Andrew Divoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Andrew Divoff

Russian film and television actor

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1955

Place of Birth: Anzoátegui, Venezuela

Profession: actor, stunt performer, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Venezuela

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Andrew Daniel Divoff (Russian: ?????? ??´???, correctly transcribed as Divov; born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan-American actor, stunt coordinator and producer of Irish descent.
Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, including drug cartel leaders, terrorists, and organized crime bosses, though he is best known for playing the evil Djinn/Nathaniel Demerest in the first two Wishmaster films.
Other noteworthy roles include the villains Luis Cali in Toy Soldiers, Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, M (short for as Mephistopheles) in Faust: Love of the Damned, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami, Mikhail Bakunin in Lost, and Karakurt in The Blacklist.Divoff's television guest appearances include roles on The A-Team, JAG, Highlander: The Series, Walker, Texas Ranger, Criminal Minds, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Burn Notice, Alias, Nikita, The Strain, and Colony. Divoff can speak nine languages: English, Russian, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese and Swedish.
He used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one with whom to speak it.
Divoff's multilingual skills are showcased in many of his film and television roles.