Aram Amirbekyan studied at Nersisyan Armenian High School in Tiflis (Tbilisi), later in 1912-15 at Petersburg Conservatory and in 1921-22 at Moscow Armenian Dramatic Studio. He worked at the theatres of Kirovakan (now Vanadzor), Leninakan (now Gyumri), Tbilisi. Famous for his duo with Hambartsum Khachanyan in the movies Shorn u Shorshore (1926) and Meksikakan diplomatner (1932).