Person
Andrew Divoff
Acting · Born 1955-07-02 · San Tome, Venezuela
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.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Andre Bushido
Criminal Minds
Dad
Lost
Mikhail Bakunin
The Blacklist
Karakurt
CSI: Miami
Ivan Sarnoff
MacGyver
Russian Guard
The Strain
Peter Bishop
Matlock
Federal Agent
Burn Notice
Ivan
The Unit
The Major
Filmography
- 2025The Pitchfork RetreatSheriff
- 2025The Final FrameThe Caller
- 2024Church of Chills: The First EventSelf
- 2024Getting LOSTSelf
- 2024Camp Pleasant LakeEvil Man
- 2022Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund StorySelf
- 2020Perry MasonAl Howard
- 2019VaultBuddy Woonsocket
- 2017The HatredSamuel Sears
- 2017DemonsJapser Grant
- 2016Pretty Fine ThingsDr. Murray
- 2016ColonyAmbassador King
- 2014The StrainPeter Bishop
- 2014Bad Ass 2: Bad AssesLeandro Herrera
- 2013Immigrant
- 2013The BlacklistKarakurt
- 2012You Can't Kill the BogeymanNarrator
- 2012Night of the Living Dead: Re-AnimationGerald Tovar, Jr.
- 2011Slip and FallDean Dickman
- 2010NikitaAmon Krieg
- 2010The Dead MatterVellich
- 2010The Good GuysPedro
- 2010Shadows in ParadiseLt. Stronach
- 2009BallisticaDragomir
- 2009Magic ManRudolph Treadwell
- 2008Boston Strangler The Untold StoryJohn Marsden
- 2008Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullRussian Soldier
- 2007The RageDr. Viktor Vasilienko
- 2007Burn NoticeIvan
- 2007Treasure RaidersCronin
- 2007Chicago Massacre: Richard SpeckJack Whitaker
- 2006The UnitThe Major
- 2006American DreamzChinese Translator
- 2005Criminal MindsDad
- 2005Sharkskin 6Eddie
- 2005Dr. RageDr. Timothy Straun
- 2004The LibrariansMarcos
- 2004Moscow HeatSecretary Weston
- 2004LostMikhail Bakunin
- 2004Forbidden WarriorUjis-Aka
- 2003Blue Hill AvenueDet. Tyler
- 2002CSI: MiamiIvan Sarnoff
- 2002DraculaDoctor (uncredited)
- 2001Down 'n DirtyJimmy
- 2001AliasLucien Nisard
- 2001UC: Undercover
- 2001The AgencyColonel Grachev
- 2001Knight ClubKrukov
- 2001The Rage WithinShane
- 2000Faust: Love of the DamnedM
- 2000LockdownPerez (uncredited)
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAndre Bushido
- 1999CrossfireDekova
- 1999Wishmaster 2: Evil Never DiesDemerest
- 1999Stealth FighterRoberto Menendez
- 1998Killers in the House
- 1998Martial LawLuther Fallon
- 1998CapturedRobert Breed
- 1997ConanGeneral Goroth
- 1997WishmasterThe Djinn
- 1997Touch MeDr. Vachenko (the Director)
- 1997Air Force OneBoris Bazylev
- 1997BlastOmodo
- 1997Wicked Wishes: Making the WishmasterSelf
- 1996Nemesis 4: Death AngelBernardo
- 1996Adrenalin: Fear the RushSterns
- 1996EZ Streets
- 1996Tarzan: The Epic AdventuresNicholai Rokoff
- 1996Tarzan: The Epic AdventuresNicholas Rokoff
- 1996Deadly VoyageRomachenko
- 1996Oblivion 2: BacklashJaggar / Einstein
- 1996Nash BridgesBlackbeard
- 1995Magic IslandBlackbeard
- 1995Xtro 3: Watch the SkiesCaptain Fetterman
- 1995Dangerous TouchJohnnie
- 1995The StrangerAngel
- 1995The Random FactorJake Anders
- 1994A Low Down Dirty ShameMendoza
- 1994Hong Kong 97Malcolm Goodchild
- 1994OblivionRedeye / Einstein
- 1993Acapulco H.E.A.T.The Raven
- 1993Running CoolBone
- 1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.Blackbeard LaCutte
- 1993Extreme JusticeAngel
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerCarlos Darius
- 1992InterceptorCapt. Christopher Winfield
- 1992Highlander: The SeriesBryan Slade
- 1992Back in the USSRDimitri
- 1991Toy SoldiersLuis Cali
- 1990Graveyard ShiftDanson
- 1990Another 48 Hrs.Cherry Ganz
- 1990By Dawn's Early LightRussian Premier's Assistant (voice) (uncredited)
- 1990The Hunt for Red OctoberOfficer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)
- 1989Fear StalkMan
- 1989Breaking PointAide
- 1988Mac and MePoliceman #2
- 1987thirtysomething
- 1987HoopermanForeign Suspect
- 1986Neon ManiacsDoc
- 1986MatlockFederal Agent
- 1985MacGyverRussian Guard
- 1985The Twilight Zone(segment "Red Snow")
- 1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King
- 1983Strangers KissCrew
- —Alien HordeBudiansky
- —StalkedEli
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