Hrant Alianak
Acting · Directing
Born January 1, 1950, Khartoum, Sudan
Hrant Alianak is a prolific Armenian-Canadian actor, playwright, and director known for appearing in over 150 television programs and films. He established himself as a prominent figure in the Toronto theatre scene before expanding into major screen roles.
Filmography
- Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol — Ario Fazeli
- 2020Guest of Honour — Garo
- 2020Possessor — Lead Technician
- V Wars — Doctor
- Air Crash Investigation: Special Report — Captain Erdem (segment "Birgenair Flight 301")
- The Detail — Judge Safaryan
- Frankie Drake Mysteries — Butler
- 2016Burning, Burning — Director, Producer, Writer
- Kim's Convenience — Garlic Customer, Baran
- Private Eyes — Omar Torkia
- 2015A Trip To The Island — Director, Writer
- 2012Dear Scavengers — Hector
- My Babysitter's a Vampire — Principal Hicks
- Lost Girl — Kouyoumijian
- 2010My Babysitter's a Vampire — Principal Hicks
- 2009Pontypool — Dr. Mendez
- 2008The Echo — Max
- XIII
- Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Angela's Eyes
- 2006The Wives He Forgot — Doctor
- 2004Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss — Prince Hassan
- This Is Wonderland — Mr. Barsumian
- Mayday — Investigator Aziz, Mario Rofail, Captain Erdem
- Monk — Judge Hackman
- A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Vincent Yarmack, Attorney Nathaniel Parker, Cleveland Archer, Nat Driscoll, Coroner, Zoltan Mahany, Carl Vardas
- 2001Full Disclosure — Hosni
- 2001WW3 — Abdus Hamdoon
- 2000The Deadly Look of Love — Dr. Dunning
- 2000The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery — Gerstner
- 2000The Royal Diaries: Cleopatra - Daughter of the Nile — Ptolemy Auletes
- Relic Hunter — Moustaffa
- Total Recall 2070
- 1999Ultimate Deception — Dr. Amos
- 1998Dirty Work — Kirkpatrick
- More Tears
- 1998Thanks of a Grateful Nation — Dr. Sid Beria
- Earth: Final Conflict — Dr. Kaplan
- La Femme Nikita — Salla Vacek
- 1997The Secret Life of Algernon — Mahir Sulleyman
- 1996Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement — Dr. Marek
- Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal
- 1995Billy Madison — Pete
- Goosebumps — Dr. Marek
- Highlander: The Animated Series
- 1994TekWar: TekJustice — Judge Tsuruda
- 1993Life with Mikey — Cereal Commercial Director
- 1993Rapture — Chief Galati
- The Hidden Room — Murdock
- Counterstrike — Jomal
- 1990Destiny To Order — Marlay
- 1987Family Viewing — Administrator
- Friday the 13th: The Series — Sandy
- 1986One Night Only
- 1986Sword of Gideon — Wael Zwaiter
- 1985Head Office — President Sanchez
- Night Heat
- The Twilight Zone — Dr. Greenburg
- 1985The Undergrads — Zook
- 1984Best Revenge — Elliah
- 1983Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone — Chemist
- 1983The Sins of Dorian Gray — Nightclub Manager
- 1981Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper — Iranian Minister
- Teleplay — Director, Writer