Arman

Biography

Aramais Vardani Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան), known as Arman Hovsepian (Persian: آرمان هوسپیان‎; February 21, 1921 – August 18, 1980) was an Iranian Armenian actor.

He was born in Tabriz. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major role in Namus in 1940 and entered nonprofessional theater. He moved to Tehran in 1954 and joined the theater group of Ararat Club and worked with celebrities like Joseph Vaezian, Samuel Khachikian, and Aramais Aghamalian. He made his first screen debut in Khachikian's first film, The Return (1953), and opted to act mainly in his following pictures: A Girl From Shiraz, Crossroads of Incidents, Blood and Grace, Storm in Our Town, A Cry at Midnight, and Apprehension. Arman was one of the distinctive actors of the 1950s and 1960s Iranian cinema, and the brand of characters he portrayed was mostly rich people gone bankrupt or confronted with serious problems. He tried his hand in directing and producing films with Bride of the Sea in 1965 and raised his production to five. The Tenant (1972) was another movie he directed, produced, and played. He was also the actor and producer of two films by Mohammad Deljou and Amir Mojahed: Cronies (1974) and The Night of the Loners (1975). He died on August 18, 1980 at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery in Tehran

Known For

The Midnight Terror
The Midnight Terror
Khiabaniha
Khiabaniha
Yalda Night Story
Yalda Night Story
For Whom the Hearts Beat
For Whom the Hearts Beat
The Third Thief
The Third Thief
Crossroad of Events
Crossroad of Events
Night of Strangers
Night of Strangers
Khan Nayeb
Khan Nayeb
The Glass Wall
The Glass Wall

Filmography

2025 Tehran, an Unfinished History
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1978 Khan Nayeb
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1977 Shab Zakhmi
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1977 The Third Thief
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1976 The City of Wine
as Mehrnia
1976 Alafha-ye harz
as Major Lieutenant Khosh-Akhlagh
1975 Night of Strangers
as Monsieur
1974 The Compromise
as Aligholi Khalayegh
1974 Mates
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1974 Shohare kerayei
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1973 The Spring
as Woman's Husband
1973 Khiabaniha
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1972 The Agitator
as Babak's Uncle
1971 A Man and a City
as Ahmad Esmaeili
1971 Reza Chelcheleh
as Zaman
1971 Mard-e hezar labkhand
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1971 For Whom the Hearts Beat
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1971 The Glass Wall
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1970 Yalda Night Story
as Yalda's Father
1970 Ghooz-e bala ghooz
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