Stepan Puchinyan was born on November 28, 1927 in Batumi, Adjar ASSR, Georgian SSR, Transcaucasian SFSR as Stepan Filippovich Puchinyan. He is a director and actor, known for Tayny madam Vong (1986), Den svadby pridyotsya utochnit (1979) and Gangstery v okeane (1991).