Andrew Daniel Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is an <!--Please discuss before changing nationality-->American actor and producer. Divoff describes himself as having been an introvert and an outsider during his childhood in Caracas, Venezuela, saying that he had experienced near-daily physical fights and bullying from other children. Divoff's first language was Spanish, but he learned English in Venezuela. and told his friends that he wanted to become an actor who did his own stunts.

Divoff's mother worked for the State Department, and he moved with her when she was transferred to Spain. While in Spain, Divoff tutored English-speaking students in Spanish and attended the University of Barcelona, where he completed a research project on linguistics in The Canterbury Tales.

thumb|Andrew Divoff at Nightmare Weekend Richmond VA 2023

Divoff's subsequent TV appearances in the 1980s included bit parts and work as an extra in The A-Team, The Twilight Zone, MacGyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Matlock. His multilingual skills and international background helped win him some of these early roles. When auditioning for a guest role as a limo driver for Thirtysomething, Divoff pretended to be a Russian immigrant, and maintained the farce on set until the filming ended, dropping the Russian accent entirely. He simply preferred to perform his own stunts because it gave him complete control over every aspect of his characters. Divoff's script also required lavish special effects, and featured "gargoyles on buildings coming to life and coming down into the street."

Divoff later reunited with Robert Kurtzman for the "grindhouse"- inspired horror film The Rage, and has since appeared in several other horror films, including the Midnight Syndicate's indie horror flick The Dead Matter as the lead villain. in The Hatred as a former Nazi, and in the Miles Doleac film Demons as a religious zealot.

Divoff had a recurring role on Lost (Seasons 3 and 6, 2006–07 and 2010 respectively) as Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian member of the Others who lived in the Flame station of the DHARMA Initiative (in the episodes "The Cost of Living", "Enter 77" and "Par Avion") and later appeared, in flashback (in "One of Us"), and then reappeared (in the episodes "D.O.C.", "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Through the Looking Glass", and "The Package").

In 2008–09, on Season 7 of CSI: Miami, Divoff played "Ivan Sarnoff" in four episodes ("Seeing Red", "Target Specific", "And They're Offed", and "Raging Cannibal"). In 2015–16, Divoff had a recurring role as Karakurt in six episodes of Season 3 of The Blacklist (episodes "The Djinn", "Sir Crispin Crandall", "Zal Bin Hasaan", "Kings of the Highway", "The Director", and "The Director: Conclusion"). Other television guest appearances include roles on The A-Team, JAG, Highlander: The Series, Walker, Texas Ranger, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Burn Notice, Alias, Nikita, The Strain, and Colony.

Business ventures and philanthropy

Divoff has pursued a number of other business ventures in addition to professional acting, and uses many of these businesses as a springboard for philanthropic and environmentalist efforts. In the early 1990s, he was a co-owner of the blues bar and restaurant Sunset Social Club. Operation Provider, In 2017, Divoff formed his own brewing company, Three Marm Brewing, a "marm" being the part of a tree trunk that forks into two or more trunks. The partners of Three Marm Brewing are predominantly members of Divoff's former logging crew. At one time he also knew Romanian, but forgot it through lack of use. Divoff's multilingual skills are showcased in many of his film and television roles.

Filmography

Film

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!Title

!Role

!Notes

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|1986

|Neon Maniacs

|Doc

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|1988

|Mac and Me

|Police Officer

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| rowspan="4" |1990

|The Hunt for Red October

|Andrei Amalric

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|An American Summer

|Dode

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|-

|Another 48 Hrs.

|Cherry Ganz

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|Graveyard Shift

|Danson

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|1991

|Toy Soldiers

|Luis Cali

|

|-

| rowspan="2" |1992

|Back in the U.S.S.R.

|Dimitro

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|Interceptor

|Capt. Winfield

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|-

| rowspan="2" |1993

|Running Cool

|Bone

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|-

|Extreme Justice

|Angel

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|-

| rowspan="4" |1994

|A Low Down Dirty Shame

|Mendoza

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|Dangerous Touch

|Johnnie

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|-

|Oblivion

|Red Eye / Einstein

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|-

|Hong Kong 97

|Malcolm Goodchild

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|-

| rowspan="4" |1995

|The Random Factor

|Jake Anders

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|-

|The Stranger

|Angel

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|-

|Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

|Captain Fetterman

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|Magic Island

|Blackbeard

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|-

| rowspan="4" |1996

|Oblivion 2: Backlash

|Jaggar / Einstein

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|-

|For Which He Stands

|Paulo

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|-

|Adrenalin: Fear the Rush

|Sterns

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|-

|Nemesis 4: Death Angel

|Bernardo

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|-

| rowspan="4" |1997

|Blast

|Omodo

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|-

|Air Force One

|Boris Bazylev

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|-

|Touch Me

|Dr. Vachenko

|Credited as Andy Divoff

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|Wishmaster

|The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest

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|-

| rowspan="2" |1998

|Crossfire

|Dekova

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|Captured

|Robert Breed

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|-

| rowspan="2" |1999

|Stealth Fighter

|Roberto Menendez

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|-

|Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies

|The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest

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|-

| rowspan="3" |2000

|Down 'n Dirty

|Jimmy

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|-

|Lockdown

|Perez

|Uncredited

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|Faust: Love of the Damned

|M

|

|-

| rowspan="3" |2001

|The Rage Within

|Shane

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|-

|Knight Club

|Grigori Krukov

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|Blue Hill Avenue

|Detective Tyler

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|-

| 2003

|The Librarians

|Marcos

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| rowspan="2" |2004

|Forbidden Warrior

|Ujis-Aka

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|-

|Moscow Heat

|Secretary Weston

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| rowspan="2" |2005

|Dr. Rage

|Timothy Straun

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|Sharkskin 6

|Eddie

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|2006

|American Dreamz

|Chinese Translator

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|-

| rowspan="3" |2007

|Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck

|Jack Whitaker

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|Treasure Raiders

|Cronin

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|The Rage

|Dr. Viktor Vasilienko

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| rowspan="2" |2008

|Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

|Russian Soldier Grant

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|Boston Strangler: The Untold Story

