Michael Andranik Goorjian (born February 4, 1971) is an Armenian
American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his role
as David Goodson in the television film David's Mother (1994). He is
also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on
the Golden Globe-winning series Party of Five (1994â€"2000), as well
as Heroin Bob in the film SLC Punk! (1998) and its sequel, Punk's Dead
(2016). As a director, Goorjian achieved recognition for his first
major independent film, Illusion (2004), which he wrote, directed and
starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.Goorjian was born
and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father Peter is an
Armenian and his paternal grandparents were survivors of the Armenian
Genocide, while his mother Sarah is of Scottish American descent.
Goorjian grew up in Oakland, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School,
which had a strong drama program. At the age of 14 he decided to
audition for a local theatre company thinking it was a ‘cool way’
to skip class. After landing the lead role in a 'not-so-cool' play
called Computer Crazy, Goorjian soon found out that the rest of the
cast were all senior citizens and that he would have to perform the
play at his own junior high. Despite this rather humiliating
experience, Goorjian stuck with acting and eventually trained at UCLA
School of Theatre, Film and Television.Goorjian won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special in the TV
movie David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley. Ray Loynd commented that
Goorjian contributed "a wealth of physical and emotional detail that
underscores the familial havoc".Goorjian’s first big Hollywood break
came as a dancer when in 1992 he was cast as Skittery in the Disney
film Newsies starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall. What followed
was roles in numerous films including Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr.,
Forever Young with Mel Gibson, the Oscar-nominated Leaving Las Vegas,
Hard Rain with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater, SLC Punk!, The
Invisibles with Portia de Rossi, Broken with Heather Graham and
Conversations with God.
American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his role
as David Goodson in the television film David's Mother (1994). He is
also known for his role as Justin, Neve Campbell’s love interest on
the Golden Globe-winning series Party of Five (1994â€"2000), as well
as Heroin Bob in the film SLC Punk! (1998) and its sequel, Punk's Dead
(2016). As a director, Goorjian achieved recognition for his first
major independent film, Illusion (2004), which he wrote, directed and
starred in alongside Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas.Goorjian was born
and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. His father Peter is an
Armenian and his paternal grandparents were survivors of the Armenian
Genocide, while his mother Sarah is of Scottish American descent.
Goorjian grew up in Oakland, and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School,
which had a strong drama program. At the age of 14 he decided to
audition for a local theatre company thinking it was a ‘cool way’
to skip class. After landing the lead role in a 'not-so-cool' play
called Computer Crazy, Goorjian soon found out that the rest of the
cast were all senior citizens and that he would have to perform the
play at his own junior high. Despite this rather humiliating
experience, Goorjian stuck with acting and eventually trained at UCLA
School of Theatre, Film and Television.Goorjian won an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special in the TV
movie David's Mother starring Kirstie Alley. Ray Loynd commented that
Goorjian contributed "a wealth of physical and emotional detail that
underscores the familial havoc".Goorjian’s first big Hollywood break
came as a dancer when in 1992 he was cast as Skittery in the Disney
film Newsies starring Christian Bale and Robert Duvall. What followed
was roles in numerous films including Chaplin with Robert Downey Jr.,
Forever Young with Mel Gibson, the Oscar-nominated Leaving Las Vegas,
Hard Rain with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater, SLC Punk!, The
Invisibles with Portia de Rossi, Broken with Heather Graham and
Conversations with God.
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