Mher Mkrtchyan
Date of birth: 1930-07-04
Place of birth: Leninakan, Armenian SSR, USSR
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Mher Mkrtchyan, Frunze Mkrtchyan, Фрунзик Мушегович Мкртчян, Фрунзе Мушегович Мкртчян, Ֆրունզիկ Մուշեղի Մկրտչյան, Ֆրունզիկ Մկրտչյան, Мгер Мкртчян, Фрунзик Мкртчян
Biography
Mher “Frunzik” Mkrtchyan (1930–1993) was one of the most iconic actors in Armenian and Soviet cinema, admired for his unique blend of humor, vulnerability, and emotional depth. Born in Leninakan, he trained at the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and Fine Arts and became a leading performer at the Sundukyan State Academic Theatre, where his expressive face and instinctive comedic timing made him a standout talent. Mkrtchyan gained widespread recognition through memorable roles in films such as Mimino, Aybolit‑66, Kidnapping, Caucasian Style, and The Tango of Our Childhood. His artistic achievements earned him some of the highest cultural honors of the era, including the USSR State Prize (1978) and the title of People’s Artist of the USSR (1984). Even decades after his passing, Mkrtchyan remains a beloved cultural figure whose performances continue to resonate across generations.
Movie Credits
Kidnapping, Caucasian Style
1967-04-03
Shurik, a kind but naïve ethnography student, falls in love with the intelligent, athletic and beaut
For Honor
1956-08-12
The millionaire’s daughter can't stand the disgrace, when learns that his father made his fortune by
Adventures of Ali-Baba and the Forty Thieves
1979-06-01
The movie is based on the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, from the One Thousand and One Nig
Thirty-three
1965-04-22
The dentist of the provincial town of Upper Yamki made an unexpected scientific discovery by finding
Mimino
1977-06-06
Georgian bush pilot Valentin (Valiko) Mizandari a.k.a. Mimino works at small local airlines, flying
Don't Grieve!
1968-12-22
Benjamin, the local doctor is a soul of a local society, the educated, friendly, democratic person w
Aybolit-66
1966-12-31
An eccentric musical comedy based on the tale of Korney Chukovsky. In Africa, monkeys fell ill. Thi
Offered for Singles
1983-06-02
Vera Golubeva, a textile worker, lives in a hostel. In her spare time, she arranges the fate of her
Fuss of the Fusses
1979-10-29
A comedy about a civil registry official whose job is to register newlyweds and who just discovered
The Men
1973-09-17
Vazgen, Sako, Suren and Aram are taxi drivers and close friends. When Aram fell in hopeless love wit
Rainbow Formula
1966-03-03
The young scientist Vladimir Bantikov creates his double - the robot Yasha. But Yasha quickly learns
Yesterday, Today and Always
1970-01-05
A musical revue with the participation of famous artists based on the short stories by A. Agranovich
Breath
1989-11-13
An industrial plant pollutes Lake Sevan with discharges. The public demands to close harmful product
The Twenty Six Comissars
1966-02-16
The film is about dramatic revolutionary events happened in 1918 in Baku.
Looking for the Addressee
1955-12-19
Products of poor quality released by a sewing factory get to a department store and are sold because
The Tango of Our Childhood
1984-12-03
This is a story about the fate of a broken family, about the uncertainty of Ruben, who left his fami
Explosion After Midnight
1969-10-13
We Are, Our Mountains
1969-09-14
The tranquility of a remote Armenian mountain community is disrupted when a group of shepherds affec
The Father
1973-01-02
Builder Hovsep Manukyan's big and restless family hosts his old father Poghos who is forced to move
Life Triumphs
1977-01-02
Story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the 1915 Genocide is an eternal st
Triangle
1967-01-02
The movie tells the life story and friendship of five blacksmiths in town of Leninakan during the wa
The Soldier and the Elephant
1978-03-11
Soldier Armenak is given an extraordinary task: to transport an elephant from Germany to the Yerevan
The Big Win
1980-12-30
A crane operator wins a car in a lottery and his life immediately encounters various trials and trib
A Piece of Sky
1980-10-03
Nothing is easy for Torik, a shy orphan adopted by his aunt and uncle: he struggles to fit into vill
The White Grand Piano
1969-06-30
Musicologist Alla Arsenyeva arrives in Tadjikistan on a mission. Her goal is to find a unique white
In Front of a Closed Door
1981-07-25
Murad, the favorite of the entire court, has just returned from prison, where he ultimately took the
Fire
1984-03-16
The house of a village teacher burns down. Out of sympathy the villagers come to rebuild the house.
Why Does The River Roar?
1959-10-05
Atanes Ghambaryan, resident of Armenian border village, after the captivity during the World War II,
Guys from the Army Band
1960-04-10
Bolshevik Tsolak Darbinyan is infiltrated into Dashnak Army as a musician of Army music band. Despit
Baghdasar Divorces from His Wife
1978-06-12
The end of the 19th century. Constantinople. Having found out his wife's treachery, Baghdasar decide
Tbilisi, Paris, Tbilisi
1980-12-01
Tbilisi in the beginning of the 20th century . Emigrants who moved from Tbilisi to Paris for various
01-99
1959-09-26
Drunkard Garsevan is supposed to bring wine for testing to specialist Poghosyan. On the road he drin
Adam and Eve
1970-02-09
Bekir, in anger divorces his wife Kheva, which he regrets. Because of Sharia, she can return if she
Troubles
1971-06-22
Zambakhov tries to marry his ugly daughter to a young man who just returned to town.
The Song of the Old Days
1982-04-22
The members of an amateur theater group share the losses and sorrows of war with Armenian provincial
Master and Servant
1962-01-02
Manas is hired to work for master Tatos till the spring, "when the cuckoo will call". There is one c
Found Dream
1976-04-18
A little girl goes in search of her grandfather's lost sleep and appears in a magical world.
Found Dream
1976-04-18
A little girl goes in search of her grandfather's lost sleep and appears in a magical world.
Stone Valley
1977-12-03
1977 Armenian Film
Sohni Mahiwal
1984-06-28
Shahjada Ijjat Beg comes to India with his caravan and settles in a town in Gujrat. Here he falls in