Andrew Divoff
- January 4, 2024
- Movie Actor
Quick Facts
Full Name | Andrew Divoff |
Occupation | Movie Actor |
Date Of Birth | Jul 2, 1955(1955-07-02) |
Age | 69 |
Birthplace | Venezuela |
Country | Venezuela |
Horoscope | Cancer |
Andrew Divoff Biography
Name | Andrew Divoff |
Birthday | Jul 2 |
Birth Year | 1955 |
Place Of Birth | Venezuela |
Birth Country | Venezuela |
Birth Sign | Cancer |
Spouse | Raissa Danilova |
Andrew Divoff is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actor who was born on July 2, 1955 in Venezuela, Venezuela. Venezuelan film and television actor known for portraying the evil Djinn in the first two Wishmaster movies. He also acted in The Hunt for Red October, Air Force One and Toy Soldiers.
He acted alongside Harrison Ford in Air Force One.
Divoff’s mother worked for the State Department, and he moved with her when she was transferred to Spain. Divoff lived five years in Vilassar de Mar (Catalonia), between 1973 and 1977, feeling himself to be Catalan too. While in Spain, Divoff tutored English-speaking students in Spanish and attended the University of Barcelona, where he completed a research project on linguistics in The Canterbury Tales. He transferred his credits to Georgetown University, where he continued his study of languages and linguistics, and has resided in the United States ever since. Divoff did not graduate from Georgetown University, instead deciding to take a year off to help his father settle in California for retirement.
Divoff’s subsequent TV appearances in the 1980s included bit parts and work as an extra in The A-Team, The Twilight Zone, MacGuyver, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, and Matlock. Divoff’s multilingual skills and international background helped win him some of these early roles. When auditioning for a guest role as a limo driver for Thirtysomething, Divoff pretended to be a Russian immigrant, and maintained the farce on set until the filming ended, dropping the Russian accent entirely.
He married Russian actress Raissa Danilova in 1992, but they later divorced.
Andrew Divoff Net Worth
Net Worth | $5 Million |
Source Of Income | Movie Actor |
House | Living in own house. |
Andrew Divoff is one of the richest Movie Actor from Venezuela. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Andrew Divoff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was born in Venezuela and lived in Spain for five years.
He typically plays villains, especially the leaders of drug cartels, in his films.
Andrew Daniel Divoff (Russian: Андрей Ди́вов , correctly transcribed as Divov; born July 2, 1955) is a Venezuelan actor and producer of Irish and Russian 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.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Height | 6 ft 1 in |
Andrew Divoff height 6 ft 1 in Andrew weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Andrew Divoff Dating?
According to our records, Andrew Divoff married to Raissa Danilova. As of December 1, 2023, Andrew Divoff’s is not dating anyone.
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Prior to 1990, Divoff landed small roles in big films such as The Hunt for Red October, and big roles in smaller projects such as television movie Fear Stalk, in which he portrayed a serial stalker – his first role as primary villain.
Facts & Trivia
Andrew Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Venezuela. Andrew Divoff celebrates birthday on July 2 of every year.
1997 proved to be another breakthrough year for Divoff, with the release of Air Force One and Wishmaster. In his portrayal of a Russian terrorist henchman in Air Force One, as in many other films, Divoff performed his own stunts. Divoff stated in an interview that he has performed his own stunts so frequently that it is often assumed that he used to be a professional stuntman, however, this is not the case. He simply preferred to perform his own stunts because it gave him complete control over every aspect of his characters.