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 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 the exile did not become for young musician an obstacle to independently mastering your favorite instruments - guitar, drums and piano. In addition, Martirosyan began composing music.
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 a grandson. And the young prankster showed artistic talent early on: Garik played his first role in the sixth grade, portraying Archimedes in a school play.
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 future star"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.”
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.
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 life and determined future fate future artist.
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 (). 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.
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 everything free time artist, so it makes perfect sense that he started making 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 a champion Major League(1997), twice received the Summer Cup (1998, 2003), was repeatedly awarded at the Jurmala festival “Voting KiViN”, and also became the laureate of many other awards from the Cheerful 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 program “ Good evening" With . Unbeknownst to himself, he became an active participant in various shows.
In 2004, Garik Martirosyan took part in popular show“Guess the melody” together with Polina Sibagatullina 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 the duet.
And in 2007, in the program “Minute of Glory,” Garik Martirosyan tried himself for the first time as a TV presenter. He had never had anything like this before big project– the program gave me a feeling of self-confidence.
In December of the same year, Martirosyan participated in the recording music album"Respect and Respect."
In 2008, the humorous series “Our Russia” produced by “ Comedy Club Production". 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, and.
In 2017 loved by millions the show came back after a five-year hiatus. 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 at it 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 Yurievich 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”.
"Comedy club"
Garik Martirosyan's career, which started in KVN, opened doors for him in 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 show, 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.
Unfortunately, Martirosyan himself always spoke very sparingly about the creation of the program. Being modest, the artist says that all the participants of the Comedy Club got together and decided to organize humorous program, although colleagues claim that he is 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.
Now it is difficult to find a person who has not heard of Comedy Club, despite the fact that Garik Martirosyan himself did not initially 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 2016, Garik Martirosyan again delighted his fans with hilarious skits as part of the Comedy Club. Viewers consider his performances in a duet with the most successful: their parodies “Eurovision Casting” and “Conversation between and” received thousands of views on Youtube.
On New Year's Eve from 2016 to 2017, 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 and Pavel Volya pleased fans with a surprise - the humorous song “Our Russia is a terrible force.”
At the end of 2016, the comedian made his fans a pleasant surprise, having visited Georgia. On the air of a national comedy show, he shared the most funny jokes and incidents from life. The video of the show appeared on YouTube and received a huge number of views.
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 betrayed his principle of not registering in any social network and created a work account in 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.
Martirosyan’s plans for 2017 include the emergence of new Internet humorous programs, which Garik plans to create specifically for YouTube, RuTube and Facebook.
In February 2017, Garik Martirosyan appeared in the 758th episode of the humorous show “ Evening Urgant", where he told what he did 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.
Personal life
Garik Martirosyan is married, and thanks to KVN - this program played main role and in the personal life of the popular comedian. IN 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 unable to communicate normally, but it seems that it was fate.
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.
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.
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.
Filmography
- 2005 - “Our Yard 3”
- 2008 - “Our Russia”
- 2009 - “Univer”
- 2010 - “Our Russia. Eggs of Destiny"
- 2013 - “HB”
The Comedy Club program is usually associated with the best presenters of this show.
The cheerful and musical Garik Martirosyan automatically falls into this list.
IN Lately Viewers are increasingly asking the question: “Why don’t they show Martirosyan on TNT anymore? Where did Garik go? Why did the talented presenter disappear from the Comedy Show?”
The humor and “sharp” tongue that Garik Martirosyan possesses made many TNT viewers fall in love with him.
But where did the presenter go? Where did Garik go?
There is probably no specific answer to this question.
There are several versions that can explain sudden departure Garika from Comedy Club.
One of the most common versions
A disagreement with the host of the show “The Bachelor” Timur Batrutdinov, who repeatedly sarcastic to Garik and he, in turn, offered to take his place as the host of the Comedy.
But could this situation have influenced the fact that Garik no longer appears on stage? Does it affect him no longer hosting the beloved show?
Another version that may explain where the presenter went
This is an ordinary job and a large number of projects in which a talented presenter takes part.
During your relatively short career, Garik Martirosyan managed to accomplish quite a lot:
- take up acting;
- become the author of the “League of Nations” project;
- produce;
- act as a leader;
- participate in the KVN team.
Garik hosted the Comedy Club program for five years.
Having successfully spent this period on stage, he transferred his responsibilities to Timur Batrutdinov.
What happened to Garik? Where is he now? Where did the talented and versatile presenter go?
The presenter, without whom it is difficult to imagine Comedy.
There is no clear answer to this question. How to find out where the Comedy star is now? The most correct answer, apparently, needs to be heard from Garik directly.
We hope he will return to “his place.” After all, the stage is his calling.
The star status has not changed at all. The same as he was nineteen years ago when we met, he remains the same. But I had to tame my character.
I'm a serious person. Judge for yourself: I dreamed of becoming an investigator, a criminologist. My grandparents were surgeons, and there were medical reference books and anatomical atlases everywhere at home. I read manuals on craniotomy like adventure novels. I won’t faint at the sight of a corpse. In general, I entered the law school in Stavropol, studied textbooks on criminal law, and walked towards my goal step by step. She also played student team KVN.
