Alexander Stanislavovich Dyachenko (; born June 12, 1965) is a Russian actor, record producer and musician.

Biography

Alexander Dyachenko was born in

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in southern

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. He studied at

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and then received his master's degree in acting from

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of New York. He started acting in small roles in films. In 1994, he received an offer to try his hand in sports management. As a child Dyachenko loved hockey, he immediately agreed to work as an agent of the Russian hockey players. In 1998, Alexander left his job and moved to the U.S. where he received an actor's education, training in Los Angeles under the teacher Milton Katselos. He acted on stage in Chicago. His acting career in Russia began with the film ''Brother 2''. In the film, he played the twin brothers Dmitry and Konstantin Gromov. He was cast in a number of Russian films and serials. From his youth Dyachenko has also been a musician; composing, arranging and performing on the guitar and singing. He has recorded some of his songs in a Chicago studio with well-known musicians. In 2012, Alexander, together with drummer Boris Lifschits, created a musical project Antigo. In year 2011, Dyachenko gave his first

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appearance in

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(an

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film directed by

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and produced by

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). He played the role of Nikolai Vronsky, the fourth husband of Susanna Anna-Marie Johannes (

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) who was actually as a Russian spy leading a double life. His role and performance was quite appreciated in

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and the movie made good business at box office. He appeared in the first season of ice show contest ''

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''.

Selected filmography

*2000 —

Brother 2 ''Brother 2'' () is a 2000 Russian crime film written and directed by Aleksei Balabanov and starring Sergei Bodrov Jr.. It is a direct sequel to the 1997 film ''Brother''. The film is set in Moscow and Chicago. ''Brother 2'' received mostly po ...

as Dmitry Gromov / Konstantin Gromov *2001 — The Lion's Share as Musa Mahmaev * 2002 — The Star as Galiev * 2003 — Bajazet as Nazar Minayevich Vatnin, esaul * 2004 — Women's Intuition as Alexander *2005 — Women's Intuition 2 as Alexander * 2006 — Wolfhound as Kanaon *2006 — Leshiy as Alexey Nikitin *2006 — Friend or foe as Denis Volkov *2008 — On the Roof of the World as Dmitry *2010 — Inherited Marriage as Urmas * 2011 —

as Nicolai Vronsky *2012 — Hunting for Gauleiter as Yakov *2013 — Ash as Diego, Spaniard *2014 —

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as Vladimir Yakovlevich Sokolovsky *2018 —

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as Oleg, Russian embassy employee *2018 — Hunter Killer as Russian president Nikolai Zakarin *2018 �
Double Lies
as Leo *2019 �
Trap for the Queen
as Kirill, stepfather of Maria

References

External links

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ANTIGO — музыкальный проект Александра Дьяченко совместно с Борисом ЛифшицемAlexander Dyachenko
on

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