(1983-09-14) September 14, 1983 (age 40) Yerevan, Soviet Union (now Armenia)
Nationality
Armenian
Years active
2007—present
Genres
Satire, Stand-up
Notable works and roles
ArmComedy (2012),[1] The Knight's Move (2013)[2]
Narek Margaryan (Armenian: Նարեկ Մարգարյան, Russian: Нарек Маргарян; born September 14, 1983) is an Armenian comedian, screenwriter and TV host.
Since 2007 with his friend, comedian, and writer Sergey Sargsyan he wrote, directed, and performed a series of stand-up comedy shows.
In 2009 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan started ArmComedy [1] first satiric news site in Armenia giving a fresh, funny, and controversial [2] [3] interpretation of on current Armenian social and political developments. In 2010 ArmComedy won ArmNet Award [4] for Armenian website with best content [5] [6]. Same year Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan start producing satiric news show series for the Internet under the title 3D Update. After 19 episodes, the show was rebooted as NewsՀաբ and ran on the CivilNet Internet television channel for 42 episodes.
In March 2012 the show moved to ArmNews TV channel [7] and in 2015 on ATV where it currently runs under a new title ArmComedy[3] [8]. It is the first show in Armenia to start as a web series and make a transition from web to network television.
Narek Margaryan holds a PhD in English and was a professor at Yerevan State Linguistic University after V. Brusov [9] for 2 years. In 2011 after a satiric sketch about the University appeared on Youtube [10] he was fired, despite protests by students [11]. Ex-rector Suren Zolyan organized mass viewing of the sketch at a staff meeting. Margaryan returned to university once a new rector was appointed.
In 2013 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan wrote the screenplay for The Knight's Move,[12] their very first feature movie. In that road movie comedy, a fictional chess champion gets hold of Temur Lang's ruby and is chased by an ancient and mystical Kazakh order.
In 2016 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan wrote a screenplay for Head of State [13], Armenia's first political feature comedy.
In May 2017 Narek Margaryan and Sergey Sargsyan were on US standup tour and were invited as guests on Conan.[4]
^ArmComedy
^IMDB
^ArmComedy
^"ArmComedy's Sergey & Narek Teach Conan Some Colorful Armenian Phrases". TeamCoco. Retrieved June 10, 2017.
NarekMargaryan (Armenian: Նարեկ Մարգարյան, Russian: Нарек Маргарян; born September 14, 1983) is an Armenian comedian, screenwriter and TV host. Since...
May 2017, NarekMargaryan and Sergey Sargsyan were on US standup tour and were invited as guests on Conan. During their tour Sergey and Narek were awarded...
Every episode of ArmComedy is written and hosted by Armenian comedians NarekMargaryan and Sergey Sargsyan. It has been dubbed in press as "Armenia's version...
names for newborn boys in Armenia, as of early 2012[update], were Davit, Narek, Gor, Hayk, Alex, Erik, Arman, Samvel, Tigran, and Aram. For girls, the...
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the Prime Minister of Armenia, following the sudden death of Andranik Margaryan. Sargsyan, with President Kocharyan's backing, was viewed as the strongest...
2 hectares and industrial territory with a total area of 4092 sq.m) and Narek (land plot with an area of 90 hectares and pasture of 30 hectares) without...
Italy 144 kg Ashot Margaryan Armenia 137 kg Clean & Jerk Sami Baki Kıymet Turkey 180 kg Simone Abati Italy 173 kg Ashot Margaryan Armenia 163 kg Total...
is twinned with: Arkhangelsk, Russia (2018) Saint-Raphaël, France (1997) Narek Sargsyan, Armenian architect and politician[citation needed] Statistical...
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