work in Richard III by William Shakespeare and "I Hate Hamlet" by Paul Rudnik

Current Projects

I recently wrapped my directorial debut entitled COVID and Coffee, which focuses on the impact that the current state of the world has had on young people's lives.

I am currently working on a pilot for an unnamed Netflix Fantasy series.