My dad, Viktor Morisovich Levin, had his own business in Sochi - optical stores, so I grew up in a wealthy family. Mom is an economist, worked in the city administration. Of course, they wanted their only daughter to marry successfully and live nearby. And suddenly I meet a guy from the KVN team “New Armenians”, from Yerevan! But what if it was love at first sight?! It was as if something had struck my heart.
Garik and I walked along the beach and talked. And I suddenly had the feeling that this was absolutely “my” person: dear, sincere, warm. But he immediately turned on common sense: I need to finish my studies, he will leave for Yerevan, we don’t have any common future. Garik also laughed at my dream. “The woman is an investigator! - he laughed. “They’ll kill you!”
The next morning I left for Stavropol for a session and didn’t even leave my phone number. Cell phones were rare in 1997, no one had heard of social networks at all, and Garik could not find me. We met only a year later, at the next KVN festival. He was so happy when he saw me! He complained: “Zhanna, why are you lost? I’ve been thinking about you for a year, I miss you!” He was so excited, sweet... He seemed like a very reliable person.
- Is this really the case? appearance could you determine?
Garik always behaves very naturally, he doesn’t show off at all. Maybe that’s why I immediately believed him. Thank God, my intuition did not let me down. In general, I fell in love. I just couldn't breathe without him. Gar met my parents, then we flew to meet his family.
Now, of course, I have a very good idea of the situation our parents found themselves in. If my daughter Jasmine told me: “I fell in love with a guy - I’m leaving with him for Murmansk!” So what should I do? I’ll go crazy, worry, bite my nails, but I’ll have to let go. Otherwise he will say later: “Mom, you broke my fate.” What if he goes and doesn’t work out? She will scold me again: “Why didn’t you stop? You shouldn’t have let me in!”
And how should we live correctly so that we can be together until the end of our days - in sorrow and in joy? Is there such a recipe? Some people live a couple of years and run away. And others spend their entire lives hand in hand. What does this depend on? From character? Don't think. Both the husband and the wife can be a good person, but it is not their destiny to be together, and no one is to blame for this. But it happens the other way around: both the wife is imperfect and the man is so-so - but they live in perfect harmony.
Perhaps I believe in fate: either you meet “your” person or you don’t. I remember we were sitting at the Sochi airport, waiting for our flight to Yerevan - we were going to see Garik’s parents. I’m twenty-one years old, and I’m terribly worried: how will they receive me? Will you like me?
Yerevan is a stunning, magical and very sunny city. In the evening we walk around the center of the capital of Armenia, they recognize Garik and smile. A week passes, a month passes. Everyone already knows about us! Garik a famous person, captain of the “New Armenians” team. And here he is, a local, one might say, celebrity, eligible bachelor, brought a Jewish bride from Sochi. Not a very common case in Yerevan.
And romance begins, real relationships begin, endless flights: Yerevan - Sochi, Sochi - Yerevan - and so on throughout the wonderful crisis year of 1998.
- Was it difficult to adapt to Armenia? New culture, new friends...
There were difficulties with the language. I didn’t understand Armenian at all then. Moreover, everyone is so emotional, loud - they shout, gesticulate, everyone’s energy is just over the edge.
I went to the store. The seller asked something in Armenian. I said I don't understand. She immediately switches to Russian:
And where are you from?
From Sochi.
ABOUT! I live in Sochi...
And let’s list all our Sochi relatives: “on such and such a street is Uncle Karen, and on this street is Aunt Liana.” She talked for about fifteen minutes, as if we had known each other very closely for a long time, and not meeting each other for the first time. So, in terms of temperament and energy, Armenians are somewhat similar to Odessa residents - open-hearted, amazing people, lovers of life and humorists. I know first-hand about Odessa residents - my grandfather Maurice Alexandrovich is from Odessa. Then he moved to Abkhazia and from there to Sochi. I simply adore my native Sochi! My Sochi is a multinational city. Armenians, Georgians, Tatars, Russians, Jews, and Adygeis live peacefully there and are friends. And for me it has always been important what kind of character and upbringing a person has, and only then - where he is from and what nationality. In addition, I consider myself not only Jewish and Russian, but also Soviet man. We were all born and raised in the USSR!
When we went to the hospital to meet Jasmine Surenovna - she is a gynecologist, Doctor of Science - I bought a bouquet of roses. I had never seen Garik’s mother before, but one day, you won’t believe it, I dreamed about her. I tell my future husband about this:
I saw your mother in a dream.
And what is she like?
Blonde, of course.
And here we are in the hospital. I notice: in the hall on the wall there is a huge group photo of all the doctors of the hospital, fifty women. I look at their faces - and suddenly I recognize the one from my dream!
Here's your mom! - I say to Garik.
He is shocked:
Wow! How did you know?
I told you: I dreamed about her.
Jasmine Surenovna came out, I handed her flowers, we hugged warmly. Never by word or hint did she let me know that she doubted her son’s choice. Although now I sometimes put myself in her place: my grown son brings home a girl with a different worldview and mentality. How should I feel about this?
I myself, of course, didn’t really understand then what was waiting for me. We are very young, nothing special. But does it really matter when it's love? Remember how in famous film: “To become a general, you have to marry a lieutenant and travel with him to the garrisons...” So I went “to the garrisons.”
“We won’t take money from our parents,” the husband said before the wedding. - We'll earn it ourselves.
