Kenneth Davitian (Armenian: Քենեթ Դավիթյան; born June 19, 1953) is an American actor, best known for his role as Borat's producer Azamat Bagatov in the 2006 comedy film Borat,[1] and for his role as Shtarker in the 2008 action-comedy film Get Smart.

Kenneth Davitian was born in Los Angeles on June 19, 1953, to an Armenian American family from Montebello, California.

[3] His father, a Red Army soldier during World War II, was captured by Wehrmacht forces and placed at an Armenian Legion camp in Stuttgart.

[4][5] He graduated from Garfield High School in East Los Angeles and Whittier College.

[10] Davitian founded a restaurant in 2003 called The Dip, which was located in Los Angeles.