Andrew Divoff
Biography
Andrew Divoff is a Venezuelan-born Russian actor and stuntman, best known for his roles as the evil Djinn in the Wishmaster films and various villains in both film and television. Born on July 2, 1955, in San Tomé, Venezuela, Divoff can speak eight languages and has appeared in notable films such as Air Force One and The Hunt for Red October. He has also played significant roles in television series like Lost and The Blacklist. Divoff's career spans over four decades, during which he has taken on a variety of challenging and memorable characters.
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Acting History
2025
The Final Frame as The Caller
2024Church of Chills: The First Event as Self
2024Getting LOST as Self
2024Camp Pleasant Lake as Evil Man
2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story as Self
2020Perry Mason as Al Howard
2019Vault as Buddy Woonsocket
2017The Hatred as Samuel Sears
2017Demons as Japser Grant
2016Pretty Fine Things as Dr. Murray
2016Colony as Ambassador King
2014The Strain as Peter Bishop
2014Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Leandro Herrera
2013Immigrant
2013The Blacklist as Karakurt
2012You Can't Kill the Bogeyman as Narrator
2012Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation as Gerald Tovar, Jr.
2011Slip and Fall as Dean Dickman
2010Nikita as Amon Krieg
2010The Dead Matter as Vellich
2010The Good Guys as Pedro
2010Shadows in Paradise as Lt. Stronach
2009Ballistica as Dragomir
2009Magic Man as Rudolph Treadwell
2008Boston Strangler The Untold Story as John Marsden
2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as Russian Soldier
2007The Rage as Dr. Viktor Vasilienko
2007Burn Notice as Ivan
2007Treasure Raiders as Cronin
2007Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck as Jack Whitaker
2006The Unit as The Major
2006American Dreamz as Chinese Translator
2005Criminal Minds as Dad
2005Sharkskin 6 as Eddie
2005Dr. Rage as Dr. Timothy Straun
2004The Librarians as Marcos
2004Moscow Heat as Secretary Weston
2004Lost as Mikhail Bakunin
2004Forbidden Warrior as Ujis-Aka
2003Blue Hill Avenue as Det. Tyler
2002CSI: Miami as Ivan Sarnoff
2001Down 'n Dirty as Jimmy
2001Alias as Lucien Nisard
2001UC: Undercover
2001The Agency as Colonel Grachev
2001Knight Club as Krukov
2001The Rage Within as Shane
2000Faust: Love of the Damned as M
2000Lockdown as Perez (uncredited)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Andre Bushido
1999Crossfire as Dekova
1999Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies as Demerest
1999Stealth Fighter as Roberto Menendez
1998Killers in the House
1998Captured as Robert Breed
1997Wishmaster as The Djinn
1997Touch Me as Dr. Vachenko (the Director)
1997Air Force One as Boris Bazylev
1997Blast as Omodo
1997Wicked Wishes: Making the Wishmaster as Self
1996Nemesis 4: Death Angel as Bernardo
1996Adrenalin: Fear the Rush as Sterns
1996EZ Streets
1996Tarzan: The Epic Adventures as Nicholas Rokoff
1996Tarzan: The Epic Adventures as Nicholai Rokoff
1996Deadly Voyage as Romachenko
1996Oblivion 2: Backlash as Jaggar / Einstein
1996Nash Bridges as Blackbeard
1995Magic Island as Blackbeard
1995Xtro 3: Watch the Skies as Captain Fetterman
1995Dangerous Touch as Johnnie
1995The Stranger as Angel
1995The Random Factor as Jake Anders
1994A Low Down Dirty Shame as Mendoza
1994Hong Kong 97 as Malcolm Goodchild
1994Oblivion as Redeye / Einstein
1993Acapulco H.E.A.T. as The Raven
1993Running Cool as Bone
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Blackbeard LaCutte
1993Extreme Justice as Angel
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Carlos Darius
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Rudy Mendoza
1993Walker, Texas Ranger as Alberto Cardoza
1992Interceptor as Capt. Christopher Winfield
1992Highlander: The Series as Bryan Slade
1992Highlander: The Series as Gavriel Larca
1992Back in the USSR as Dimitri
1991Toy Soldiers as Luis Cali
1990Graveyard Shift as Danson
1990Another 48 Hrs. as Cherry Ganz
1990The Hunt for Red October as Officer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)
1989Fear Stalk as Man
1989Breaking Point as Aide
1988Mac and Me as Policeman #2
1987thirtysomething
1987Hooperman as Foreign Suspect
1986Neon Maniacs as Doc
1986Matlock as Federal Agent
1985MacGyver as Russian Guard
1985The Twilight Zone as (segment "Red Snow")
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983Strangers Kiss as Crew
—The Pitchfork Retreat as Sheriff
—Alien Horde as Budiansky
—Stalked as Eli