Hrachia Nersisyan

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Hrachia Nersisyan (November 24, 1895 – November 6, 1961), was a Soviet-Armenian film actor.

Nersisyan was born in Nicomedia, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Izmit, Turkey) and studied in Istanbul. He moved to Yerevan, Armenia in 1923, and soon became a film actor.

Nersisyan's first credit was in Namus, a 1925 silent movie. Later credits include Pepo (1935), Zangezur (1938) and David Bek (1944). Hrachiya Nersisyan continued acting until the end of his life. His work included over two dozen films, including several released posthumously.