Hovik Keuchkerian

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Keuchkerian and the second or maternal family name is Burgui.

Hovik Keuchkerian Burgui (born 14 November 1972) is a Spanish actor, stand-up comedian, and former boxer.

Hovik Keuchkerian
Keuchkerian in 2024
Born	Hovik Keuchkerian Burgui (1972-11-14) 14 November 1972 (age 52) Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Spanish
Occupations	Actor boxer stand-up comedian

Biography

Hovik Keuchkerian Burgui was born in 1972,^[1] to an Armenian father and a Spanish mother in Beirut, Lebanon. He moved with his family to Spain at age three and was raised in Alpedrete.^[2]

Keuchkerian is a former boxer.^[3] He became a boxer and was Spanish Heavyweight Champion twice. After quitting boxing, he started a new career as a stand-up comedian and writer. He has published four books, the last of them entitled Resiliente. His performance playing a boxing trainer in the 2013 film Scorpion in Love earned him a nomination to the Goya Award for Best New Actor.^[4]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	Alacrán enamorado (Scorpion in Love)	Pedro		[5]
2016	Toro	Antonio		[6]
	Assassin's Creed	Ojeda		[7]
2018	The Man Who Killed Don Quixote	Raul / Knight of the Mirrors		[8]
2019	4 latas (4L)	Tocho		[9]
2022	Rainbow	Diego		[10]
2023	Un amor	Andreas		[11]
2024	El hoyo 2 (The Platform 2)	Zamiatin		[12]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2010−11	Hispania, la leyenda	Sandro		[13]
2013	Isabel	El Artillero	Introduced in season 2	[6][14]
2015	El ministerio del tiempo	El Empecinado		[15]
2016	The Night Manager	Tabby		[6]
2018	Snatch	Carlito Blanco	Introduced in season 2	[16]
2019–21	La casa de papel (Money Heist)	Bogotá	Introduced in part 3	[17][18]
2020	Antidisturbios (Riot Police)	Salvador Osorio		[19]
2022	The Head	Charlie		[20]
2024	Reina Roja (Red Queen)	Jon Gutiérrez		[21]
	Asalto al Banco Central (Bank Under Siege)	Bernardo García "Berni"		[22]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2014	69th CEC Medals	Best New Actor	Scorpion in Love	Nominated	[23]
	28th Goya Awards	Best New Actor		Nominated	[24]
	23rd Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best New Actor		Won	[25]
2021	26th Forqué Awards	Best Television Actor	Riot Police	Won	[26]
	8th Feroz Awards	Best Leading Actor in a TV Series		Won	[27]
2022	9th MiM Series Awards [es]	Best Drama Actor		Won	[28]
2023	71st San Sebastián International Film Festival	Silver Shell for Best Supporting Performance	Un amor	Won	[29]
	29th Forqué Awards	Best Actor in a Film		Nominated	[30]
2024	11th Feroz Awards	Best Actor in a Film		Nominated	[31]
	38th Goya Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[32]