The biography of this 32-year-old standup comic is not boring. Garik Oganisyan was born in Grozny, grew up in Saratov, made his career as an independent standup comedian in Moscow, and recently moved to Yerevan. He was a resident of Standup Club #1, host of the show "Pararaz Birazza", editor of the popular standup community MHS, worked for Urgant, performed in KVN, participated in rap battles and the project "Standup Underground". And this is not all the talents!
Childhood and youth of the comedian
Garik Oganisyan was born on July 24, 1992. Sign of the zodiac - Leo. Place of birth - Grozny. Childhood and adolescence of the future comedian was in Saratov, where the family Oganisyan moved, fleeing the fighting in Chechnya.
About this period of life Garik knows a little. But some interesting information about the young man can be learned from his standup performances. For example, the fact that he grew up in a rather "intolerant" society, where false stereotypes were developed in relation to persons of Caucasian nationality. Today, the comedian does not hesitate to ridicule them in his monologues, but at that time the boy had a difficult time. Problems added to the fact that Garik very early, literally from the age of 14, began to look like a young attractive man. This made him the object of close attention from wealthy adult women.
After school, Garik entered the university, where he mastered the profession of economist. While still a student, he became interested in KVN: he wrote jokes for the teams, went on stage himself as part of the "Team of SGU".
Having received his diploma, the guy did not look for a job in his specialty. Instead, he went to Moscow, with his friend organized a duet "Volzhskie dali" and applied for the show "Comedy Battle". It was not possible to win, but the guys reached the finals. The first step on the way of stand-up was made.
Creativity and humor of Garik Ohanisyan
In Moscow, Garik set a goal to get into Stand-up Club #1 - the only stand-up club at that time. It was possible to do it by winning the open mic. But it turned out to be not so easy. The first five attempts were not successful: the comedian was always in second place. Not wanting to give up, Garik began to star in the project "Standup on Paramount Comedy", to perform at parties.
Talented comedian noticed. But the turning point in the creative career came after Garik, together with his friends stand-up Idrak Mirzalizade, Alexander Dolgopolov and Alexei Kvashonkin became the host of the show "Pararaz Birazza". This project was a kind of "Spotlight Perishilton" for millennials, only without a script and censorship. Here the guys joked at each other, discussed news and pressing problems.
Hovhannisyan appeared in the sixth episode of the show, replacing Artur Chaparyan. Many viewers did not like it, which they directly expressed in the comments. But the comedian managed to win recognition and become popular. And this is not surprising. Oganisyan Garik is a genius of puns. In addition, he has a phenomenal memory, knows by heart the lyrics of songs of the 2000s and the names of the heroes of the series "Clone", can easily present the material and masterfully joke on almost any topic. At the same time remains on stage as cheerful and liberated as in life.
In 2018, Garik Oganisyan began working in the team of scriptwriters of the show "Evening Urgant". Before that, the composition of the authors of the project did not change for a long time. But someone left - and Channel One announced casting. Garik decided to try. The guy coped perfectly with the TOR, and he was taken for an internship. It was thanks to Garik in the project finally appeared in the new standup rubric, which the channel has long thought about. Oganisyan often offered heroes for it, but he preferred not to appear in the program.
Working in "Evening Urgant" required time and effort, but Garik managed to combine it with participation in numerous standup shows, performances in clubs, shooting new releases for YouTube channel and even rap battles. Such a rhythm brought him pleasure, satisfaction and a good income.
Personal life of the celebrity
As for the personal life of the comedian, then not much is known about it. Photos in his Instagram account more cover working moments, rather than relations with the fair half of humanity. Garik admits that he has never lived with a girl. The reason is the simplest: until a certain age, he lived under the same roof with his parents, and having moved to Moscow, began to rent an apartment together with friends.
What does the standup comic do now
In 2022, Garik Oganisyan left Russia. Wanted to settle in Georgia, but for unknown reasons the man was denied entry into the country. The comedian moved to Armenia. He still continues his concert activities, but already on the territory of European countries. The comedian goes on stage with his colleagues Mirzalizadeh and Dolgopolov.
Garik has never been afraid to express his civic position and attitude to the current events. An example of this is his participation in support of Alexei Navalny, included in the list of persons involved in extremist activities. In addition, he does not get tired of joking about political topics. However, one of the last performances of the comedian in Berlin, where Garik together with his friends played in his number the death of military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, became truly scandalous. The performance was called a dance on the bones, condemning it in the most serious way. It certainly did not contribute to the artist's popularity.
In one of the issues on his YouTube channel, the comedian frankly said that the move as a whole had a negative impact on his career. In Yerevan, where now Garik Oganesyan decided to settle down, he has to make a lot of effort to attract viewers. But the comedian does not give up. Not so long ago he became one of the founders of Ari Stand-Up Club and plans to organize concerts for local and foreign artists.
