Torkom Movsesiyan is an Armenian who was born and raised in Bulgaria. He has been serving as a dynamic representative of the Armenian community in his home town, Bourgas, since his childhood. Torkom is representative of what is today a rare breed: he is a Renaissance man. He is an actor, a dancer, a singer, a model, a scholar, and a polyglot. Not only is he gifted in many arenas of life, but he inscribes his talents into the greater social context of his community and society. He participated in several theatrical plays, and concerts during his years in elementary school. At the age of 16, Torkom started taking opera voice classes with the famous Bulgarian opera singer, Naiden Borodgiev, who discovered that he has the talent and potential to become a singer. After some time Torkom decided that he did not want to be an opera singer, but a pop-singer and was influenced by some of his all time favorite stars like Madonna, George Michael, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Elton John, and many others. Then he met his new vocal coach – Neli Chervenakova, who inspired him to finish his secondary education at a music school where he majored in voice and piano. Needless to say, thanks to his extraordinary talent he was accepted at “Dimcho Debelianov” High School in Bourgas. Torkom became one of Neli Chervenakova’s prior students and started performing all over Bulgaria and later on went on performing in Germany, Austria, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Poland, Serbia, Croatia, Slovakia, and Slovenia. While he was making a tour in his country, he joined the mixed Bulgarian choir, “Rodna Pessen,” in Bourgas, which was followed by another European tour. He became the favorite of his teenage fans, who would follow him to his classroom, even harass him over the phone and wait on line for autographs. “I’ve always wanted to have crazy fans all over me, begging me for autographs, or telling me that they are crazy about me,” he recalls later. Voilà, his dream came true. After graduating from high school, Torkom was accepted at college to study hospitality management.
As an inspiring artist Torkom has always dreamed of going to New York City, and becoming a successful singer. On June 08, 2001, at the age of twenty one, Torkom arrived in New York City. “I took a bus from JFK airport, and arrived with my suitcase on Times Square. I did not know what to say. For a moment, I felt like I was in a jungle. It was almost midnight, very noisy, and Times Square was packed with people. All I had was $160 in my pocket. I did not know anybody, and I did not know where I was going to stay,” Torkom recalls later.
Torkom started auditioning for movies, record label deals, musical theater, and many other interesting projects. He currently freelances with several talent agencies and managers: CESD Agency, Atlas Talent Agency, Kolstein Talent Agency, Mary Anne Claro Talent Agency, and HH Talent and Entertainment. His multilingual and oriental dance skills make him stand out in front of his agents’ rosters of successful actors. Torkom is proficient in eighteen foreign languages. The proficiency of his tongue, has helped him audition for some major projects starring actors of the highest caliber: “The Kingdom” starring Jamie Fox, “The Producers” starring Uma Thurman, and Matthew Broderick, “Everything is illuminated” starring Elijah Wood, “Law and Order: SVU,” “Guiding light,” “Chicago,” the musical, “Bombay Dreams,” and many others. Some of his acting credits include: TV: “Guiding Light,” "Damages," “Law and Order,” “Be Youself As Well As Art,” “The Iyanla Show.” Film: “The Child Within,” “The Gate Of Fallen Angels,” “The Demon Shells,” “Count Gaylord: Vampire,” “Human Portrait,” and “The Panss Institute.” Commercials: “New York Lottery,” “Mercedez Benz,” and “Toppik.” Print: “Everyday with Rachael Ray,” “Microsoft,” and “Toppik.” Theatre: “The Three Penny Opera,” and “The Glass Menagerie.” Voice-overs: “Cambridge University Press,” “Nissan,” and many foreign language voice-overs.

