Acting

Karren Karagulian

Born January 1, 1969 (age 57)

Karren Karagulian (Armenian: Կարեն Կարագուլյան, romanised: Karen Karagulyan; born 1969) is an Armenian-American actor. He is known primarily for his collaborations with director Sean Baker, with whom he has worked since the early 1990s. In 2024, he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Performance for his role in Anora. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ka…

Known For

Anora

MovieDramaComedy

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

The Florida Project

The Florida Project · 2017

The Florida Project

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH · 2026

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH

MovieDramaComedy

Eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, Cliff Booth returns to a changing Los Angeles. Now working as a fixer in the shadows of the Hollywood studio system, Cliff finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of secrets, crimes and betrayals that will test everything he knows about loyalty and survival.

Red Rocket

Red Rocket · 2021

MovieComedyDrama

After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.

Tangerine

Tangerine · 2015

MovieComedyDrama

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

The Man with the Bag

The Man with the Bag · 2026

The Man with the Bag

MovieFantasyComedy

After Santa’s magic bag is stolen, he turns to his naughty list to find Vance, a thief, to help him get it back. Along with his daughter, Santa, and a group of misfits, Vance will have to pull off the greatest heist of his life to save Christmas.

River of Fundament

River of Fundament · 2014

River of Fundament

MovieDramaFantasy

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.

Starlet

Starlet · 2012

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

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Anora

MovieDramaComedy

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out to get the marriage annulled.

Toros

The Florida Project

The Florida Project · 2017

The Florida Project

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults around them struggle with hard times.

Narek

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH · 2026

THE FURTHER MIS-ADVENTURES OF CLIFF BOOTH

MovieDramaComedy

Eight years after the events of Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood, Cliff Booth returns to a changing Los Angeles. Now working as a fixer in the shadows of the Hollywood studio system, Cliff finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of secrets, crimes and betrayals that will test everything he knows about loyalty and survival.

Red Rocket

Red Rocket · 2021

MovieComedyDrama

After hitting rock bottom in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber returns to his hometown in Texas to stay with his estranged wife and mother-in-law. Just as tensions begin to ease, he becomes infatuated with a young doughnut shop worker named Strawberry.

Arash (voice)

Tangerine

Tangerine · 2015

MovieComedyDrama

It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.

Associate Producer

The Man with the Bag

The Man with the Bag · 2026

The Man with the Bag

MovieFantasyComedy

After Santa’s magic bag is stolen, he turns to his naughty list to find Vance, a thief, to help him get it back. Along with his daughter, Santa, and a group of misfits, Vance will have to pull off the greatest heist of his life to save Christmas.

River of Fundament

River of Fundament · 2014

River of Fundament

MovieDramaFantasy

Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In collaboration with composer Jonathan Bepler, Barney combines traditional modes of narrative cinema with filmed elements of performance, sculpture, and opera, reconstructing Mailer’s hypersexual story of Egyptian gods and the seven stages of reincarnation, alongside the rise and fall of the American car industry.

Plater

Starlet

Starlet · 2012

An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie's yard sale.

Arash

Take Out

Take Out · 2008

An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.

Chicken or Beef

Debris

MovieDramaThriller

After a disastrous event on his construction site, Armando acts quickly to save his crew, but instead stumbles upon an unspeakable truth.

Tadevos

Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway · 2010

Prince of Broadway

A New York street hustler specializing in name-brand knock-offs finds his highly profitable game suddenly complicated when his ex-girlfriend shows up toting the son he never knew he had.

Levon

Four Letter Words

Four Letter Words · 2000

Four Letter Words

MovieComedyDrama

At the end of a summer night’s party, the immaturity quotient rises among a group of twenty-something guys as reputations are slurred and, of course, the anticipated drunken brawl ensues.

Gas Station Attendant

Tom's Dilemma

Tom's Dilemma · 2016

MovieDramaThriller

After the molestation of his son, a father struggles with his need to seek revenge and the fear that feeds his inability to do so.

Frankie

Welcome Home

Welcome Home · 2014

MovieComedyDrama

New York-set comedy about a group of immigrants who have become hostage to their life choices.

Writer

This Land

This Land · 2019

MovieDramaCrime

Azat, an Armenian immigrant selling counterfeit designer bags on the streets of Los Angeles, strikes a bond with a woman from his night school only to face the pitfalls of the American Dream.

Azat