Dimitri Diatchenko

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Dimitri Diatchenko (born April 11, 1968 in San Francisco , California , † April 21, 2020 in Daytona Beach , Florida ) was an American actor and musician who, due to his flawless Russian accent, often featured Russian-language characters in American films and television series and computer games embodied.

Live and act

Born in San Francisco, Dimitri Diatchenko, who has a Ukrainian father and a mother with Swedish - Greek roots, received classical guitar lessons at the age of seven and had his first solo appearance two years later. During and after his music studies, Dimitri Diatchenko won various medals at US guitar competitions such as the Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition in Malibu, California or the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, California . Dimitri Diatchenko also released four solo albums.

He attended Newton North High School in Newton , Massachusetts and then Stetson University in DeLand , Florida . There he was a fellow , studied in the main compartment Classical guitar and received from the University of the Bachelor in Music ( Bachelor of Music ). After Dimitri Diatchenko moved to Florida State University in Tallahassee , he continued his music and acting studies in the master’s program . In April 1996, when he defends his Masters graduated from the Floria State University -er received the Master in Music (Master of Music) - was Dimitri Diatchenko for the movie GI Jane by Ridley Scott cast . He got a small role as a trainee in the film. He then continued to devote himself to acting and moved to Los Angeles to advance his acting career. Dimitri Diatchenko also gave private guitar lessons there and regularly played solo concerts or in ensembles as a guitarist .

His acting career began in the late 1990s. Dimitri Diatchenko initially had episode roles in several US television series such as B. Alias ​​- Die Agentin , CSI: Miami or How I Met Your Mother . In 2008 he made appearances in the well-known films Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Get Smart . Some German and American film critics praised him for his portrayal of the Ukrainian travel guide Juri in the movie Chernobyl Diaries .

In addition to acting, Dimitri Diatchenko also worked as a spokesman for computer games . His first computer game was the 2005 Medal of Honor: European Assault .

After his family had not heard from him for a few days, the police were called, who found Diatchenko dead in his home in Daytona Beach on Wednesday April 22, 2020.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

  • 1997: The Jane Files (GI Jane)
  • 1999: Deadly Settlement (The Settlement)
  • 2006: Love Made Easy
  • 2006: The Genius Club
  • 2006: Miriam
  • 2007: The Longest Yard Sale
  • 2008: Remarkable Power
  • 2008: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
  • 2008: Get Smart
  • 2010: Burning Palms
  • 2012: Chernobyl Diaries
  • 2012: Clubhouse
  • 2013: Company of Heroes
  • 2016: They're Watching

Series

Computer games (as speaker and performer)

Awards

music

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

Trivia

  • At the age of seven, Dimitri Diatchenko began to learn martial arts . He has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and Kenpo Karate . He also learned boxing and arnis . In the early 1990s Dimitri Diatchenko won many medals in the martial arts full contact in the USA , e.g. B. at the US Olympic Festival , the WTF National Championships or the 1991 World Invitational in Miami , Florida .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Tapp: Dimitri Diatchenko, 'Sons of Anarchy' and 'Indiana Jones' actor, dies at 52. In: New York Post , April 27, 2020 (English). Accessed April 30, 2020.
  2. ^ The Ukrainian connection - Thanks to family bloodlines, ex-Holly Hill resident turned actor lands prime horror movie role. (No longer available online.) In: Go386. May 24, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved June 1, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.go386.com  
  3. ↑ Short biography about Dimitri Diatchenko on the Los Angeles Classical Guitars website ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Biography of Dimitri Diatchenko on the IMDb website
  5. ↑ Information about Dimitri Diatchenko's musical work on his website ( Memento from October 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Short biography about Dimitri Diatchenko on the HXC MUSIC website@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 173.224.126.77
  7. ↑ Chernobyl Diaries: Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter. May 25, 2012, accessed June 1, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Chernobyl Diaries (2012) - Movie Review. In: Entertainment Weekly. May 30, 2012, accessed June 1, 2012 .
  9. ↑ Chernobyl Diaries - Stylish 'Chernobyl Diaries' mostly radiates familiar chills. In: The Washington Post. May 26, 2012, accessed June 1, 2012 .
  10. ↑ DIMITRI DIATCHENKO SIGNS WITH "GENERAL HOSPITAL". ( Memento from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Diatchenko, Dimitri
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor and musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2020
Place of death Daytona Beach , Florida