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Andrew Divoff

Divoff as Mikhail Bakunin on Lost.
Birth name Andrew Daniel Divoff
Born July 02, 1955 (1955-07-02) (age 51)
San Tome, Venezuela
Spouse(s) Raissa Danilova (29 February 1992 - 1998) (divorced)
Official site http://andrewdivoff.com/
Notable roles The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest in Wishmaster
Mikhail Bakunin on Lost

Andrew Divoff (born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan-born film and television actor. Image File history File links Eyepatchman. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel, and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison. ... Mikhail Bakunin is a recurring fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Andrew Divoff. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

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Biography

Divoff was born in San Tome, Venezuela to a Russian father and an Irish mother; he currently lives in the United States. He has played many villains in film and on television and is best known for playing the nefarious Djinn in the first two films of the Wishmaster series. His other films include Another 48 Hrs., The Hunt for Red October, and Toy Soldiers. Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel, and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison. ... Another 48 Hrs is a 1990 film, the sequel to 48 Hrs. ... The Hunt for Red October was a 1990 film based on the best-selling novel of the same name. ... Toy Soldiers is a 1991 action/drama movie, directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. ...


Divoff's television guest appearances include The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Series. On Highlander, Divoff appeared in a first season episode as a mortal named Bryan Slade and in a fifth season episode as an Immortal named Gavriel Larca. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... JAG (the American Military acronym for Judge Advocate General) is a popular American adventure and drama television show, that was produced by Belisarius Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television. ...


Divoff currently has a recurring role on Lost as Mikhail Bakunin, a Russian member of the Others who lived in the Flame station of the DHARMA Initiative. He appeared, uncredited, in "The Cost of Living", and later in "Enter 77" and "Par Avion". He later appeared, in flashbacks, in "One of Us," and reappeared in the episodes "D.O.C." and "The Man Behind the Curtain." Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... The Others (also known as Them, The Natives, and The Hostiles) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost; most of whom serve as the antagonists to the series main characters. ... The Others (also known as Them, The Natives, and The Hostiles) are a group of fictional characters who inhabit the island in the American television series Lost; most of whom serve as the antagonists to the series main characters. ... Title card from a DHARMA Initiative orientation film featured in the Lost episode Orientation Screen shot from the Sri Lanka Video, released as part of the Lost Experience, showing the DHARMA acronym The DHARMA Initiative (Department of Heuristics And Research on Material Applications Initiative)[1] is a fictional research project... For other uses, see Cost of living (disambiguation). ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Par Avion is the twelfth episode of the third season of Lost. ... One of Us[1] is the sixteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... D.O.C[1] is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... This article contains a trivia section. ...


Divoff can speak eight languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Catalan IPA: (català IPA: or []) is a Romance language, the national language of Andorra, and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Balearic Islands, Catalonia and Valencia (in the latter with the name of Valencian), and in the city of LAlguer in the Italian island of...


Selected filmography

Film

  • The Hunt for Red October (as Foxtrot Weapons Officer), 1990
  • Another 48 Hrs. (as Cherry Ganz), 1990
  • Graveyard Shift (as Danson), 1990
  • Toy Soldiers (as Luis Cali), 1991
  • Running Cool (as Bone), 1993
  • Magic Island (voice of Blackbeard), 1995
  • Deadly Voyage (as Romachenko), 1996
  • Air Force One (as Boris Bazylev), 1997
  • Wishmaster (as The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest), 1997
  • Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (as The Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest), 1999
  • Faust: Love of the Damned (as M), 2001
  • The Rage (as Dr. Viktor Vasilienko), 2006

The Hunt for Red October was a 1990 film based on the best-selling novel of the same name. ... Another 48 Hrs is a 1990 film, the sequel to 48 Hrs. ... Graveyard Shift is a short story by Stephen King, that appears in his Night Shift collection. ... Toy Soldiers (1991) is an action/drama movie, directed by Daniel Petrie Jr. ... Terrorist Egor Korshunov (Gary Oldman) confronts the President of the United States (Harrison Ford). ... Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel, and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison. ... Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel, and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinni from their prison. ... The Rage is a 2006 horror film about a mad scientist who injects people with a rage virus in his laboratory in the woods. ...

Television

This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Connor MacLeod of the Clan MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) Highlander is a film and television franchise that began with a 1986 fantasy movie starring Christopher Lambert, who plays Connor MacLeod, the Highlander. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... For other uses, see Cost of living (disambiguation). ... This article or section contains a plot summary that is overly long. ... Par Avion is the twelfth episode of the third season of Lost. ... One of Us[1] is the sixteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... D.O.C[1] is the eighteenth episode of the third season of Lost. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Through the Looking Glass is the two hour season finale of the third season of Lost. ...

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Andrew Divoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (174 words)
Andrew Divoff is an actor who was born on July 2, 1955 in San Tome, Venezuela.
Andrew Divoff's TV guest appearances range from The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Series.
On Highlander, Divoff appeared in the 1st season episode as a mortal named Bryan Slade and in a 5th season episode as an Immortal named Gavriel Larca.
Andrew Divoff News (487 words)
Andrew Divoff is probably best known in his role as The Djinn in the Wishmaster series, but he has also been in over 70 feature film and television rolls, such as 'Another 48 Hours' and 'Alias'.
June 13: Andrew Divoff going back for more RAGE We last reported here on the progress of THE RAGE, the new directorial venture by former KNB EFX-er Robert Kurtzman for his Precinct 13 Entertainment company.
Former KNB man Robert Kurtzman is has re-teamed with Wishmaster star Andrew Divoff for a new film called The Rage, which thankfully has nothing whatsoever to do with Carrie.
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