Biography
With his rotund build and Eastern-European looks, Armenian-American player Ken Davitian seemed tailor-made for character roles. For the majority of his first decade onscreen, however, Davitian appeared in fairly lackluster movies, such as
Talkin' Dirty After Dark (1991),
Bikini Summer (1991),
Sexual Intent (1994), and
The Silence of the Hams (1994). His fate changed just a bit around the turn of the millennium -- first on the small screen, with guest appearances in such blockbuster series as
ER and
Gilmore Girls, and then cinematically, when
Borat (2006) creators brought him on board that mockumentary farce as Azamat Bagatov, Borat Sagdiyev's (
Sacha Baron Cohen) devoted producer (who performs a rather deviant and embarrassing act in a hotel room). Not long after, the producers of the 2008 big-screen vehicle
Get Smart (based on the popular 1960s TV spy comedy) tapped Davitian for a choice role in that movie. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide