Manukyan was born on 6 May 1937 in Leninakan (now
Gyumri),
Armenian SSR. His father Alexander Araksmanyan was a writer and dramatist. He graduated from the acting faculty of the Institute of Arts in
Yerevan in 1958. Throughout his career he portrayed characters in a number of films, including
Nahapet (1977), and
The Song of the Old Days (1982). Manukyan died on 24 June 2025, at the age of 88. == Awards ==