Simon Abkarian Movies and Career Information

Simon Abkarian (born 5 March 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He has appeared in about thirty films, the most notable being Atom Egoyan's Ararat, and Yes, in which he played the lead role. Abkarian played the role of villain Alex Dimitrios in the James Bond film, Casino Royale. The character is a government contractor and arms dealer working against Bond. He played Dariush Bakhshi, the Iranian Special Consul, in the BBC drama Spooks.