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Arthur Darbinyan

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Arthur Darbinyan in Stranger Things (2016)
The Chess Player follows the story of Andranik, a chess player who gets caught up in a crazy conspiracy involving brain-enhancing pills, an underground chess tournament where black market deals are a form of currency, and a mysterious man dedicated to making Andranik the successor to his criminal empire. 

The Chess Player is available exclusively through the Kinodaran streaming platform.
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Arthur Darbinyan is known for The Avengers (2012), X-Men: First Class (2011) and Get Smart (2008).
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    Known for

    Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., Lou Ferrigno, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, and Chris Hemsworth in The Avengers (2012)
    The Avengers
    8.0
    • World Security Council
    • 2012
    Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
    X-Men: First Class
    7.7
    • Aral Sea Captain
    • 2011
    Anne Hathaway, Steve Carell, and Dwayne Johnson in Get Smart (2008)
    Get Smart
    6.5
    • Russian Bad Guy
    • 2008
    Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)
    True Detective
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Leonid

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    • Arthur Darbinyan, Mikael Ghaplanyan, and Khoren Levonyan in The Chess Player (2025)
      The Chess Player
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Rustem
      • 2025
    • Arthur Darbinyan in The Saint 2: Blood and Dust (2024)
      The Saint 2: Blood and Dust
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Sahak
      • 2024
    • Tom Ellis in Lucifer (2016)
      Lucifer
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Andrei
      • 2021
    • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)
      Stranger Things
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Doctor Zharkov
      • 2019
    • Britt Robertson and Regé-Jean Page in For The People (2018)
      For The People
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Sam Simmons
      • Mr. Simmons
      • 2018–2019
    • Ray Romano and Chris O'Dowd in Get Shorty (2017)
      Get Shorty
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Narek
      • 2018
    • I Promised Her Life (2018)
      I Promised Her Life
      6.3
      Short
      • Arman
      • 2018
    • Famke Janssen, Edi Gathegi, and Ryan Eggold in The Blacklist: Redemption (2017)
      The Blacklist: Redemption
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Vadim
      • 2017
    • Téa Leoni in Madam Secretary (2014)
      Madam Secretary
      7.8
      TV Series
      • General Mourad Cherat
      • 2016
    • Message from the King (2016)
      Message from the King
      6.4
      • Duc
      • 2016
    • Titus Welliver in Bosch (2014)
      Bosch
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Krikorian
      • 2016
    • NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
      NCIS: Los Angeles
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Jahmir Yacoob
      • 2015
    • Sos Janibekyan in Vorogayt (2015)
      Vorogayt
      7.1
      • Miro
      • 2015
    • Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)
      True Detective
      8.9
      TV Series
      • Leonid
      • 2015
    • Scott Cohen, Margarita Levieva, Morgan Spector, Gavin Stenhouse, and Alexandra Peters in Allegiance (2015)
      Allegiance
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Tim (Driver)
      • 2015

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    The Saint 2: Blood and Dust - Official Trailer
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      • A. Darbinyan
    • Height
      • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

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        Often recognized for his tall slender physique and long beard
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      • D'rbo

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