Ashot Melikjanyan or Melikdzhanyan (20 April 1952 — 12 November 2001) was a Soviet Armenian actor.
Ashot Melikdjanyan was born in the Soviet Union on the 20th of April in 1952.
Melikdjanyan began his acting career at the Yerevan Dramatic Theater.
1972
His first on-screen performance was playing the role of Meruzhan in the 1972 film Ayrik.
1979
He then starred as the protagonist in the 1979 film Air Pedestrians, filmed at the Uzbekfilm film studio.
1983
He starred in the 1983 movie Without much risk which was filmed at the Gorky Film Studio.
1990
Melikdjanyan's last appearance was in the 1990 movie Yearning, which was filmed at the Armenfilm studio.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Melikdjanyan emigrated with his family to the US, where he worked at a jewelry factory which supervised one of its branches in the Dominican Republic.
2001
Melikdjanyan was killed in the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in New York City on 12 November 2001.