But parents, yours and mine too, are ready to help...
Thanks to them, of course, but no! Me myself.
Garik, as I remember now, borrowed three hundred dollars from friends for the first time. And we went on tour with “New Armenians”. Of course, my husband and I are like thread after needle.
- You could stay at home with your parents, let your husband earn money.
Come on! I’m in Sochi, he’s traveling - and what kind of family is this? To make it clear: touring is not going on a business trip for a week. A month and a half of continuous “combing” small and big cities. Then five days off - and again on the road. There is little romance in this. But at twenty-one it seemed: oh, an adventure, I’ll see the world! I traveled with the “New Armenians” all over the planet - from Los Angeles to Vladivostok, from Hamburg to Alma-Ata! And as for everyday difficulties - with a dear one, as they say, heaven is in the hut.
“Paradise”, however, turned out to be the same. There are ten guys on the team. Everyone speaks Armenian. They are having fun, laughing, but I don’t understand a word. Garik, noticing my confusion, asks his comrades:
Guys, let's speak Russian - Zhanna doesn't understand.
Yes, sure. Garik, dear, let's switch to Russian.
Our guys only had enough for about five minutes - then they switched to native language, just automatically. And I decided to learn Armenian. I bought an Armenian phrasebook - what can you do? I started learning: I write out the words, I cram them behind the scenes. The first word I remembered was “sanr”, comb. The guys always ran and shouted before the performance: “Sanr! Sanr!
And if only there weren’t enough combs! The hotels that the organizers of Kaveanov's tour checked us into were absolutely different levels. Sometimes these were cool hotels, and sometimes the most modest ones: the toilet is on the floor, the shower does not work, the radiators are barely warm.
The guys were nervous and tried their best. We had to warm the kettles and help each other wash their hair.
It seems that it was Krasnoyarsk - on the calendar it’s January, outside the window it’s minus thirty, I wake up in the morning, and my long hair everyone was covered in frost and stuck to the iron headboard of the bed. Magical honeymoon! It is clear that sadness sometimes rolled in, but Garik was right there: “Zhanna, everything will be fine!” Autumn gave way to summer, spring to winter, and we all toured.
- Of course, you haven’t thought about adding to your family in such conditions?
I really wanted to. But the internal stop valve was working - how is that possible in such and such a state of disarray? One day Garik said that it was time to move to Moscow: there are more opportunities in the capital. I thought: okay, maybe I’ll have my own home there?
And he appeared - a removable one-room apartment on Suschevsky Val. In a very old building. No renovation, no curtains, no TV. My mother taught me that a woman should create comfort. I went to the store, bought the cheapest fabric and sewed curtains. I hung it up, walked away, looked - now I can live.
One day we returned from another tour and the whole apartment was covered in green mold: the sofa, the floor, the walls. It turned out that a month ago our upstairs neighbors flooded us hot water. Nobody told us. And the apartment turned green. We didn’t even have the strength to swear, and at whom? We sat down in silence and drank tea. Then, just like that, without saying a word, they stood up. I took out baking soda and detergent and began to scrub and wash: the walls, the sofa, the floor...
It was still funny incident. Garik still cherished the dream of walking to the station: “The apartment is on Suschevsky Val - not far from Rizhsky. And in the summer, when we go to the festival in Jurmala, we will walk to the station directly from home. Beauty! Previously, it took a long time to get there - by bus, by metro...”
And then a happy day comes. It's summer, we have train tickets. We went out and went as we dreamed. Suddenly - grunt! - the wheel of the suitcase breaks. Poor Garik has to carry this heavy trunk on himself. The road seemed like an eternity. “This is the worst road to the station in my life!” - Garik sighed.
We bought groceries at the supermarket and crawled home with bags - there was no car yet. I remember how terribly my hands were frozen, accustomed to the warm Sochi climate. The police regularly stopped us and checked our registration. They found fault: “You have a square seal, but you need a round one. Let’s go to the police station - well, or pay...” All the guys from our Armenian team were harassed.
- Have you ever worked in your profession?
I tried. I got a job at one company and quit after a few months. I didn’t have time to do anything: I had to clean the house, do the laundry, cook dinner. The most annoying thing is that our schedules did not coincide. I have an office job, from nine to eighteen. And Garik creative person, “owl” - writes jokes in the evening and at night almost until the morning, then sleeps a little and goes to the office. He always doesn't have enough time. With his workload being so busy, we almost stopped seeing each other. And one day Garik very calmly but firmly said: “Zhanna, we have to choose. Either you work, or we are building a family. Think well".
I thought: in principle, Garik is right, in such conditions the family will not last long. We've survived five years of endless touring - and now we're going to run away because of my work? I didn’t want this at all, and I chose family. Something in life has to be sacrificed.
My husband is a crazy workaholic. He once said: “Food is a waste of time.” One day we ran into a restaurant with him for a snack. Garik orders himself a piece of “Napoleon”, and while we wait, he answers phone calls, looks at email on the laptop - in general, he usually works on the go. The waiter brings dessert - and Garik stuffed almost his entire piece into his mouth in one fell swoop. He chewed it, swallowed it and then pounded on the keys. And after some time, taking a sip of coffee, he suddenly said thoughtfully:
For some reason they don't bring the cake...
Garik, you already ate it!
