Garik Martirosyan: biography
Garik Martirosyan is a Russian and Armenian showman, TV presenter, comedian, artistic director, co-producer and resident of the popular show “Comedy Club”. He is the author of the idea for the “League of Nations” project, as well as the producer of the “Show News”, “Our Russia” and “Laughter without Rules” projects.
A man with an excellent sense of humor, a generator of new ideas and projects, bright and talented - he burst into the world of Russian show business, took a stable position on its Olympus and is still in his conquered place today, delighting fans with his creativity.
Garik Martirosyan in childhood
Garik Yuryevich Martirosyan was born in February 1974 in the heart of Armenia - the sunny city of Yerevan. Since the boy was born on the 13th, his parents, for superstitious reasons, recorded his birthday as February 14th. Since then, the artist has been celebrating his name day for two days in a row.
As a child, Garik was an incredibly active and restless child: he broke sets, played pranks, and created bedlam in the house. In addition to Garik, another son was growing up in the family - Levon. At the age of 6, his parents sent the boy to a music school, from where he was soon expelled due to bad behavior. But exile did not become an obstacle for the young musician on his way to independently mastering his favorite instruments - guitar, drums and piano. In addition, Martirosyan began composing music.
Garik Martirosyan in childhood
During his school years, Garik Martirosyan, although he was not the first ringleader in various tricks and pranks, was known as a great inventor. For example, in the first grade he told his classmates that he was the grandson of Leonid Brezhnev. And the young prankster showed artistic talent early on: Garik played his first role in the sixth grade, portraying Archimedes in a school play.
Daughter of Garik Martirosyan - Jasmine
Garik Martirosyan’s daughter, Jasmine, is the first child in the family of a comedy show producer. The girl was born in the summer of 2004. As a little girl, her father’s character began to manifest itself – the same restless and restless child. In addition to behavior, Jasmine also inherited a sense of humor. Even now she loves to make fun of her classmates.
Parents attach great importance to learning languages: they believe that children must know Russian, English is more likely yes than no, and Armenian is generally beyond competition.
Medicine
After graduating from school, Garik Martirosyan entered the Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU), where he received the specialty of neurologist-psychotherapist. For three years, the future star of the Comedy Club was a practicing doctor, and he liked this work. But artistic talent still prevailed. Today Martirosyan does not regret the years devoted to medicine and psychiatry: he assures that now “you can’t fool him, because thanks to specialized education he sees people through and through.”
Garik Martirosyan
As for humor, Garik Martirosyan joked everywhere, always, with or without reason - it’s in his blood. He probably would have continued to see patients if he had not met the KVN “New Armenians” team. Now we can say with complete confidence that it was this acquaintance that became the defining moment in Garik’s fate, giving him a ticket to television.
Doctor Martirosyan
After graduating from school, Garik became a student at Yerevan State Medical University. Today he says in an interview that knowledge of the basics of medicine is necessary for every educated person.
Having received a diploma as a psychotherapist-neurologist, Martirosyan worked in his specialty for several years.
He never even hinted that he chose his profession under the influence of his mother, a doctor, or under family pressure; he always spoke of his medical practice with warmth and gratitude. According to him, his experience in psychiatry is bearing fruit even now: he knows how to see people, he senses lies well.
But whatever his successes in the medical field, his love for the stage turned out to be stronger.
KVN
The young neuropathologist met the KVN team in 1992. Probably, this year should be considered the point from which the creative biography of Garik Martirosyan began. The club of cheerful and resourceful people radically changed his life and determined the future fate of the future artist.
Garik Martirosyan on the KVN stage
In an interview, Garik Martirosyan shared his memories of that time. According to him, soon after entering the medical university, a military conflict began in Armenia ( the war for Nagorno-Karabakh
). There were serious power outages in the country, there was no gas, and bread was issued on ration cards. It was during that period that KVN began - young people gathered in someone’s apartment, stocked up on candles and wrote comic texts.
“We had fun with ourselves. Well, we simply had no other choice,” says the artist.
Garik Martirosyan and the KVN team “New Armenians”
In 1993, Garik became a player in the Armenian KVN League, on the basis of which the “New Armenians” team was created in 1994. Martirosyan started as an ordinary player, and in 1997 he led the team.
Playing KVN filled all the artist’s free time, so it is completely logical that he began to make a living with humor. In the late 90s, the main income came from KVN tours, but even then Garik Martirosyan tried himself as a screenwriter. Even when he was not playing in KVN on stage, he continued to play as a producer. Then the Sochi team “Burnt by the Sun” appeared, for which Martirosyan wrote scripts.
Garik played as a member of the “New Armenians” team for a total of nine years. During this time, the team became the champion of the Major League (1997), received the Summer Cup twice (1998, 2003), was repeatedly awarded at the Jurmala festival “Voting KiViN”, and also became the laureate of many other awards from the Merry and Resourceful Club.
As Garik Martirosyan himself noted, the experience that KVN gave him in his youth became a real school of life for him.
A television
Garik first appeared on television in 1997 as a screenwriter for the Good Evening program with Igor Ugolnikov. Unbeknownst to himself, he became an active participant in various shows.
