Karren Karagulian

Known for Acting

1/1/1969(Age 56)

Biography

Karren Karagulian is an Armenian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for his frequent collaborations with filmmaker Sean Baker.

Known For (18 credits)

Movie

The Man with the Bag

2025

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.

7.1

Movie

Anora

2024

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.

Movie

How to Fill the Unfillable Hole Inside You

2023

An experimental short that explores the complexity of our deepest emotions through the lens of comfort foods.

8.0

Movie

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

2022

A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.

6.8

Movie

Red Rocket

2021

Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, former porn star Mikey Saber decides to crawl back to his hometown of Texas City, Texas, where his estranged wife and mother-in-law are living. Just as this dysfunctional family seems to be making things work, Mikey meets a young woman named Strawberry working the cash register at a local doughnut shop.

Movie

This Land

2019

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.

7.4

Movie

The Florida Project

2017

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.

4.0

Movie

Debris

2017

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

6.0

Movie

Tom's Dilemma

2016

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.

6.9

Movie

Tangerine

2015

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.

5.5

Movie

Welcome Home

2014

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

6.8

Movie

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.