Andrew Divoff

Andrew Divoff

Known for
Acting
Born
July 2, 1955 (age 71)
Birthplace
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

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Filmography

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Alien Horde poster

Alien Horde

Movie · as Budiansky

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Stalked poster

Stalked

Movie · as Eli

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The Dead Rose poster

The Dead Rose

Movie · as Kandle

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Portrait

Portrait

Movie

2025
The Pitchfork Retreat poster

The Pitchfork Retreat

Movie · as Sheriff

2025
The Final Frame poster

The Final Frame

Movie · as The Caller

2024
Camp Pleasant Lake poster

Camp Pleasant Lake

Movie · as Evil Man

2024
Getting LOST poster

Getting LOST

Movie · as Self

2024
Church of Chills: The First Event poster

Church of Chills: The First Event

Movie · as Self

2022
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story poster

Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story

Movie · as Self

2020
Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason

TV · as Al Howard · 2 eps

2019
Vault poster

Vault

Movie · as Buddy Woonsocket

2017
The Hatred poster

The Hatred

Movie · as Samuel Sears

2017
Demons poster

Demons

Movie · as Japser Grant

2016
Pretty Fine Things poster

Pretty Fine Things

Movie · as Dr. Murray

2016
Colony poster

Colony

TV · as Ambassador King · 1 ep

2014
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses poster

Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

Movie · as Leandro Herrera

2014
The Strain poster

The Strain

TV · as Peter Bishop · 1 ep

2013
Immigrant poster

Immigrant

Movie

2013
The Blacklist poster

The Blacklist

TV · as Karakurt · 5 eps

2012
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation poster

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Movie · as Gerald Tovar, Jr.

2012
You Can't Kill the Bogeyman poster

You Can't Kill the Bogeyman

Movie · as Narrator

2011
Slip and Fall poster

Slip and Fall

Movie · as Dean Dickman

2010
The Dead Matter poster

The Dead Matter

Movie · as Vellich

2010
Shadows in Paradise poster

Shadows in Paradise

Movie · as Lt. Stronach

2010
The Good Guys poster

The Good Guys

TV · as Pedro · 1 ep

2010
Nikita poster

Nikita

TV · as Amon Krieg · 1 ep

2009
Magic Man poster

Magic Man

Movie · as Rudolph Treadwell

2009
Ballistica poster

Ballistica

Movie · as Dragomir

2008
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull poster

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Movie · as Russian Soldier

2008
Boston Strangler The Untold Story poster

Boston Strangler The Untold Story

Movie · as John Marsden

2007
Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck poster

Chicago Massacre: Richard Speck

Movie · as Jack Whitaker

2007
The Rage poster

The Rage

Movie · as Dr. Viktor Vasilienko

2007
Treasure Raiders poster

Treasure Raiders

Movie · as Cronin

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Ivan · 1 ep

2006
American Dreamz poster

American Dreamz

Movie · as Chinese Translator

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as The Major · 1 ep

2005
Dr. Rage poster

Dr. Rage

Movie · as Dr. Timothy Straun

2005
Sharkskin 6 poster

Sharkskin 6

Movie · as Eddie

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Dad · 1 ep

2004
Forbidden Warrior poster

Forbidden Warrior

Movie · as Ujis-Aka

2004
Moscow Heat poster

Moscow Heat

Movie · as Secretary Weston

2004
The Librarians poster

The Librarians

Movie · as Marcos

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Mikhail Bakunin · 9 eps

2003
Blue Hill Avenue poster

Blue Hill Avenue

Movie · as Det. Tyler

2002
Dracula poster

Dracula

Movie · as Doctor (uncredited)

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Ivan Sarnoff · 4 eps

2001
Knight Club poster

Knight Club

Movie · as Krukov

2001
Down 'n Dirty poster

Down 'n Dirty

Movie · as Jimmy

2001
The Rage Within poster

The Rage Within

Movie · as Shane

2001
Alias poster

Alias

TV · as Lucien Nisard · 2 eps

2001
UC: Undercover poster

UC: Undercover

TV · 1 ep

2001
The Agency poster

The Agency

TV · as Colonel Grachev · 1 ep

2000
Faust: Love of the Damned poster

Faust: Love of the Damned

Movie · as M

2000
Lockdown poster

Lockdown

Movie · as Perez (uncredited)

