Mu biography ya Armen Dzhigarkhanyan zikuwoneka kuti ubwana wake unadutsa mu chiyankhulo cha Chirasha. Chowonadi ndi kuti agogo a Dzhigarkhanyan anakhala nthawi yaitali ku Kuban. Chifukwa chake, mayi wa mkonzi wam'mbuyo amatha kumasulira bwino. Kwa Dzhigarkhanyan, panalibe vuto poyankhula onse mu Chirasha ndi m'chinenero chake. Panthawi imeneyo pafupifupi onse a intelligentsia ku Armenia anali ndi malamulo abwino kwambiri a zilankhulo zonsezi, zomwe zimasonyeza chikhalidwe cha anthu awa.
Mbiri ya Armen, monga woimba, mwa njira yake yomwe inakonzedweratu kuyambira ubwana. Zoona zake n'zakuti nthawi zonse ankafuna kusewera mu zisudzo komanso m'mafilimu. Ndipo onse amayamikira amayi ake, omwe anaphunzitsa aang'ono a Armen kuti azikonda masewerawo. Amayi a Elena nthawi zonse ankachita masewero onse pa sewero ndi maofesi owonetsera opera ndipo anatenga mwana wakeyo. Poyang'ana momwe owonetsera pamasewerowa amagwiritsa ntchito nkhani zosiyanasiyana zomwe zimawoneka kuti zenizeni, Armen adatsimikiza mtima kuti, pamene akukula, adzakhala chimodzimodzi.
Komabe, bizinesi ya Armen siinapite mwachangu monga momwe iye ankafunira. Mnyamata Dzhigarkhanyan anamaliza sukulu mu 1953 ndipo mwamsanga anapita kukagonjetsa Moscow. Anapereka zikalata ku GITIS, koma apo anali kuyembekezera kukhumudwa kwakukulu. Komiti ya Admissions sankakonda mawu a mnyamatayo ndipo sanafune ngakhale kumumvetsera. Armen anabwerera kunyumba atakhumudwa ndi kukwiya, koma sanafune kudzipereka. Chaka chotsatira iye adasankha kuchita, ndipo asanakhalepo ntchito pa filimuyo "Armenfilm".
Mu 1954, Armen adalowa mu zisudzo ku Yerevan pa Armen Karapetovich Gulakyan. Mphunzitsi ameneyu adalimbikitsa mtima wamasewero ku masewerawa, monga kupanga, kupanga chitukuko chimene muyenera kuphunzira komanso kuti mumayenera kuchikonda. Nthaŵi zonse ankagwira ntchito pa Stanislavsky, pofotokoza kuti anthuwo sayenera kusewera. Akufunika kukhala ndi moyo. Muyenera kumamverera munthu yemwe mumamusewera, kulowa mu mbiriyakale ya moyo wanu, zochitika zake, chimwemwe ndi chisoni. Chifukwa cha aphunzitsi ake, Armen anadziŵa bwino kwambiri maphunziro onsewa.
Panopa pa ulendo woyamba, Armen anabwera pa sitepe ya Yerevan Russian Drama Theatre. Pa nthawi imeneyo, Armenian ankakonda kusewera. Iye sanapite ku maudindo, anachita zozizwitsa komanso zamatsenga. Dzhigarkhanyan amatha kufotokoza bwino khalidwe ndi maganizo a munthu aliyense. Iye ankakonda kukhala pa siteji, kupeza njira zatsopano, kulankhula ndi omvetsera. Pazaka khumi zoyambirira za ntchito ku Armen kusewera masewera osiyanasiyana makumi atatu, omwe ndi kupambana kwakukulu kwa woyimba. Ndipo ankawamasewera onsewo mwanzeru.
