Ken Davitian

• Name — Ken Davitian • Birth Name — Kenneth Davitian • Born — 19 June 1953 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Education — Whittier College • Occupation — * Actor • comedian • restaurateur • Years Active — 1975–present

Kenneth Davitian was born in Los Angeles on June 19, 1953, to an Armenian American family from Montebello, California. His maternal grandparents were survivors of the Armenian genocide. His father was a Red Army soldier during World War II who was captured by Wehrmacht forces and placed at an Armenian Legion camp in Stuttgart, Germany. After the end of the war, he immigrated to the US through the efforts of restaurateur and chef George Mardikian, known for his philanthropy. Davitian graduated from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles and Whittier College. His teenage idol was Burt Reynolds, who greatly influenced his choice of becoming an actor. Davitian would go on to perform in the film Pocket Listing, which also featured Reynolds. Davitian worked in his father's waste management company. Davitian is fluent in Armenian; he speaks the language as Azamat in Borat.

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".

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — Saved by the Bell: The New Class — Gus — Episode: "Trash TV" • 1997 — C-16: FBI — Professor David Amir — Episode: "The Sandman" • 1997 — Players — Big Oscar — Episode: "Contact Sport" • 1998 — Soldier of Fortune, Inc. — Russian Captain — Episode: "Double-Edged Sword" • 1999 — Oh, Grow Up — Taxi Driver — Episode: "President of the House" • 1999 — Becker — Cab Driver — Episode: "Hate Thy Neighbor" • 2000 — Missing Pieces — Jorge — Television film • 2000, 2007 — ER — Zakar Papazian — 2 episodes • 2000 — L.A. 7 — Alphonse — Episode: "House Sitting" • 2000 — Strong Medicine — Cabbie — Episode: "Drug Interactions" • 2001 — Arliss — Episode: "As Others See Us" • 2002 — The Shield — Older Armenian — Episode: "Blowback" • 2002 — Gilmore Girls — Jesus — Episode: "Take the Deviled Eggs..." • 2003 — Six Feet Under — Krikor Hovanessian — Episode: "I'm Sorry, I'm Lost" • 2003 — The Division — Archimedes — Episode: "Hearts & Minds" • 2003 — Boomtown — Jewelry Store Owner — Episode: "Wannabe" • 2004 — Line of Fire — Zach — Episode: "I'm Your Boogie Man" • 2005 — Mind of Mencia — Gardner — Episode: #1.2 • 2006 — Boston Legal — Mr. Kahanov — Episode: "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" • 2006 — The Closer — Mr. Sarcasian — Episode: "To Protect & to Serve" • 2006 — Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Azamat Bagatov — Episode: #11.8 • 2006 — Saturday Night Live — Episode: "Hugh Laurie/Beck" • 2007 — Ghost Whisperer — Jake Rose — Episode: "The Collector" • 2008 — Starting Under — Ken — Television film • 2009 — Chuck — 'Uncle' Bernie — Episode: "Chuck Versus the First Kill" • 2011 — The Cape — Store Owner — Episode: "Tarot" • 2011 — Big Time Rush — King of Kerplankistan — Episode: "Big Time Wedding" • 2012 — Chasing the Hill — Arnold Sarca — Episode: "Awesomeness Is a Warm Gun" • 2012 — Natasha Mail Order Bride Escape to America — Boris the Butcher — Television film • 2013 — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Snyder — Episode: "The Gang Broke Dee" • 2014 — Two and a Half Men — Mr. Mardirosian — Episode: "Lotta Delis in Little Armenia" • 2015 — Hawaii Five-0 — Omar Sadek — Episode: "A Make Kaua" • 2015 — Ray Donovan — Vartan — 3 episodes • 2017 — Small Shots — Amir — 2 episodes • 2017 — All Wrong — Kourosh — Television miniseries • 2018 — 3rd Eye — Zoran Fashard • 2018–2021 — Cobra Kai — Armand Zarkarian — 3 episodes • 2018 — BBZ Good Morning Horizon: The Royal Wedding LIVE Coverage — Hank Markle — Television film • 2018 — Actress: Another Word for Waitress — Giagni Mustavo — Episode: "SHOWTIME" • 2019 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Narek — Episode: "Human Resources"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1996 — The Adventures of Pinocchio — Grande

• Year — Title — Director — Label — Role — Notes • 1999 — Stand Inside Your Love — W.I.Z. — Virgin Records — Throne figure