Artyom Karapetyan was born on June 28, 1926 in Tiflis, Georgian SSR, TSFSR, USSR [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. He was an actor and writer, known for
Ajooba (1990),
Posrednik (1990) and
Kin-dza-dza! (1986). He died on November 18, 2011 in Moscow, Russia.