Inde, panthawiyo cinema inayamba ndipo, monga ena ambiri, Armen nthawi zonse ankadziyesera yekha mu filimuyo. Pafupifupi zaka zisanu iye adagwira ntchito muzowonjezera kapena zolemba, koma pamapeto pake, mu 1960, Armen adatha kugwira nawo filimuyo "Collapse". Pambuyo pake, adajambula mafilimu ena awiri ndipo Dzhigarkhanyan anayamba kuwona omvera pang'onopang'ono. Ndipo mu 1966 Armen anachita ntchito ya sayansi mu nkhani yachisoni ndi yokongola ya filimu "Wokondedwa, ndi ine! ". Ichi chinali filimuyi yomwe inakhala yopambana pa ntchito ya Armen monga wosewera filimu. Iye anali wokongola kwambiri kuti azitha kumverera za khalidwe lake, kusonyeza nzeru zake zokha, komanso zomwe omvera ake anakumbukira pomwepo nkhope ndi dzina lake, anayamba kuzindikira m'misewu. Kuchokera nthawi imeneyo, chifaniziro chogwirizana cha ankhondo a chochita ichi chinayamba kulengedwa. Inde, iwo anali osiyana, koma, komabe, iwo anali ogwirizana mwa cholinga, mphamvu, ndondomeko ndi zina zotere.
Mu 1967, Armen anasamukira ku Moscow kukacheza ndi Efros. Koma kwa theka la chaka, mtsogoleriyo anachotsedwa kwa oyang'anira masewero. Zoonadi, Jigarkhanyan adasewera kwa kanthawi pazinthu zopangidwa, koma anagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake zambiri pa mafilimu. M'zaka zimenezo, mafilimu anamasulidwa pokhapokha pa othamanga osadziwika, omwe anali otchuka kwambiri ndi omvera. Pambuyo pawo, Jigarkhanyan anali atadziwika kale ndi aliyense. Ndiye filimuyo "Moni, Ndine Theta Wanu" anatulutsidwa. Chikhalidwe cha Dzhigarkhanyan - Kriegs, kudabwa ndikugwira pafupifupi onse owonerera. Iwo adayamba kukondana ndi Armen kwambiri ndipo ngakhale kukondwera kwakukulu kunayamba kupita ku masewero ake. Dzhigarkhanyan anapitiriza kupitiriza kuchita masewero ena, omwe anagulitsidwa. Komabe, iye anapitiriza kupita ku cinema.
Armen adasewera mafilimu ambiri ndipo akupitiriza kusewera tsopano. Monga iye mwini adanena, sakufuna dzimbiri. Ndi bwino kusewera kuntchito kusiyana ndi kukhala pakhomo ndikukhala ndi imvi. Choncho, Armen nthawizonse amayesera kukhala abwino, kuwonekera m'maseŵera okondweretsa, kusewera mu zisudzo. Iye adalenga nyumba yake yachinyamata ku VGIK kupereka achinyamata omwe ali ndi mwayi wodziwonetsera okha ndikukhala pafupi ndi zojambulajambula.
Ngati tilankhula za moyo wake, ndiye kuti ali ndi zaka makumi atatu amakhala ndi mkazi mmodzi ndipo ali wokondwa kwambiri. Anakumana pamaso pa Armen akuyenera kupita ku Moscow. Panthawiyo ku Armenia, Jigarkhanyan anali nyenyezi yeniyeni. Koma ku Russia iwo sankadziwa za iye panobe. Tatiana, atabwera kuchokera ku Russia, sankadziwa kuti mnyamata uyu anali ndani. Koma, pamapeto pake, ndinayamba kumukonda. Koma Armen sanawone kanthu. Tsiku lina msungwanayo adanena kuti adali wotopa ndipo Armen adamulangiza kuti ayambe kukondana. Pambuyo pake, Tatiana adavomereza maganizo ake. Pa nthawi imeneyo, Armen anayenera kuchoka ku Moscow tsiku ndi tsiku. Koma iye mwini analibe chidwi ndi Tatiana. Kotero, iwo anasaina mwamsanga ndipo anapita ku Moscow kale monga mwamuna ndi mkazi. Ndipo izo ziri mpaka lero.