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- Davitian is fluent in Armenian; he speaks the language as Azamat in Borat.
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Davitian is fluent in Armenian; he speaks the language as Azamat in Borat. [10] Restaurant ventures. Davitian founded a restaurant in 2003 called The Dip, which was located in Los Angeles. [11] .
Jan 4, 2019 · He was unforgettable in the movie, speaking Armenian when playing the role of Azamat Bagatov, the Kazakh agent of the title character. One of his most famous scenes in the movie involved wrestling Sacha Baron Cohen in the nude, a scene so shocking that it was one of the comedy’s stand-out clips.
Trivia. He is of Armenian descent. Opened The Dip in 2003. The Dip is a restaurant in Hollywood that specializes in French Dip sandwiches. Winner of the "Best Villain - Feature" award for Abstraction (2013) at the 2013 Action On Film International Film Festival.
- June 19, 1953
- Roger Cormier
- Sacha Baron Cohen's inspiration for Borat came from a Jewish doctor. While vacationing in Astrakhan in southern Russia, Sacha Baron Cohen met a doctor who he thought was hilarious, and was similar to what Borat would become—minus the racism, misogyny, and/or anti-Semitism.
- Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt were uncredited writers on Borat. Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, and Dan Mazer were the credited screenwriters on Borat, while Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt worked on the script in an uncredited capacity.
- A fake film company was set up to represent Borat, and even had its own website. A representative from One America Productions contacted people to say a foreign correspondent was making a film about American life.
- Borat featured only five actors—including Sacha Baron Cohen. Ken Davitian got the part of Azamat by deceiving Baron Cohen and director Larry Charles in his audition, where he pretended to be an immigrant who didn’t speak English.
Feb 9, 2024 · The spark that ignited his journey into acting was lit when he was just a boy, singing an Elvis Presley song to his uncle, an Armenian actor named Chris Christy. Despite his own self-doubt about his performance, his uncle’s encouragement set him on a path towards acting—a decision that would define his future.
Kenneth "Ken" Davitian (born June 19, 1953) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Borat's producer (Azamat Bagatov) in the 2006 comedy film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, in which he speaks the Eastern dialect of Armenian throughout the film.
Despite achieving massive success following a string of films that began with 2007’s “Borat,” where he ad-libbed Armenian lines and fought with Sacha Baron Cohen naked, Davitian is still very much a hometown man.