Are you kidding?!
So the Comedy Club is everything for Garik, he lives by it. Do you know how it all started? Artak Gasparyan and Tash Sargsyan, Martirosyan’s comrades in the “New Armenians,” came up with the idea of holding parties in Moscow clubs - this is how the Comedy Club appeared. And Arthur Janibekyan, one of the founders and director of the team, also suggested broadcasting it on TNT. Then, eleven years ago, no one could have thought that the club show would turn into a grandiose and large-scale project - programs, their own films... They were scolded for harsh jokes. And these jokes were only at first to provoke the audience. Now salty humor is rarely included. Now Comedy Club is so different that it cannot be described in two words; every viewer will find something interesting and funny for themselves.
By the way, I have never heard my husband swear. Never with me. But he pesters me with his jokes. At Comedy, they write their own texts, Garik composes at night at the computer, and then asks me: “Zhanna, listen.” I am his first listener and critic. Torments at two in the morning: “Is this funny? What about this?” Well, imagine how I would work as a lawyer or investigator?
One of our closest friends is Pasha Volya. Like Garik, he is a workaholic and is all about work. I asked him:
What, Pash, aren’t you getting married?
There is no good girl.
He is a homely person by nature, he dreamed of a family, but he never met real love. All the guys who went on tour in their bachelor youth constantly met girls in the cities they visited. But these were short “novels about nothing.” They hung on Pasha in droves, but he dreamed of a kindred spirit - a woman who would support and understand. And finally Volya met Laysan - he carried her and the children in his arms. I really love this couple. I love Garika Kharlamov, about whom we joke that he is the only native Muscovite in the Comedy Club - the rest have come in large numbers. He, too, finally found his soul mate - Christina, a loving and sunny girl.
Now all the guys from Comedy have wonderful families, and I will say this: than better than wife for residents, the cooler the guys work. Almost all of us are married. One of the old-timers Timur Batrutdinov single, everything will not be determined. Although there are a dime a dozen who want to marry him. It became especially big after he and Garik somehow got on the Forbes magazine list about eight years ago. Allegedly oligarchs! Timur's good flat- but not a palace and a car - not a Maybach, everything is much more modest, and he got into Forbes! They read it and they just died laughing, and Batrutdinov most of all: “Garik, Arthur, you are producers - and where are my billions?!”
Garik is also not an oligarch; he doesn’t pump oil. Humor, of course, brings money, we even finally bought an apartment - spacious, in a very good area. But, for example, Vacation home, which we have been dreaming about for a long time, we cannot afford yet. True, Garik promises: “Everything will be” - and I believe him.
Comedy Club has changed our lives a lot. More opportunities have appeared. More friends. And everything is as before. And Garik is still the same. Our friends are from the same circle, the same people who were around almost eighteen years ago, when our family just started.
I know for sure: in order to write and film funny sketches, Garik must be happy. Therefore, I defined the task for myself as follows: to support my husband good mood. Moreover, it is not difficult, Garik is an optimist in life and is not a bore. True, as a doctor by first education, he is very meticulous in matters of children’s health. As soon as Jasmine (daughter is eleven) or Daniel (son is six) gets a little cold, Gar starts calling every five minutes:
How's the temperature?
We were just talking - the temperature cannot drop so quickly.
Oh, well, yes...
Ten minutes later the call comes again:
Well, what about the temperature?
Garik! I gave the medicine. Work calmly, everything is fine.
I forbid children to tell dad that their tummy hurts or a rash has popped up - first tell mom, and then I’ll decide whether dad needs to know. Sometimes it’s easier to leave Garik in the dark than to answer his nervous calls all day.
There is no need to bother him with problems at home. Although the last word, of course, always behind him. I constantly praise: men also love with their ears. I write him text messages: “I love you.” For me, Garik is the best in everything. Sometimes I can lose my temper like a woman - it happens to everyone.
Just recently I attacked my husband because of nonsense - he threw his jacket on the sofa.
Is it difficult to hang in the closet? And he scattered his socks! - And Garik doesn’t like it when people raise their voices. He looked at me like that. I immediately began to count to myself to ten, calmed down and said: “Oh, why am I yelling like in the forest?” There don't seem to be any deaf people here. Did some kind of fly bite?
Garik’s look immediately became completely different, he laughed:
Make sure that no one else bites you, otherwise I will bite you.
Martirosyan, fortunately, is easy-going and unforgiving.
- Do you manage the house yourself?
Basically yes. But there is an au pair - Gaya, she is from Yerevan. I heard stories that someone’s nannies were being stolen from, so when Gaya appeared in our house, I started checking on her: either I’ll “forget” the money in a visible place, or I’ll put the ring. Gaia brings: “Zhanna, here is your thing, I found it.” Never let me down. Now she is like family to us.
- Didn’t you want to “check” your spouse somehow?
Never. It is pointless. And my advice to all women is to think carefully before getting into your husband’s phone. For example, I never get into Garik’s phone. True, he has a password there, but I know this password! Fortunately, Garik and I trust each other very much and, moreover, there was no situation that made me doubt my husband. And I was also very lucky - Garik is not on any social network, and life is easier this way. Both for me and for him. Life is already too short to waste it on jealousy.
You just need to be able to be happy and enjoy life, because when real trouble happens, then you understand: where are the little things, and where is the real grief.