In 2004, Garik Martirosyan took part in the popular show “Guess the Melody” together with Polina Sibagatullina and Garik Kharlamov and reached the third round of the game.
The artist’s musical talent has come in handy more than once. In the “Two Stars” project, the comedian demonstrated excellent vocal abilities, winning a well-deserved victory in a duet with Larisa Dolina.
And in 2007, in the program “Minute of Glory,” Garik Martirosyan tried himself for the first time as a TV presenter. Before this, he had not had such a big project - the program gave him a feeling of self-confidence.
In December of the same year, Martirosyan participated in the recording of Pavel Volya’s music album “Respect and Respect.”
Garik Martirosyan is a successful producer
In 2008, the humorous series “Our Russia” produced by “Comedy Club Production” appeared on the TNT channel. The directors created the sketch inspired by the English TV series “Little Britain”. Garik was the producer of “Our Russia”, where he also starred as cameraman Rudik.
In May 2008, the humorous project “ProjectorParisHilton” appeared on screens for the first time. The show was broadcast on Channel One until 2012. Garik Martirosyan was one of the hosts of the popular project along with Ivan Urgant, Alexander Tsekalo and Sergei Svetlakov.
The show "ProjectorParisHilton" was revived in 2021
In 2021, the show beloved by millions came out again after a five-year break. The lineup of presenters has not changed: to the delight of the huge television audience, Garik Martirosyan appeared again with his former colleagues, jokingly explaining the long break.
Martirosyan is not only a wonderful artist, but also a producer. In this capacity, he first tried his hand in 2008: viewers saw the premiere of the full-length film “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny." But Garik Yuryevich is not only the producer of the project, he wrote the script for it. Martirosyan managed to prove his talent as a producer once again when a new project called “Show News” was released.
Garik Martirosyan in the show “Main Stage”
Garik Yuryevich performed as a presenter on the musical television project “Main Stage”, which he hosted in 2015, as well as in the tenth season of the show “Dancing with the Stars” on “Russia-1”.
Producer, screenwriter, presenter
In 2008, the humorous series “Our Russia” was released, in which Martirosyan is a producer and plays one of the supporting roles (cinematographer Rudik). The bet is placed not only on specific humor a la “Chelyabinsk is so harsh...”, but also on the star cast. The series stars Garik Martirosyan's colleagues from Comedy, as well as some famous KVN players.
Another notable project, designed for a different target audience, can be called “ProjectorParisHilton,” in which Alexander Tsekalo, Sergei Svetlakov and Ivan Urgant became Martirosyan’s partners. The show was broadcast on First, and was loved by many viewers, but in 2012 the project was closed. To the delight of fans, after a four-year break, the magnificent four of “Spotlight” returned to the air. Garik is not only the host, but also the producer of the show.
In 2008, Russian television viewers saw the first full-length film, produced and written by Martirosyan - “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny." Garik managed to prove his talent as a producer more than once; another confirmation of this was the Show News project.
"Comedy club"
Garik Martirosyan's career, which started in KVN, opened the doors for him to Russian show business. So, in 2005, the artist, together with his KVN comrades, initiated a new comedy project.
A program called “Comedy Club”, made according to the template of American stand-up shows, soon began airing on the TNT channel. Garik was one of the producers, while also performing in the show. Soon Garik Martirosyan became a cult figure for Russian youth.
Garik Martirosyan on the stage of the Comedy Club
Unfortunately, Martirosyan himself always spoke very sparingly about the creation of the program. Modestly, the artist says that all the participants of the Comedy Club got together and decided to organize a humorous program, although his colleagues claim that it was he who was the founder of this successful project.
The artists did not immediately make it to television with their programs. The test episode of “Comedy Club” collected dust in someone’s desk for about a year before it was watched and approved. Not everyone liked the sharp jokes of the residents (as the artists themselves called themselves), but, fortunately, the program was broadcast.
Garik Martirosyan now
Now it is difficult to find a person who has not heard of “Comedy Club”, despite the fact that Garik Martirosyan himself at first did not believe in the success of this project. The showman demonstrated an excellent sense of humor not only as an artist of the project, but also as a host: Martirosyan became famous for his ability to introduce guests.
In 2021, Garik Martirosyan again delighted his fans with hilarious skits as part of the Comedy Club. Viewers consider his performances in a duet with Garik Kharlamov to be the most successful: their parodies “Eurovision Casting” and “Conversation between Stalin and Beria” received thousands of views on Youtube.
On New Year's Eve from 2021 to 2021, TNT viewers enjoyed watching the Comedy Club show, which was made in karaoke format. Garik Martirosyan not only made everyone laugh, but also surprised everyone by performing the hit of the year from Rostov rapper Pika called “Partymaker”.
For the new season of the “Our Russia” project, “Comedy Club” residents Garik Martirosyan, Pavel Volya, Semyon Slepakov and Timur Batrutdinov pleased fans with a surprise - the humorous song “Our Russia is a terrible force.”
Comedy Club
In an interview, the artist says that this show is the fruit of painstaking teamwork. But his stage comrades mentioned more than once that he was modest, and in fact it was Garik Martirosyan who invented and created the Comedy Club, and the rest only supported his idea and helped to implement it.