|Det. John Marsden

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| rowspan="2" |2009

|Ballistica

|Dragomir

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|Magic Man

|Rudolph Treadwell

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| rowspan="2" |2010

|Shadows in Paradise

|Lt. Stronach

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|The Dead Matter

|Vellich

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|2011

|Slip and Fall

|Dean Dickman

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|2012

|Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation

|Gerald Tovar, Jr

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|2013

|The Immigrant

|Tolik

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| rowspan="2" |2014

|Bad Asses

|Leandro Herrera

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|Pretty Fine Things

|Dr. Murray

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| rowspan="2" |2017

|The Hatred

|Samuel Sears

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|Demons

|Jasper Grant

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|2019

|Vault

|Buddy Woonsocket

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|2024

|Camp Pleasant Lake

|Evil Man

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|}

Video games

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

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|2008

|Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

|General Nikolai Krukov

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|2008

|Lost: Via Domus

|Mikhail Bakunin

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|2010

|Call of Duty: Black Ops

| rowspan="3" |Lev Kravchenko

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|2012

|Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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|2020

|Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War

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Television

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!Year

!Title

!Role

!Notes

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|1986

|Misfits of Science

|Guard

|Episode: "Grand Elusion"

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|1986

|The Twilight Zone

|Vladimir

|Episode: "Need to Know/Red Snow"

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|1986

|The A-Team

|

|Episodes: "Firing Line" and "Dishpan Man"

|-

|1987

|MacGyver

|Russian Guard

|Episode: "Soft Touch"

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|1987

|Matlock

|Federal Agent

|Episode: "The Reporter"

|-

|1986–87

|Scarecrow and Mrs. King

|Edgar Russian Guard Russian Soldier

|3 episodes

|-

|1987

|Hooperman

|Foreign Suspect

|Episode:"John Doe, We Hardly Knew Ye"

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|1989

|Thirtysomething

|Limo Driver

|Episode: "Success"

|-

|1989

|Heartbeat

|Yuri

|Episode: "From Russia with Love"

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|1989

|Out on the Edge

|Luke

| rowspan="4" |Television film

|-

|1989

|Breaking Point

|Aide

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|1989

|Fear Stalk

|Man

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|1990

|By Dawn's Early Light

|Russian Premier's Assistant (voice only)

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|1993

|The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

|Blackbeard LaCutte

|Episode: "Pirates!"

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|1996

|Deadly Voyage

|Romachenko

|Television film

|-

|1996

|Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

|Nicholai Rockoff

|2 episodes

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|1992,

1996

|Highlander: The Series

|Bryan Slade, Gavriel Larca

|2 episodes

|-

|1996–

1997

|EZ Streets

|Andre 'Frenchie' Desormeaux

|3 episodes

|-

|1998

|Acapulco H.E.A.T.

|The Raven

|2 episodes

|-

|1998

|Killers in the House

|Delaney Breckett

|Television film

|-

|1997,

2000

|Nash Bridges

|Carl Dugan Blackbeard

|2 episodes

|-

|1995–2000

|Walker, Texas Ranger

|Carlos Darius, Rudy Mendoza, Alberto Cardoza

|3 episodes

|-

|2001

|UC: Undercover

|Martin Ritger

|Episode "Of Fathers and Sons"

|-

|2001

|The Agency

|Colonel Grachev

|Episode "Deadline"

|-

|2002

|Dracula

|Doctor

|Miniseries

|-

|2002,

2005

|JAG

|Russian Captain Col. Fadil Najjar

|2 episodes

|-

|2005

|Alias

|Lucien Nisard

|2 episodes

|-

|2006

|The Unit

|The Major

|Episode: "True Believers"

|-

|2008

|Burn Notice

|Ivan

|Episode: "Comrades"

|-

|2008

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Andre Bushido

|Episode: "Wildlife"

|-

|2008

|Leverage

|Sergei

|Episode: "The Marriage Job"

|-

|2009

|Criminal Minds

|Dad

|Episode: "Bloodline"

|-

|2008–09

|CSI: Miami

|Ivan Sarnoff

|Recurring; Season 7

|-

|2006–07,

2010

|Lost

|Mikhail Bakunin

|Recurring; Seasons 3–6

|-

|2010

|The Good Guys

|Pedro

|Episode: "Pilot"

|-

|2013

|Nikita

|Krieg

|Episode: "Reunion"

|-

|2014

|The Strain

|Peter Bishop

|Episode: "Night Zero"

|-

|2015–16

|The Blacklist

|Karakurt

|Recurring; Season 3

|-

|2017

|Colony

|Ambassador King

|Episode: "Lost Boy"

|-

|2020

|Perry Mason

|Al Howard

|Upcoming

|-

|2020

|Primitive

|Detective Carlsen

|Episode 1

|}

References

  • Official website
  • Three Marm Brewing