Four years ago I lost my beloved dad. He had health problems. I even shouted at him:
You must take care of yourself!
And he answered:
Zhannusik, don't worry. I will live as long as I have been given.
It all ended sadly, the disease simply devoured him. But I didn't know about it. Garik and I were already living in Moscow, my father called from Sochi: “I’m fine, I’m taking my pills.” Then he called from the hospital: “I passed the tests, everything is fine. The doctors said they would treat him and let him go.” The voice sounded cheerful. And two days later I’m sitting on the set of the Comedy Club, Garik is performing on stage. And suddenly a call from Sochi hit me like a blow to the head: “Your father is no more.” And then there are bitter thoughts that will now never go away: why didn’t I fly immediately as soon as I found out that he was in the hospital? Why didn't dad tell you how bad he felt? Could I change something, extend his days?!
I went up to Garik and told him about our grief. He turned pale. But you can’t cancel filming, you can’t say: “We have a misfortune here, go home.” I worked through the program as best I could, and at night we flew to Sochi to say goodbye to my father. We held hands the whole way.
Every family has its own idea of happiness. People are all different. There are many recipes for happiness, everyone chooses their own. For example, we have patriarchy. This is when a woman is behind her husband. In my opinion, this is what nature intended: a man is strong, he makes decisions. In another family, the wife is like a mother, and the husband is like a son to her, I couldn’t live like that, but this is their happiness. Everyone has their own.
Here is Garik, on his rare day off, playing football with his son in the hallway. And I run, waving my arms, and shout: “Be careful - the chandelier!!! Don't hit the lamp! Attention - mirror! They care about who will score a goal, and I care about how to save my property. But with what happiness the son’s eyes then shine, he walks around proudly all day and tells everyone: “And I won against dad in football!” My daughter writes scripts and makes videos - her dad’s genes. Growing up as a tomboy: “Mom, you don’t need a dress, it’s uncomfortable, give me ripped jeans, and I’ll run.”
We often fly with the whole family to Sochi to soak up the sun. We especially like to go there in winter: blue sky, palm trees are green. We also fly to Yerevan, which is also our hometown.
I am very grateful to Garik’s mother. He treats me very warmly and helps me with the children. I remember my daughter was brought home from the maternity hospital. I look at her, very tiny, and I’m terrified - tiny hands, tiny fingers, how can I take her without hurting her? I need to treat my navel with brilliant green, but I feel like I’m just “swimming” (not even from fear, but from a sense of responsibility: alive small man, child!), a veil before my eyes. Fortunately, Jasmine Surenovna was nearby (she came from Yerevan to help us with our granddaughter). I heard her confident voice: “Zhanna, pull yourself together! Breathe deeply: one-two!” - and calmness and strength of spirit immediately returned to me.
Garik’s mother taught me how to cook Armenian dishes, such as his favorite dolma. She is an excellent grandmother; children enjoy visiting Yerevan. Needless to say, I was lucky with my mother-in-law, I can’t even imagine how difficult it is for women who cannot find mutual language with my husband's mother. I really fell in love with Armenia, Garik’s homeland, I made my closest friends - Arthur Janibekyan and his beautiful wife Elina, my dearest close girlfriend, with whom we have been inseparable for seventeen years. I learned the ancient Armenian language- Now he is like a second family to me. The son and daughter speak Armenian fluently, as well as Russian.
It is important that they know their roots. Our children are very cheerful and cheerful, our family is generally cheerful. We love holidays, gifts, surprises. Garik is a master of sports in surprises. Every birthday is a testing ground for new ideas. For example, for my last birthday I gathered all my friends and girlfriends, and my husband secretly invited my favorite singer Valery Syutkin and musicians. The restaurant is not very big, everything is in plain sight, and poor Syutkin sat with his back for an hour so as not to be noticed! And in the bustle I didn’t even notice my favorite artist. About two hours after the start of the holiday, Garik suddenly snatches the microphone, calls me onto the stage and says:
I love you so much that you can’t even imagine what I did for you!
Do you know who will sing for you now?
I stand rooted to the spot. And behind me the musicians are already tuning up.
And then they close my eyes from behind. Everyone screams and applauds. I'm shocked! Garik's loud voice is heard:
- For Zhanna, especially for her birthday, the legendary Valery Syutki-i-in!!!
I was so delighted, I can’t even describe my feelings. We danced until we dropped! And Valery set such a mood that my birthday turned into a real concert. On the wave musical performance Syutkina sang on stage not according to the program, but as a surprise Soso Pavliashvili, with whom we are very friends. Then our favorite singer, Alsou, came out just as impromptu, then the fantastic Armenian orchestra took the initiative, and away we go! The night ended with a grandiose fireworks display - another surprise from Yan Abramov, Alsou's husband. So, one might say, I’m almost at home in show business.
But all that remains of my childhood dream of becoming an investigator is that I love to shoot. In my free time I go to the shooting range and relieve stress. I'm actually obsessed with guns. Sometimes I even go hunting. Garik, by the way, is terribly amused by this.
Recently in Yerevan, friends took my husband and me to a military training ground where police officers pass their standards. They let me shoot and I scored everything within a ten. “Wow,” the owners did not hide their amazement. “Not every officer can do this.”