1999
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies poster

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies

Movie · as Demerest

1999
Stealth Fighter poster

Stealth Fighter

Movie · as Roberto Menendez

1999
Crossfire poster

Crossfire

Movie · as Dekova

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Andre Bushido · 1 ep

1998
Captured poster

Captured

Movie · as Robert Breed

1998
Killers in the House poster

Killers in the House

Movie

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Luther Fallon · 1 ep

1997
Wishmaster poster

Wishmaster

Movie · as The Djinn

1997
Air Force One poster

Air Force One

Movie · as Boris Bazylev

1997
Wicked Wishes: Making the Wishmaster poster

Wicked Wishes: Making the Wishmaster

Movie · as Self

1997
Blast poster

Blast

Movie · as Omodo

1997
Touch Me poster

Touch Me

Movie · as Dr. Vachenko (the Director)

1997
Conan poster

Conan

Movie · as General Goroth

1996
Nemesis 4: Death Angel poster

Nemesis 4: Death Angel

Movie · as Bernardo

1996
Oblivion 2: Backlash poster

Oblivion 2: Backlash

Movie · as Jaggar / Einstein

1996
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush poster

Adrenalin: Fear the Rush

Movie · as Sterns

1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures poster

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

Movie · as Nicholai Rokoff

1996
Deadly Voyage poster

Deadly Voyage

Movie · as Romachenko

1996
EZ Streets poster

EZ Streets

TV · 3 eps

1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures poster

Tarzan: The Epic Adventures

TV · as Nicholas Rokoff · 22 eps

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Blackbeard · 1 ep

1995
Magic Island poster

Magic Island

Movie · as Blackbeard

1995
The Stranger poster

The Stranger

Movie · as Angel

1995
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies poster

Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

Movie · as Captain Fetterman

1995
The Random Factor

The Random Factor

Movie · as Jake Anders

1995
Dangerous Touch poster

Dangerous Touch

Movie · as Johnnie

1994
A Low Down Dirty Shame poster

A Low Down Dirty Shame

Movie · as Mendoza

1994
Oblivion poster

Oblivion

Movie · as Redeye / Einstein

1994
Hong Kong 97 poster

Hong Kong 97

Movie · as Malcolm Goodchild

1993
Running Cool poster

Running Cool

Movie · as Bone

1993
Extreme Justice poster

Extreme Justice

Movie · as Angel

1993
Walker, Texas Ranger poster

Walker, Texas Ranger

TV · as Carlos Darius, Rudy Mendoza, Alberto Cardoza · 1 ep

1993
Acapulco H.E.A.T. poster

Acapulco H.E.A.T.

TV · as The Raven · 2 eps

1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV · as Blackbeard LaCutte · 1 ep

1992
Interceptor poster

Interceptor

Movie · as Capt. Christopher Winfield

1992
Back in the USSR poster

Back in the USSR

Movie · as Dimitri

1992
Highlander: The Series poster

Highlander: The Series

TV · as Bryan Slade, Gavriel Larca · 1 ep

1991
Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers

Movie · as Luis Cali

1991
An American Summer poster

An American Summer

Movie · as Dode

1990
Another 48 Hrs. poster

Another 48 Hrs.

Movie · as Cherry Ganz

1990
Graveyard Shift poster

Graveyard Shift

Movie · as Danson

1990
The Hunt for Red October poster

The Hunt for Red October

Movie · as Officer Andrei Amalric (Russian Foxtrot Bomber)

1990
By Dawn's Early Light poster

By Dawn's Early Light

Movie · as Russian Premier's Assistant (voice) (uncredited)

1989
Breaking Point poster

Breaking Point

Movie · as Aide

1989
Fear Stalk poster

Fear Stalk

Movie · as Man

1988
Mac and Me poster

Mac and Me

Movie · as Policeman #2

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 1 ep

1987
Hooperman poster

Hooperman

TV · as Foreign Suspect · 1 ep

1986
Neon Maniacs poster

Neon Maniacs

Movie · as Doc

1986
Matlock poster

Matlock

TV · as Federal Agent · 1 ep

1985
The Twilight Zone poster

The Twilight Zone

TV · as (segment "Red Snow") · 1 ep

1985
MacGyver poster

MacGyver

TV · as Russian Guard · 1 ep

1983
Strangers Kiss poster

Strangers Kiss

Movie · as Crew

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV · 3 eps