Goorjian was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area . His father Peter is an Armenian and his paternal grandparents were survivors of the Armenian Genocide , while his mother Sarah is of Scottish American descent . Goorjian grew up in Oakland , and attended Bishop O'Dowd High School , which had a strong drama program . At the age of 14 he decided to audition for a local theatre company thinking it was a ‘ cool way ’ to skip class . After landing the lead role in a ' not-so-cool ' play called Computer Crazy , Goorjian soon found out that the rest of the cast were all senior citizens and that he would have to perform the play at his own junior high . Despite this rather humiliating experience , Goorjian stuck with acting and eventually trained at UCLA School of Theatre , Film and Television
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Michael A. Goorjian