I smiled, and thought to myself that I might have been a good investigator, but fate gave me a completely different role - a wife and mother. Which I'm very happy about.
We thank the furniture salon “Mebeland” for their help in organizing the shooting.
Garik Yurievich Martirosyan- artistic director and “resident” Comedy show Club (Comedy Club) on the TNT channel, former KVN star, bright TV presenter, witty showman.
Garik Martirosyan's childhood and education
Father - Yuri Mikhailovich Martirosyan(born 1942) - mechanical engineer.
Mother - Jasmine Surenovna Martirosyan(born 1950) - gynecologist, Doctor of Science.
Younger brother Levon Yurievich Martirosyan(born 1976) headed the United Liberal National Party (MIAK) of Armenia, assistant to the President of Armenia.
Martirosyan's paternal grandfather Mikhail Arkadyevich (1911−1984) was a mathematics teacher and school director. Maternal grandfather Suren Nikolaevich (born 1919) worked as Deputy Minister of Culture of the USSR (the biography on Wikipedia refers to the post of Deputy Minister of Trade).
The “interlocutor,” with reference to Martirosyan’s childhood friends, reported that the influential grandfather helped his grandson, so at school “Garik was in complete chocolate, he was trusted to wear the school banner, and was assigned to read the best poems on the rulers.”
“Suren Nikolaevich never refused help to anyone. Grandfather's kindness helped his grandson become a popular person. Garik came from Yerevan to Moscow, as in hometown, where he immediately became a member of the highest social circles,” the publication quoted Martirosyan’s school friends.
Except high school, Garik also attended music classes at the same time. Despite the extraordinary musical abilities, Garik was nevertheless expelled from music school for bad behavior, says Martirosyan’s biography on Wikipedia.
And yet Garik taught himself to play the piano, guitar and percussion instruments. And he even composed his own music.
His talent as an artist and comedian was evident from childhood, as reported in the biography of Garik Martirosyan; already in the first grade, Garik surprised his friends with the news that he was a grandson Leonid Brezhnev.
At school, Martirosyan played in plays, in particular, in the sixth grade he played Archimedes.
After receiving secondary education, Garik Martirosyan entered the Yerevan State Medical University, after which he received a diploma as a neuropathologist-psychotherapist. Garik Martirosyan himself, in his biography on the official website, explained his choice of becoming a doctor with the conviction that “every person should have at least primary knowledge in the field of medicine.”
Garik Martirosyan's career in show business
But Martirosyan did not have the chance to make a career as a doctor; Garik worked in the medical field for only three years. The young doctor was completely captivated by playing KVN, after which his biography was connected with television and show business. However, Garik has repeatedly noted that the education of a psychotherapist helps him in life, in particular, “to see through people.”
Garik Martirosyan participated as a player in the KVN team of Yerevan University (1993−2002). The team was called “New Armenians”. Since 1997, Garik has been the captain of this popular team.
As a member of the KVN team “New Armenians”, Garik became the champion of the Major League in 1997, received the Summer Cup twice (1998, 2003). In general, Martirosyan can be called one of the brightest KVN stars of the 90s, while every year there was it is clear that he is progressing even after the show Alexandra Maslyakova the captain of the "New Armenians" will do successful career on TV.
The talented young man proved himself not only as a witty KVN player, his first television projects appeared in his career. In 1997, Garik Martirosyan became the chief scriptwriter for the television program “Good evening with Igor Ugolnikov».
In 2003, members of the KVN “New Armenians” team, in particular Arthur Janibekyan, Artak Gasparyan, Arthur Tumasyan, Artashes Sargsyan and Garik Martirosyan created a new project - “Comedy Club”.
“Comedy Club” at first did not take root on the MTV and STS channels, but in April 2005 it began airing on the TNT channel. New project With former stars KVN and new comedians quickly gained popularity; in 2007, the Comedy Club had its own production company, Comedy Club Production.
Garik Martirosyan in April 2010 replaced Tash Sargsyan as the main presenter of the Comedy Club, and in 2015 he assumed this role Pavel Volya, who in 2017 often helps in this capacity Garik Kharlamov. Martirosyan is also always nearby and ready to insert a witty comment. It is Garik Martirosyan who is considered the main figure of the Comedy Club show, both as a comedian and as an organizer.
Garik actively participated in many television projects and besides the Comedy Club. Since November 2006, Martirosyan acted as a co-producer and co-author of the script for the TV show “Our Russia” (TNT). This show also became very popular, and Garik himself plays cameraman Rudik in one of the storylines. Later, Garik Martirosyan became the producer and scriptwriter of the film “Our Russia: Eggs of Destiny” (released in 2010), in which he also played a small role.
Viewers saw Martirosyan in the role of a TV presenter on the program “Minute of Glory.” Garik Martirosyan was also one of the hosts of the TV show “ProjectorParisHilton” (2008−2012 and since March 2017). The show was a breakthrough, the hosts in the studio discussed news and newspaper articles with humor, and the VIP guest always joked with them. Garik is distinguished by his subtle, soft and tactful humor, but in this program Martirosyan also showed his musicality, played and sang a lot with Ivan Urgant, Alexander Tsekalo And Sergei Svetlakov. By the way, in the winter of 2007 he took part in the recording of Pavel Volya’s album “Respect and Respect”.
