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Diran Meghreblian
Russian / Armenian. Actor, Broadcaster. Experienced, authoritative.
Diran was born in 1945 in the United States, of Armenian parentage. When he was 4 years old the family went to live in Soviet Armenia where Diran received a Russian education at school and college level. He continued his studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris after the family emigrated to France in 1965.
In 1970 Diran was invited to England to work at the BBC’s World Service as a Russian broadcaster. In addition to nearly 30 years’ experience as a radio-journalist Diran has done considerable voice-over work, both in Russian and in English: in documentaries, commercials, corporate videos and in the narrative field.
In recent years he has also worked in cinema. His film credits include: The role of a Coptic priest in the 1999 James Bond movies ‘The World is not Enough’; the part of a Christian craftsman in the 2002 thriller ‘Revelation’, directed by Stuart Urban; the role of Head Nurse in a short graduation film made by students of the Arts Institute in Bournemouth; and a non-speaking part (of a terrorist leader) in the BBC TV docu-drama ‘The Situation Room’.
Recent voice work includes the Russian Version of Half-Life 2 PC game, the Winter Olympics (various) (BBC) and Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves? (Channel 4).
Diran speaks Armenian, English, French and Russian.