Dimitri Diatchenko
Born: 1968-04-11 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died: 2020-04-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
A native of San Francisco, Dimitri Diatchenko attended Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts. After high school, he attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida where he was a scholarship music student, majoring in classical guitar. After completing the Bachelors program, he matriculated to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida where he continued with his acting and music studies in the Masters program. His first acting experience was as the lead in the play, Foxfire, by Hume Cronin, where he played the country music star, Dillard Nations. Diatchenko continued to develop his acting skills both on stage and on camera in Florida-based projects from 1990 - 1996, while studying with Ken Stilson and George Judy. Some of these projects include the award-winning short films, Third on a Match, Used Cars and Goiter Boy. . In April of 1996, as Dimitri was graduating with his Masters degree from Florida State University, he landed a small role as a Navy Seal in Ridley Scott's Demi Moore starer G.I. Jane. After that break, Diatchenko moved out to Los Angeles and officially started his professional acting career. In addition to his acting, Diatchenko continues to perform as a master classical guitarist. As a soloist, he has four guitar CDs in release. His original composition for solo guitar, entitled, "Tango en Paraiso" is featured on the soundtrack for his film, Remarkable Power. Mel Bay Publications has published this piece in "Master Anthology of New Classic Guitar Solos, Vol. 1." Dimitri has also performed on the soundtrack of the film he co-stars in, Clubhouse and performs his arrangement of Hungarian Dance No. 5 by J. Brahms with a Django gypsy jazz treatment in the film, Repossessed. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Dimitri Diatchenko
Filmography
2016
- They're Watching as Vladimir Filat
2013
- Company of Heroes as Ivan Puzharski
- Clubhouse as Misha
- Project: S.E.R.A. as Zakir
2012
- Perception as Alexi Topaloff
- Chernobyl Diaries as Uri
2011
- 2 Broke Girls as Yuri
2010
- Burning Palms as Bob
2008
- Sons of Anarchy as Head Russian
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Russian Suit
- Get Smart as Russian Underling
- My Own Worst Enemy
- Remarkable Power as Ivan
2007
- Burn Notice as Boris
- The Riches
2006
- Shark as Gavin Lundy
2005
- Criminal Minds as Lyov Lysowsky
- Bones as Dimitri Romanov
- How I Met Your Mother as Arvydas
- Wanted as Darsikska
2002
- CSI: Miami as Andrei
- Without a Trace as Yuri Ovsenko
2001
- Alias as Vilmos
1999
- Family Guy as Russian Dinosaur / Russian Guard #2 (voice)
1998
- V.I.P.
- The Wild Thornberrys as Elder Beaver (voice)
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Curt
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Robert Jackson