Kevork Malikyan was born on 2 June 1943 and is an Armenian-English actor and teacher.
17 Facts About Kevork Malikyan
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Kevork Malikyan is known for his roles as Kazim in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Max Papandrious in the television sitcom Mind Your Language, Rady in the film Flight of the Phoenix, and Parvus in paytaht Abdulhamid.
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Kevork Malikyan's father told him to go to the seminary because he could not afford to give him an education due to financial problems.
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Kevork Malikyan was sent to the Karagozyan Orphanage in Sisli where he spent two years before attending the religious seminary in Uskudar.
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Kevork Malikyan was an Oxford graduate who wrote history books.
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The priest must have liked Kevork Malikyan's acting, because he told the headmaster of the school that Kevork Malikyan should become an actor rather than a priest.
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Kevork Malikyan graduated from the Surp Hac Armenian High School in Istanbul, then moved to London in 1963 for acting education.
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Kevork Malikyan made his first television appearance in an episode of the British historical drama The Portrait of a Lady in 1968, playing the role of 'servant'.
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Kevork Malikyan got his big break in the British film The Man Who Haunted Himself in 1970, starring Roger Moore, in which Kevork Malikyan played Luigi the butler of the Pelham family.
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In 1977, Kevork Malikyan embarked on his most notable role on British television, in the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language, which was about an adult education centre and followed the story to the 'English as a foreign language' class.
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Kevork Malikyan's performance did not go unnoticed, one director who especially noticed him was Steven Spielberg.
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Kevork Malikyan tried to audition for the part of Sallah in Raiders of the Lost Ark, but was prevented from doing so by heavy traffic.
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Two years later Kevork Malikyan appeared in the 2004 remake of the 1965 film of the same name, Flight of the Phoenix in which he played Rady.
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Kevork Malikyan played in a number of roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company production, Arabian Nights, at the Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
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Kevork Malikyan appeared as Inspector Durmaz in the 2012 action-thriller film Taken 2, which was a sequel of the highly successful 2008 film.
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Two years later Kevork Malikyan appeared in the epic biblical film Exodus: Gods and Kings in which he played Jethro.
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In 2016, Kevork Malikyan featured in the historical drama The Promise which was set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire.