Amayak Akopyan

{{Short description|Soviet and Russian actor and circus performer}}

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| native_name = Амая́к Арутю́нович Акопя́н

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| birth_name = Amayak Arutyunovich Akopyan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1956|12|1}}

| birth_place = Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union

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| occupation = Actor, circus artist, TV presenter

| yearsactive = 1974–present

| spouse = Yulia Levina-Akopyan (divorce)

| awards = Merited Artist of the Russian Federation

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| children = Philipp (born 1983)

| alma_mater = Russian Institute of Theatre Arts

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Amayak Arutyunovich Akopyan ({{langx|ru|Амая́к Арутю́нович Акопя́н}}; {{langx|hy|Հմայակ Հարությունի Հակոբյան}}); born 1 December 1956, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian illusionist, actor, circus artist. Ethnic Armenian. Presidential Decree awarded the honorary title Honored Artist of Russia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120919022850/http://www.magicinvention.ru/artickls/art0070.htm Магия изобретения] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919022850/http://www.magicinvention.ru/artickls/art0070.htm|date=2012-09-19}}{{Cite web |url=http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-17242/ |title=Амаяк Акопян |access-date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=27 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527062204/http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-17242 |url-status=dead }} The son of the famous magician {{Interlanguage link multi|Arutyun Akopyan|de|3=Harutjun Hakobjan}} and his wife Liya, opera singer.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120106171350/http://hronograf.narod.ru/11/korol.htm Хронографъ — неизвестные страницы истории]

{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106171350/http://hronograf.narod.ru/11/korol.htm|date=2012-01-06}} In the movies, originally played jugglers, then switched to the characteristic roles.{{Cite web |url=http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-17242/ |title=Амаяк Акопян |access-date=13 September 2018 |archive-date=27 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527062204/http://shkolazhizni.ru/archive/0/n-17242 |url-status=dead }} He is best known for roles in Frenzied Bus (1990) and The Master and Margarita (1994).

Akopyan graduated from the film directing department of GITIS.[https://daily.afisha.ru/cities/623-amayak-akopyan-chto-zhe-proizoshlo-so-stranoj-s-lydmi-s-toboj-amayak/ Что же произошло со страной, с людьми, с тобой, Амаяк?!]

In 1996–2001, he was the host of the TV program Good Night, Little Ones! (as Rakhat Lukumych).