Born in Troy, New York, USA
Armen Garo is an American actor born Troy, New York. He holds a BS in Speech Communication from Emerson College. In 1985, he joined the East Providence Police Department in East Providence. While there he earned his BS Degree in Criminal Justice from Roger Williams College and MS Degree in the Administration of Justice from Salve Regina.From Wikipedia
Garegin or Karekin Pastermadjian (Armenian: Գարեգին Փաստրմաճեան), better known by his nom de guerre Armen Garo or Armen Karo (Արմէն Գարօ; 9 February 1872 – 23 March 1923) was an Armenian activist and politician. Armen Karo was a leading member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation for more than two decades. He was one of the masterminds of the 1896 occupation of the Ottoman Bank in response to the Hamidian massacres, and of Operation Nemesis, in which several perpetrators of the Armenian genocide were assassinated. Between 1918 and 1920 he served as the first ambassador to the United States from the First Republic of Armenia.

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http://www.armengaro.com