Manukyan was born on 6 May 1937 in Leninakan (now Gyumri), Armenian SSR. His father Alexander Araksmanyan was a writer and dramatist. [2 ] He graduated from the acting faculty of the Institute of Arts in Yerevan in 1958. [3 ]
Manukyan, Manoukian, Manoukyan and Manukian (Armenian: Մանուկյան) and Western Armenian alternative transliterations Manougian, Manuguian , Manoogian and Manookian (Western Armenian: Մանուկեան) is an Armenian surname.