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name: "Michael A. Goorjian"
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born: "4 February 1971"
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average_fi1m_score: 76
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# Michael A. Goorjian

Actor. Born 4 February 1971 in San Francisco, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 February 1971, San Francisco, California, USA
- **Active:** 1994–2001
- **Also known as:** Michael Gourjian, Michael Andranik Goorjian, Michael Goorjian

## Biography

Michael A. Goorjian is an American actor, filmmaker and writer. Born on 4 February 1971 in San Francisco, he trained at UCLA’s School of Theatre, Film and Television after beginning acting in his teens.

As an actor, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special for his performance in the television film *David's Mother* (1994). He is also known for playing Justin Thompson in the series *Party of Five* (1994–2000) and Heroin Bob in *SLC Punk!* (1998) and its sequel *Punk's Dead* (2016).

Goorjian has directed several independent films, including *Illusion* (2004), which he wrote, directed and starred in alongside Kirk Douglas, and *Amerikatsi* (2022), which he wrote, directed and starred in; the latter was selected as Armenia’s submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, as Andre Sterescu — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), Fi1m 82, as College Boy 1 — [page](https://film.one/film/leaving-las-vegas.md)
- *Party of Five* (1994), Fi1m 73, as Justin Thompson — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-of-five.md)

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