“ProjectorParisHilton” received TEFI, winning in the category “Best Infotainment Program” four times - from 2008 to 2011.
ProjectorParisHilton had to be closed in 2012 due to Sergei Svetlakov and Garik Martirosyan, who signed new contracts with TNT. The TV channel regretted the closure of the project, but decided not to change the composition of the presenters. In February 2017, fans of the program were pleased with the news about the return of the ProjectorParisHilton project.
Garik Martirosyan had a hand in the project " Comedy battle"on TNT, a popular presenter is often on the jury with Semyon Slepakov and Sergei Svetlakov or other colleagues. The program is a casting of future comedians who can make a career in a real Comedy Club. At the same time, viewers should be attracted not only by the jokes of novice comedians, but also by the jury’s reaction to them.
The project website says that Garik Martirosyan “pays attention to the jury Special attention high-quality literary humor" and "proved to be a person for whom, first of all, it is not the form that is important, but the content."
Garik Martirosyan was the host of the first season music project“Main Stage” on the channel “Russia-1” (from January 30 to April 17, 2015). Since March 7, 2016, Garik Martirosyan has been the host of the 10th season of the project “Dancing with the Stars” on the Russia-1 channel.
At the same time, “Comedy Club” remains one of the main directions of Garik Martirosyan’s creativity, among the most popular numbers are his performances in a duet with Garik Kharlamov, “Eurovision Casting”, “Conversation between Stalin and Beria” and many others.
Martirosyan’s current film work is the film “Zomboyashchik”. In the news, the film is presented as “a total comedy produced by the TNT channel and Comedy Club Production.” The wide release is scheduled for January 25, 2018. Garik Martirosyan, along with other stars of the Comedy Club, should appear in one of the main roles.
Garik Martirosyan's income and awards
Forbes magazine three times placed Garik Martirosyan in the "Top Russian celebrities" In 2010, Garik took 25th place in it with an income of $2.7 million. The next year he was in 27th place, and Martirosyan’s income reached $2.8 million. With the same amount, Garik in 2012 took 41st place or more in the income ranking from Forbes did not appear.
In 2007, Garik Martirosyan received the “Humor of the Year” award from the “Humor FM” radio (in the “Showman” category) and “Person of the Year” according to GQ magazine (the “TV Face” category).
Personal life of Garik Martirosyan
Garik Yuryevich Martirosyan is married. Wife - Zhanna Levina- lawyer by profession. Garik met her at the KVN program in 1997 in Sochi. The comedian’s biography states that his future wife came to Sochi as a big fan of the Stavropol Law University team. It was possible to combine the support of friends with useful things; since then, only his wife Zhanna has been in Garik Martirosyan’s personal life. At least in yellow press There was no news about Martirosyan's other interests.
Garik Martirosyan’s wedding took place in Cyprus, and all members of the KVN “New Armenians” team were witnesses.
The family of Garik Martirosyan and Zhanna has two children. Daughter - Jasmine (2004) and son - Daniel (2009). Young parents closely monitor the development of their children. “We have this routine in our family: Russian is required, English is highly desirable, and Armenian is sacred, you need to know,” said Garik.
Garik Martirosyan actively posts photos on Instagram, where you can see his wife Zhanna and daughter Jasmine. The comedian loves to please his fans with his photos from his school days, and also posts pictures from the filming of Comedy Club and SpotlightParisHilton. Martirosyan’s Instagram is quite popular, he has more than 1.2 million subscribers.
Garik loves to surprise the audience not only with his instant humor. Recently famous showman and the Comedy Club resident surprised fans with an extravagant prank. The 42-year-old presenter shaved his head. The reason for the new image was the first goal of compatriot Martirosyan - Henrikh Mkhitaryan- in the English Premier League. Before the Manchester United - Tottenham match, Garik promised that if his compatriot Mkhitaryan scored and United won, he would shave his head. Garik kept his promise and published the photo on his Instagram account.
Garik Martirosyan's biography on Wikipedia says that he supports Lokomotiv and Manchester United. But recently, after Spartak’s victory over Sevilla (5:1), Martirosyan posted the red-and-white emblem on Instagram. By the way, the mentioned Mkhitaryan supported Spartak as a child.
In 2009, Garik Martirosyan made the news, topping a kind of rating from the developer of an antivirus software. Famous comedian was the leader in the number of links returned when searching for information about him in search engines; 12.42% of links when querying “Garik Martirosyan” are dangerous.
Garik Martirosyan is a man who has an excellent sense of humor. His work is proud not only in Russia and Armenia, but also outside these countries. He constantly hatches new plans, which he shares with his fans. Even when he was not performing on stage, many KVnova fans admired his sparkling jokes, following the work of the “Burnt by the Sun” team. During these years, Garik's talent as an author only became more powerful. After a short time, the hero began to appear before a large audience, admiring his sparkle and accuracy of jokes on the topic of the day.
In addition to acting, the artist perfectly performs many other roles, being artistic director and a permanent resident of the comedy show club "Comedy". He produced “Show News”, “Our Russia” and “Laughter Without Rules”, which are popular among television viewers.