Besides an actor, Torkom Movsesiyan established himself as a very talented Raqs Sharki dancer. When he moved to New York City, he got a job as a stockboy in a women’s clothing store and had the chance to work with Moroccan and Egyptian people. “My co-workers would constantly play Middle Eastern music, which I adore to this very day, and I would get up and boogie with them while working in the store. Then they would tell me how impressed they were with my dancing skills and some of them didn’t even believe that I am not from the Middle East. As one of my co-workers, Souad, would say: You dance so professionally, honey. I don’t believe you. You are Turkish,” Torkom recalls later laughing. Torkom decided to start taking oriental dance classes and ever since he realized that he wanted to be a dancer. He fell in love with Middle Eastern music, dance, and culture, and began studying Middle Eastern dance with the best dance teachers on earth—Morocco, and Tarik Sultan. Morocco’s dance academy and its students, motivate Torkom even more to tell others the true story of Middle Eastern dance, and most importantly to save it from extinction. During his days of observation in Morocco’s dance studio, he says he felt like he was home. The friendliness and warmth from both his teachers, Tarik and Morocco, and all of their students, make him no longer be a stranger. Many people say that your home is where your country is, but Torkom believes that his home is where he is happy. Knowing that his real family is thousands of miles away from New York City, he feels incredibly blessed to have met Morocco and Tarik and become a part of their big family.
In February 2009 Torkom graduated with honors from the City College of New York earning a BA in international studies. When he met with the coordinator of the Honors Program, Lee Linde, in August 2006, she asked him: “Torkom, in what language do you dream when you go to bed?” Lee Linde was impressed with his linguistic skills as a polyglot and welcomed him to the Honors Program. Being one of the top students at City College earned him the Peter Jay Sharp Scholars Award, which is a full scholarship given only to students who show outstanding academic achievements. “City College pays ME to go to school, not the other way around,” Torkom proudly says. Some of his other outstanding academic achievements are: The Italian Teachers’ Association Award, The Oxford University Book Prize Award in the study of Latin, The Dean’s List, The Organization of Istanbul Armenians Scholars Award, The C.A.R.S. Scholar Award, The Richard Tufenikian Scholars Award, and the AGBU Scholars Award for Excellency in Hospitality Management Studies. Torkom is also a member of the Golden Key International Honor Society.

FEATURE FILM
“Gate of Fallen Angels” Andy Rotten Apple Productions
“Human Portrait” Toty American Museum of History
“Everyday with Rachael Ray “ Evoo Hartlarsoon Productions
“The Panss Institute “ Ivan The Panss Institute
“The Child Within” Joro Blue Flower Productions
“The Demon Shells” Toucher NYC Visions Films
“Count Gaylord: Vampire” Lead After Midnight Entertainment
“Sorry Ain’t No Reparations” Lead Net Picture Productions
“The Other Side Of Maybe” Lead Astorax Productions
“I’m Sorry, Bobby” Lead Bob Cobb Productions
“White Like Me” Lead Four Entertainment
“Nothing, but shame” Lead Tortellini Productions
“Tranquility” Lead Bella Produzione

TELEVISION
“The A-N-N Morning Show 2016” Omar Noshpit Entertainment
“Chaos in Gotham” Sammy LBYL Films
“Pandora” Khalid Silver Studios
“Rites Of Passage” Greg Morris Barrow Productions
“Orange Paper” Principal Big Air Plane Productions
“Be Yourself As Well As Art” Principal MNN Studios
“Iyanla” Singer CBS Studios
“Dough E. Fresh” Principal Gee Street Productions

COMMERCIALS & PRINT Conflicts upon request

THEATRE
“The Three Penny Opera” Street singer Fordham University
“The Glass Menagerie” Joseph Greenbrier Valley Theatre
“Joseph And The Amazing Dream Coat” Stefan The Ivoryton Playhouse
“The Robber Bridegroom” Nick The Ivoryton Playhouse
“Turn Of The Screw” Courier Asolo Theatre Conservatory

SPECIAL SKILLS
Foreign Languages (Fluent languages: Spanish (European and South-American), French, German, Russian, Turkish, Italian,
Bulgarian, Latin, English); Conversational languages (Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Ukrainian, Greek, Farsi, Arabic, Bengali,
Romany, Hebrew); Foreign accents (German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian,
Romanian, Polish, Czech, Albanian, Hebrew, Macedonian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Bengali, Hindu, Persian); Singing
(contemporary pop-rock, jazz, rock and roll); Dancing (Middle Eastern dance, ballet, modern, hip hop); Musical instruments
(finger cymbals, basic piano); Voice: tenor

TRAINING
Monologues: Elaine Aiken
Commercials: Jeff Barber
Vocal Technique-Coaching: Lynn Starling
Film & TV: William Esper
Improvisation: Caroline’s
Meisner’s Technique: Robert Patterson
Alexander’s Technique: HB Studios
Theatre: Stella Adler’s Studio
Voice-overs: Steve Harris
Middle Eastern Dance: Morocco/Tarik Sultan

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