Dimitri Diatchenko
Known For
Acting
Born
1968-04-11 in San Francisco, California, USA
Died
2020-04-23
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
Most Known For
Family Guy
as Russian Dinosaur / Russian Guard #2 (voice)
Criminal Minds
as Lyov Lysowsky
Bones
as Dimitri Romanov
How I Met Your Mother
as Arvydas
CSI: Miami
as Andrei
Sons of Anarchy
as Head Russian
2 Broke Girls
as Yuri
Diagnosis: Murder
as Curt
Burn Notice
as Boris
Without a Trace
as Yuri Ovsenko
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Robert Jackson
V.I.P.
The Wild Thornberrys
as Elder Beaver (voice)
Perception
as Alexi Topaloff
Shark
as Gavin Lundy
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
as Russian Suit
Alias
as Vilmos
Get Smart
as Russian Underling
G.I. Jane
as Trainee
