Dimitri Diatchenko Biography

Dimitri Diatchenko (born 1968) is an American actor and musician. Due to his Russian accent, he has played an occasional Russian character in movies, TV series and computer games.

Life and career

Diatchenko is a native of San Francisco and a first-generation American; his father is Ukrainian and his mother is of Greek and Swedish descent. Diatchenko began classical guitar lessons at the age of seven. Two years later he gave his first solo classical guitar recital. During and after his studies, Dimitri Diatchenko has won several medals in guitar competitions like the Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition or the World Championships of Performing Arts. Furthermore he released four solo guitar CD's.

Dimitri Diatchenko attended Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts and later Stetson University in DeLand, Florida. There he was a scholarship music student, majored in classical guitar and received the Bachelor of Music. After transferring to Florida State University in Tallahassee, Dimitri Diatchenko continued with his acting and music studies in the Masters program. In April 1996, as Dimitri Diatchenko was graduating with his Masters degree from Florida State University -he received the Master of Music from the university-, he was cast in Ridley Scott's 1997 action film G.I. Jane and landed a small role as trainee; following this, Dimitri Diatchenko relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career further. In Los Angeles, he also teaches guitar privately and performs regularly as a soloist and ensemble player.

Dimitri Diatchenko's acting career began in the late 1990s, as he made appearances on several television series during this time. After appearing on the action television series Alias, some of his most well-known roles to date came in 2008, as he appeared in the motion pictures Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Get Smart. For his performance as Ukrainian tour guide Uri in the actual film Chernobyl Diaries, Diatchenko received good critics from some film reviewers.

In addition to acting, Diatchenko works as voice actor. He lent his voice to a lot of video and computer games. His first work in a video game came in 2005, as he provided additional voices for Medal of Honor: European Assault.

Arrest

On December 10, 2014, Diatchenko was charged with felony counts of cruelty to an animal with use of a knife and "making criminal threats". Diatchenko, 46 at the time and living in North Hollywood, could face up to 4 years and eight months in prison if convicted. He allegedly killed, then ate, the pet rabbit of his ex-girlfriend, sending her photos of each step of the process and threatening to do the same to her. The incident was allegedly sparked by Diatchenko's ex-girlfriend telling him she no longer wanted to live with him.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	G.I. Jane	Trainee
1999	The Settlement		Uncredited
2006	Love Made Easy	Poker Player
	The Genius Club	Jesse The Mechanic
	Miriam	Alexi
2007	The Longest Yard Sale	Grammy
2008	Remarkable Power	Ivan
	Get Smart	Russian Underling
	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Russian Suit
2010	Burning Palms	Bob
2012	Chernobyl Diaries	Uri
	Clubhouse	Misha
2013	Company of Heroes	Ivan Pozarsky

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Total Security (TV series)	Bodyguard
	Diagnosis: Murder	Thug #1/Carl
1998	Timecop	Sergeant
1999	Walker, Texas Ranger	Robert Jackson
	Pensacola: Wings of Gold	Anton Marisovich
2000	V.I.P.
	18 Wheels of Justice (TV series)	Alexei	uncredited
2001	The Wild Thornberrys	Elder Beaver	Voice
2004	Alias	Vilmos
2005	Wanted	Darsikska
2006	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Attendant
	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Waiter #1
2007	Criminal Minds	Lyov Lysowsky
	Shark	Gavin Lundy
	Burn Notice	Boris
2008	The Riches	Russian #2
	My Own Worst Enemy	Gold Teeth
	Without a Trace	Yuri Ovsenko
2009	CSI: Miami	Andrei
	Family Guy		Voice
2010	General Hospital	Babak	Appearance in 3 episodes, uncredited
2011	Sons of Anarchy	Head Russian
2012	How I Met Your Mother	Arvydas
	Sons of Anarchy	The Head Russian
	Perception	Alexi Topaloff
2013	Bones	Dimitri Romanov
2014	2 Broke Girls	Yuri

Video and computer games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Medal of Honor: European Assault	Additional Voices
	Quake 4	Sledge
2006	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault	Paramilitary Leader
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2	Additional Voice Over Talent
2008	Iron Man	Boris Bullski / Titanium Man
	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3	Cmdr. Oleg Vodnik
	Fracture
	Call of Duty: World at War	The Commissar
	Aion: The Tower of Eternity
2009	Resistance: Retribution	Cloven Leader/Cloven 2
	Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising	Cmdr. Oleg Vodnik
	Wolfenstein	Golden Dawn Agent/Wehrmacht Officer/Black Market Agent
	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Serbian Soldiers
	Rogue Warrior	Russian Soldier / SEAL Captain
2010	Iron Man 2	General Valentin Shatalov/Roxxon Soldiers/Additional Voices
	Singularity	Additional Voices
	Crackdown 2
	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	Sandman
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Spetsnaz Operative / Additional Voices
2011	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Serbian Soldier
2012	Ghost Recon: Future Soldier	Evgeny Petrakov
	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Additional Voices
2013	Tomb Raider (2013 video game)	Solarii
	The Last of Us	Additional Voices

Awards and nominations

Music

• 2003: Instrumental and Acting Grand Champion of the World at the World Championships of Performing Arts

Trivia

• Dimitri Diatchenko started studying martial arts at the age of 7. He has black belts in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo Karate, and besides, he has studied boxing and arnis. During the early 1990s Dimitri Diatchenko was a national champion heavy weight competitor, winning many medals in full contact fighting, including the US Olympic Festival, the WTF National Championships, The 1991 World Invitational in Miami, Florida.