
Actor / Writer / Director
Thank you for taking interest in my work. I am an LA based actor working primary in TV, Film and Theatre. Feel free to look around my website and contact me if you would like to collaborate!
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.
A collection of my recent works
An aspiring music producer with
unhealthy attachments to his past
Stacking Cups Dir. Brandon Ah Tye
178 Blank Productions
A Comedian with
a sense of humor as big as his ego
Murphy Mischief Dir. Britt Alphson
A lovable pothead who is out of his depth. He quickly starts to question reality when threatened.
A lover of the finer things in life,
too bad none that are good for him
Overweighed Dir. Ryan Ebrahimyan
Amazon Prime Pilot Submission
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
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.
Do you have more questions? Are you interested in collaborating on a project? Send me a message, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
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