It all started in 2005. The format of American stand-up shows became the basis of the new project. Garik not only became one of the residents, but also acted as a producer and screenwriter for the Comedy Club.
Garik Martirosyan, Garik Kharlamov, Pavel Volya, Timur Batrutdinov and their other teammates quickly won the hearts of television viewers and became the favorites of domestic youth. But glory did not fall on them from heaven. For more than a year, the first issue of “Comedy” could not break through to the big screen; everywhere the young team was refused. Fortunately, the program was still aired.
Talking about the project, Martirosyan admits that initially he didn’t really believe in success. Not everyone liked (and still like) ambiguous, caustic jokes. But the show certainly found its audience.
Initially, Garik was the only host, personally introducing the guests, sometimes teetering on the edge, but never losing his temper or allowing himself jokes “below the belt.” Since Pavel Volya became the second co-host, Garik Martirosyan continued to appear on stage while greeting the audience, sometimes giving advice to his colleague, helping to get out of piquant situations (it is worth noting that “Snowball”, with a sharp tongue, manages to get into them with enviable consistency).
Martirosyan's strong point is musical numbers. He has a magnificent voice, he masterfully performs the most complex parts on the piano, and improvises with ease.
Regular viewers have probably noticed another talent of Martirosyan, thanks to which he is a constant performer of foreign roles. Garik speaks fluent English and knows several other languages well.
In March 2021, a team of Comedy residents appeared as experts on the program “What? Where? When?". Garik Martirosyan and his comrades defeated the team of television viewers with a score of 6:4. According to the artists, the fight was difficult and very exciting.
Garik Martirosyan now
At the end of 2021, the comedian gave his fans a pleasant surprise by visiting Georgia. On the air of a national comedy show, he shared the funniest jokes and incidents from his life. The video of the show appeared on YouTube and received a huge number of views.
Garik Martirosyan
Today, Garik Martirosyan continues to remain at the peak of popularity and delights viewers with his appearance in new projects, and not only television ones. The showman changed his principle of not registering on any social network and opened a work account on Instagram. But, as he claims, not at all in order to look for new friends and communicate with them: his circle of friends is already incredibly wide. It's all about a new project called “Insta Battle”.
Every day Garik Martirosyan asks his subscribers one question, and then, after analyzing the answers, selects the funniest one, the author of which is awarded a prize by the MEM Media agency with which the artist works.
Garik Martirosyan is a successful person
Martirosyan’s plans for 2021 include the emergence of new Internet humorous programs, which Garik plans to create specifically for YouTube, RuTube and Facebook.
In February 2021, Garik Martirosyan appeared in the 758th episode of the humorous show “Evening Urgant”, where he explained what he had been doing for five years after the closure of the ProjectorParisHilton project.
In February 2017, the artist celebrated his 43rd birthday - the age when a person is at the peak of his creative powers and is full of new ideas and plans.
Instagram and Wikipedia Garik Martirosyan
Until recently, the TV presenter was not registered on any social network. Instagram and Wikipedia of Garik Martirosyan appeared not so long ago. An Instagram account is an official website where Garik asks subscribers a question, at the end of the day he chooses the funniest answer, the author of which is then awarded a prize. This project was called “Insta Battle”.
Garik Martirosyan is known not only as a man with an excellent sense of humor, but also as a man of his word. So he promised everyone that if his favorite football team won, he would shave his head. After Manchester United's victory, Garik posted a photo on the Internet with a new hairstyle, quite surprising the fans with his trick.
Personal life
Garik Martirosyan is married, and thanks to KVN - this program played a major role in the personal life of the popular comedian. During his student years, his wife Zhanna Levina was a big fan of the Stavropol Law University team. In 1997, she traveled to Sochi to support friends at the annual festival. There, at one of the parties, Zhanna met Garik. Then they were not able to communicate normally, but it seems that it was fate.
Garik Martirosyan with his wife
A year later they met again: a dizzying romance began, which culminated in the desire to get married. Garik Martirosyan and Zhanna Levina got married in Cyprus: all members of the KVN team “New Armenians” were witnesses.
Today, the family has two children: daughter Jasmine and son Daniel, born in 2004 and 2009. Garik Martirosyan’s personal life was happy: for 19 years, the couple never gave food to the yellow tabloids.
Garik Martirosyan with his family
The artist managed not only to create a strong family, but also to provide for it well: in 2010, Garik Martirosyan, together with his colleagues Pavel Volya and Sergei Svetlakov, was included in the rating compiled by Forbes. In 2011, the artist's fortune was estimated at $2,700,000. His estimated income is approximately $200,000 per month.
Bald Garik Martirosyan
The comedian’s favorite and long-time hobby is football: Garik Martirosyan is a fan of Lokomotiv Moscow. Recently, a resident of the Comedy Club made a promise before the match between Manchester United and Tottenham: if his favorite team, in which Henrikh Mkhitaryan plays, is in the lead, he will shave his head.
Manchester United won, and Martirosyan – according to the terms of the dispute – became bald, posting a photo of himself with a new “hairstyle” on Instagram as proof.