Height, weight, age. How old is Garik Martirosyan
His height, southern temperament and ability to laugh at himself and make others laugh have attracted attention for a long time. True KVN fans have been following his work since the mid-90s. They know absolutely exactly what the popular showman’s height, weight, and age are. How old Garik Martirosyan turned this year is also known. On his birthday, which falls on Valentine's Day, he came to visit Ivan Urgant, where he was given royal honors in honor of his 43rd birthday. Our hero's height is 183 cm and his weight is 75 kg, although Garik seems somewhat plump on screen.
Since his youth, the well-known KVN player began running. Even now, although he is incredibly busy, sports activities he manages to devote a small amount of time. In addition, he loves traditional Armenian cuisine, dishes from which his wife sometimes spoils him with.
Biography and personal life of Garik Martirosyan
Our hero was born in mid-February in 1974. Although his actual birth falls on the 13th, his parents, driven by superstitious motives, made him a day younger by recording him on the 14th, so the artist celebrates the holiday for 2 days. Garik was a very restless child since childhood. During his school years, he loved to joke with everyone.
But everything was said with such a serious look that everyone around believed. For example, in the 1st grade he called himself the grandson of Leonid Brezhnev, which everyone believed: from students to teachers, until his mother came to school, who was summoned for her son’s bad behavior. The future showman was expelled from the music school for the same reason. But this did not stop him from learning to play several musical instruments. On this moment our hero is fluent in guitar, drums and piano, and has also written several popular musical compositions, which sounded from the KVnov stage.
Creative biography And personal life Garik Martirosyan took place thanks to KVN, in which he began to take part in the mid-90s, as a student at Yerevan State Medical University, after which he became a practicing Moscow neurologist-psychotherapist. But still, KVN and the ability to joke outweighed everything. Now our hero is a popular comedian, whose work is admired by many residents of the vast expanses Russian Federation and neighboring countries.
Talent popular comedian could be enjoyed in many projects, the most memorable of which were “Comedy Club”, ProjectorParisHilton, Show News.
Martirosyan is also a popular producer who has made several humorous films.
Family and children of Garik Martirosyan
The popular showman calls 2 cities his homeland - Yerevan and Moscow. He was born in the first, and the second became his real hometown, since it is here that his large family lives happily and the children of Garik Martirosyan were born in the Russian metropolitan metropolis. The artist loves to visit Armenia, enjoying the beautiful sun and peace, since here he is known only as one of the residents who moved to Russia. Moscow attracts the hero with its scale and ability to change. He loves to take a break from its noise with his family, to whom he devotes all his free time.
Garik's mother and father often come to visit him, not daring to leave their beloved Yerevan forever, although their son calls him to him. The artist also has an older brother, Levon, who lives with his wife and children in Armenia. Although the brothers are separated by a long distance, they constantly call each other and congratulate each other on the holidays.
Son of Garik Martirosyan - Daniel Martirosyan
In 2009, he was born on the penultimate day of October 2009. On the same day, one of the episodes of ProjectorParisHilton was released with the participation of the popular American film actor Steven Seagal. When Garik announced that he had a son, the popular Stephen suggested calling him Daniel. Seagal assured that a child with that name will have happiness in the future. Martirosyan said he would think about it. After some time, it turned out that the showman still named his son Daniel.
For a long time Garik did not show his son to the general public. But recently the son of Garik Martirosyan, Daniel Martirosyan, was introduced to the public. This took place on Timur Kizyakov’s program “While everyone is at home.”
Daughter of Garik Martirosyan - Jasmine Martirosyan
Garik Martirosyan's daughter, Jasmine Martirosyan, was born in 2004, 5 years earlier than her brother. The parents named their daughter in honor of Garik’s mother, who lives in Armenia. The girl is very artistic, as many of those present at the Jurmala humor festival in 2013 could see for themselves. She went on stage and danced so fieryly that all the spectators present in the hall were amazed.
Now Garik sometimes talks about his daughter’s successes. She studies at one of the best Moscow schools. The showman says that her character is completely similar to his childhood. The girl loves to make fun of her classmates, but these jokes are absolutely harmless.
Garik Martirosyan's wife - Zhanna Levina
Garik and Zhanna met at the Sochi festival. After Sochi, the comedian and his future lover met only a year later. A candy-bouquet period took place, which soon led to the wedding. The celebration was celebrated in Russia and Armenia. Garik's mother and father treated their daughter-in-law very well. They call her daughter, and she, in turn, considers them second parents.
Garik Martirosyan's wife, Zhanna Levina, devotes her life to her husband and children, trying to make them happy. But the young woman is also successful in her work. She, on the advice of her husband, became a very popular interior designer, from whom many beau monde stars consult.
On her Instagram page, the showman's wife often presents pictures. They depict Garik Martirosyan with his wife and children. The photos are always bright and unforgettable.
Instagram and Wikipedia Garik Martirosyan
The popular star of the humorous beau monde runs his own page on Instagram, and Garik Martirosyan’s Wikipedia is full of information about him and his creative activity. In terms of the number of subscribed users on Instagram, the popular KVNist occupies one of the leading positions. The number of subscribers is incredibly quickly approaching the million mark. Here you can view pictures of Garik from his childhood to the present day, meet members of his large family and see who his friends are.
On the Instagram page, the official website of which is maintained by Garik himself, you can find out what the jokes lead to and bet him with friends. For example, after his favorite team won the English Premier League, the comedian cut his hair.
